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
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
South America