List of elections in 1961
The following elections occurred in 1961.
- Belgian general election, 1961
- Burundian legislative election, 1961
- Chilean parliamentary election, 1961
- Ethiopian general election, 1961
- Greek legislative election, 1961
- Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1961
- Kenyan legislative election, 1961
- Norwegian parliamentary election, 1961
- Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961
- Philippine Senate election, 1961
- Philippine general election, 1961
- Philippine presidential election, 1961
- Polish legislative election, 1961
- Rwandan parliamentary election, 1961
- Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election, 1961
- South African general election, 1961
- Ugandan general election, 1961
Africa
- British Cameroons referendum, 1961
- Gabonese general election, 1961
- Guinean presidential election, 1961
- Mauritanian presidential election, 1961
- Nyasaland general election, 1961
- Republic of the Congo presidential election, 1961
- South African general election, 1961
- Southern Rhodesian constitution referendum, 1961
- Togolese general election, 1961
- Zanzibari general election, January 1961
- Zanzibari general election, June 1961
Asia
- Iranian legislative election, 1961
- Israeli legislative election, 1961
- Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1961
- Syrian parliamentary election, 1961
Australia
Europe
France
Germany
United Kingdom
- Bristol South East by-election, 1961
- East Fife by-election, 1961
- Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1961
- Manchester Moss Side by-election, 1961
- Paisley by-election, 1961
North America
Canada
- Edmonton municipal election, 1961
- New Democratic Party leadership election, 1961
- Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, 1961
- Yukon general election, 1961