The following elections occurred in the year 1981.
Africa 1981 Central African Republic presidential election 1981 Djiboutian presidential election 1981 Egyptian presidential confirmation referendum 1981 Rwandan parliamentary election 1981 South African general election 1981–82 Sudanese parliamentary election 1981 Tunisian parliamentary election
Asia 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election 1981 Burmese general election 1981 Cambodian general election 1981 Cypriot legislative election July 1981 Iranian presidential election October 1981 Iranian presidential election Israeli legislative election 1981 Kuwaiti general election 1981 Mongolian parliamentary election Nepalese Rastriya Panchayat election 1981 Singaporean presidential election 1981 Syrian parliamentary election 1981 South Korean legislative election South Korean presidential election 1981 Syrian parliamentary election 1981 Vietnamese legislative election
Europe 1981 Andorran parliamentary election 1981 Belgian general election 1981 East German 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 elections
United States lieutenant gubernatorial 1981 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
United States gubernatorial 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1981 United States gubernatorial elections 1981 Virginia gubernatorial election
United States House of Representatives 1981 United States House of Representatives elections 1981 Maryland's 5th congressional district special election 1981 Michigan's 4th congressional district special election 1981 Ohio's 4th congressional district special election 1981 Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district special election
United States mayoral elections 1981 Allentown mayoral election 1981 Anchorage mayoral election 1981 Atlanta mayoral election 1981 Buffalo mayoral election 1981 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election 1981 Cleveland mayoral election 1981 Durham mayoral election 1981 Hartford mayoral election 1981 Los Angeles mayoral election 1981 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election 1981 New York City mayoral election 1981 Pittsburgh mayoral election 1981 Springfield, Massachusetts mayoral election 1981 St. Louis mayoral election
Oceania 1981 Micronesian general election 1981 New Zealand general election 1981 Tongan general election 1981 Tuvaluan general election
Australia Boothby by-election Cessnock state by-election Curtin by-election MacDonnell by-election Maitland state by-election McPherson by-election Millner by-election New South Wales state election Oxley state by-election Sturt state by-election Tasmanian power referendum Wentworth by-election
South America Falkland Islands 1981 Falkland Islands general election
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