List of elections in 1972

Africa

• 1972 Gambian general election
• 1972 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
• 1972 Malagasy presidential election
• 1972 Swazi parliamentary election

  Asia

• 1972 North Korean parliamentary election
• 1972 Republic of China legislative election
• 1972 Taiwan presidential election
• 1972 Japanese general election

  Europe

• 1972 Dutch general election
• European Economic Community enlargement:
• * Referendum in Denmark
• * Referendum in France
• * Referendum in Ireland
• * Referendum in Norway
• 1972 Finnish parliamentary election
• 1972 West German federal election
• 1972 Gibraltar general election
• 1972 Italian general election
• 1972 Polish legislative election
• United Kingdom
• * 1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election
• * 1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
• * 1972 Rochdale by-election
• * 1972 Southwark by-election
• * 1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
• * 1972 Uxbridge by-election

  North America

• 1972 Nicaraguan Constitutional Assembly election
• 1972 Panamanian parliamentary election
• 1972 Panamanian presidential election
• 1972 Salvadoran legislative election
• 1972 Salvadoran presidential election

  Canada

• 1972 Canadian federal election
• 1972 Brantford municipal election
• 1972 British Columbia general election
• 1972 British Columbia time referendum
• 1972 Newfoundland general election
• 1972 Ontario municipal elections
• 1972 Ottawa municipal election
• 1972 Toronto municipal election

  Caribbean

• 1972 Jamaican general election

  United States

• 1972 United States presidential election
• 1972 United States Senate elections
• 1972 United States House of Representatives elections

  California

• United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
• United States presidential election in California, 1972

  Delaware

• United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972

  Illinois

• United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972

  Louisiana

• 1971–72 Louisiana gubernatorial election

  Massachusetts

• United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1972
• United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972

  Nebraska

• United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972

  North Carolina

• United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1972
• United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1972

  South Carolina

• United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972
• United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972

  United States House of Representatives

• United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972
• United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972

  United States Senate

• 1972 United States Senate elections
• United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972
• United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972
• United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972
• United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1972
• United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972

  Washington (U.S. state)

• 1972 Washington gubernatorial election
• Washington Initiative 276

  Oceania

• 1972 Cook Islands general election
• 1972 Fijian general election
• 1972 New Zealand general election

  Australia

• 1972 Australian federal election
• 1972 Tasmanian state election