List of elections in 1981

The following elections occurred in the year 1981.

Africa

 * Central African Republic presidential election
 * Djiboutian presidential election
 * Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum
 * Rwandan parliamentary election
 * South African general election
 * Sudanese parliamentary election
 * Tunisian parliamentary election

Asia

 * 1981 Burmese general election
 * July 1981 Iranian presidential election
 * October 1981 Iranian presidential election
 * Israeli legislative election
 * 1981 Kuwaiti general election
 * Nepalese Rastriya Panchayat election
 * South Korean presidential election

Europe

 * 1981 Belgian general election
 * 1981 Danish parliamentary election
 * 1981 Dutch general election
 * 1981 Greek legislative election
 * 1981 Irish general election
 * 1981 Maltese general election
 * 1981 Norwegian parliamentary election

European Parliament

 * European Parliament election, 1981 (Greece)

France

 * 1981 French legislative election
 * 1981 French presidential election

North America

 * 1981 Honduran general election

Canada

 * 1981 Edmonton municipal plebiscite
 * 1981 Manitoba general election
 * 1981 Nova Scotia general election
 * 1981 Ontario general election
 * 1981 Quebec general election

Caribbean

 * 1981 Barbadian general election
 * 1981 Trinidad and Tobago general election

United States

 * 1981 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial

 * 1981 United States gubernatorial elections

United States mayoral

 * 1981 Pittsburgh mayoral election

Pennsylvania

 * 1981 Pittsburgh mayoral election

Oceania

 * 1981 New Zealand general election

Australia

 * Boothby by-election
 * New South Wales state election
 * Tasmanian power referendum
 * Wentworth by-election

Falkland Islands

 * 1981 Falkland Islands general election