List of elections in 1978

The following elections occurred in the year 1978.

Africa

 * 1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election
 * 1978 Comorian legislative election
 * 1978 Comorian presidential election
 * 1978 Egyptian protection of national unity and social peace referendum
 * 1978 Ghanaian governmental referendum
 * 1978 Malawian general election
 * 1978 Rwandan constitutional referendum
 * 1978 Rwandan presidential election
 * 1978 Senegalese general election
 * 1978 Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum
 * 1978 South West African legislative election
 * 1978 Sudanese parliamentary election
 * 1978 Swazi general election
 * 1978 Upper Voltan parliamentary election
 * 1978 Upper Voltan presidential election
 * 1978 Zambian general election

Asia

 * 1978 Malaysian general election
 * 1978 Maldivian presidential election
 * 1978 Philippine parliamentary election
 * 1978 Philippine parliamentary sectoral election
 * 1978 Taiwan presidential election

Australia

 * 1978 New South Wales state election

Europe

 * 1978 Albanian parliamentary election
 * 1978 Andorran political reform referendum
 * 1978 Austrian nuclear power referendum
 * 1978 Belgian general election
 * Cardinal electors in Papal conclaves, August and October 1978
 * 1978 Danish electoral age referendum
 * 1978 Icelandic parliamentary election
 * 1978 Italian referendums
 * October 1978 Papal conclave
 * August 1978 Papal conclave
 * 1978 Shetland referendum
 * Spanish constitutional referendum
 * 1978 Swiss referendums
 * Vatican: two Papal conclaves:
 * August 1978 Papal conclave
 * October 1978 Papal conclave

France

 * 1978 French legislative election

Germany

 * de:Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 1978 (Hamburg)
 * de:Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1978 (Lower Saxony)
 * de:Landtagswahl in Hessen 1978 (Hesse)
 * de:Landtagswahl in Bayern 1978 (Bavaria)

North America

 * Greenlandic alcohol referendum
 * 1978 Guatemalan general election
 * 1978 Panamanian parliamentary election
 * 1978 Panamanian presidential election
 * 1978 Salvadoran legislative election

Canada

 * 1978 Brantford municipal election
 * 1978 New Brunswick general election
 * 1978 Ontario municipal elections
 * 1978 Ottawa municipal election
 * 1978 Prince Edward Island general election
 * 1978 Saskatchewan general election
 * 1978 Toronto municipal election
 * 1978 Yukon general election

United States

 * 1978 United States Senate elections
 * 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
 * 1978 United States gubernatorial elections

United States mayoral

 * 1978 Cleveland mayoral recall election
 * 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election

United States gubernatorial

 * 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election
 * 1978 California gubernatorial election
 * 1978 Maine gubernatorial election
 * 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election
 * 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election
 * 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election
 * 1978 Texas gubernatorial election
 * 1978 United States gubernatorial elections

Arkansas

 * 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election

California

 * 1978 California gubernatorial election
 * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
 * 1978 California Proposition 7
 * 1978 California Proposition 8
 * 1978 California Proposition 13

Florida

 * 1978 Florida state elections

Illinois

 * United States Senate election in Illinois, 1978

Maine

 * 1978 Maine gubernatorial election
 * United States Senate election in Maine, 1978

Minnesota

 * 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Nebraska

 * United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1978

Ohio

 * 1978 Cleveland recall election

Oregon

 * 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election

South Carolina

 * 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election
 * 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

Texas

 * 1978 Texas gubernatorial election

United States House of Representatives

 * 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1978
 * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978

United States Senate

 * 1978 United States Senate elections
 * United States Senate election in Georgia, 1978
 * United States Senate election in Illinois, 1978
 * United States Senate election in Maine, 1978
 * United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1978
 * United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1978
 * United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1978
 * United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978
 * United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1978

Washington, D.C.

 * 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election

Oceania

 * 1978 American Samoan referendum
 * 1978 Cook Islands general election
 * 1978 New Zealand general election
 * 1978 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands constitutional referendum
 * 1978 Rangitikei by-election

Australia

 * 1978 New South Wales state election

South America

 * 1978 Chilean national consultation
 * 1978 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
 * 1978 Guyanese constitutional referendum
 * 1978 Peruvian Constituent Assembly election
 * 1978 Venezuelan presidential election