# List of elections in 1961

The following elections occurred in 1961.

## Africa

* 1961 French referendum on Algerian self-determination
* 1961 British Cameroons referendum
* 1961 Burundian legislative election
* 1961 Ethiopian general election
* 1961 Gabonese general election
* 1961 Guinean presidential election
* 1961 Kenyan legislative election
* 1961 Mauritanian presidential election
* 1961 Nyasaland general election
* 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election
* 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election
* 1961 South African general election
* 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution referendum
* 1961 Togolese general election
* 1961 Ugandan general election
* January 1961 Zanzibari general election
* June 1961 Zanzibari general election

## Asia

* 1961 Iranian legislative election
* 1961 Israeli legislative election
* 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention election
* Philippines
** 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
** 1961 Philippine Senate election
** 1961 Philippine general election
** 1961 Philippine presidential election
* 1961 Syrian parliamentary election

## Australia

* 1961 Australian federal election
* 1961 Victorian state election

## Europe

* 1961 Belgian general election
* 1961 Danish electoral age referendum
* France:
** 1961 French cantonal elections
** French referendum on Algerian self-determination, 1961
* 1961 West German federal election
* 1961 Greek legislative election
* 1961 Irish general election
* Italy: 1961 Sardinian regional election
* 1961 Norwegian parliamentary election
* 1961 Polish legislative election
* 1961 Portuguese legislative election
* 1961 Romanian legislative election
* Turkey:
** 1961 Turkish constitutional referendum
** 1961 Turkish general election
** 1961 Turkish Senate election
* United Kingdom:
** 1961 Birmingham Small Heath by-election
** 1961 Bristol South East by-election
** 1961 Cambridgeshire by-election
** 1961 East Fife by-election
** 1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
** High Peak by-election
** 1961 Labour Party leadership election
** 1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election
** 1961 London County Council election
** 1961 Manchester Moss Side by-election
** 1961 Oswestry by-election
** 1961 Paisley by-election
** 1961 Warrington by-election
** 1961 Worcester by-election

## Americas

* Canada:
** 1961 Edmonton municipal election
** 1961 New Democratic Party leadership election
** 1961 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
** 1961 Yukon general election
* United States:
** 1961 United States gubernatorial elections
** 1961 Cleveland mayoral election
** 1961 Dallas mayoral election
** 1961 Los Angeles mayoral election
** 1961 Manchester mayoral election
** 1961 New York City mayoral election
** 1961 Pittsburgh mayoral election
** 1961 Springfield mayoral election

### Caribbean

* 1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
* 1961 Guatemalan parliamentary election
* 1961 Haitian presidential referendum
* 1961 British Honduras legislative election
* 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general election

### South America

* 1961 British Guiana general election
* 1961 Chilean parliamentary election
* 1961 Mexican legislative election

## Oceania
### Australia

* 1961 Australian federal election
* 1961 New South Wales referendum
* 1961 Paddington-Waverley state by-election
* 1961 Victorian state election