# List of elections in 1982

The following elections occurred in the year 1982.

## Africa

* 1982 Burundian legislative election
* 1982 Comorian legislative election
* 1982 Djiboutian parliamentary election
* 1982 Gambian general election
* 1982 Guinean presidential election
* 1982 Malagasy presidential election
* 1982 Malian parliamentary election
* 1982 Mauritian general election
* 1982 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election
* 1981–82 Sudanese parliamentary election
* 1982 Zairean parliamentary election

## Asia

* 1982 Indonesian legislative election
* 1982 Malaysian general election
* 1982 North Korean parliamentary election
* 1982 Philippine barangay election
* 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election
* 1982 Sri Lankan national referendum

### India

* 1982 Indian presidential election

## Australia

* 1982 Flinders by-election
* 1982 Florey state by-election
* 1982 Lowe by-election
* 1982 Mitcham state by-election
* 1982 Nedlands state by-election
* 1982 South Australian state election
* 1982 Tasmanian state election

## Europe

* 1982 Albanian parliamentary election
* 1982 Dutch general election
* 1982 Finnish presidential election
* February 1982 Irish general election
* November 1982 Irish general election
* 1982 Portuguese local election
* 1982 Stockholm municipal election
* 1982 Swedish general election

### France

* 1982 French cantonal elections

### Spain

* 1982 Spanish general election

## North America

* 1982 Guatemalan general election
* 1982 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
* 1982 Salvadoran legislative election
* 1982 Salvadoran presidential election

### Canada

* 1982 Alberta general election
* 1982 Brantford municipal election
* 1982 New Brunswick general election
* 1982 Newfoundland general election
* 1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite
* 1982 Ontario municipal elections
* 1982 Ottawa municipal election
* 1982 Prince Edward Island general election
* 1982 Saskatchewan general election
* 1982 Toronto municipal election
* 1982 Yukon general election

### United States

* 1982 United States Senate elections
* 1982 United States elections
* Early 1980s recession
* 1982 United States gubernatorial elections

#### United States gubernatorial

* 1982 Alabama gubernatorial election
* 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 1982 California gubernatorial election
* 1982 Maine gubernatorial election
* 1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* 1982 Michigan gubernatorial election
* 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election
* 1982 New York gubernatorial election
* 1982 Oregon gubernatorial election
* 1982 South Carolina gubernatorial election
* 1982 Texas gubernatorial election
* 1982 United States gubernatorial elections

#### United States mayoral

* 1982 New Orleans mayoral election

#### Alabama

* 1982 Alabama gubernatorial election

#### Arkansas

* 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election

#### California

* 1982 California gubernatorial election
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982

#### Louisiana

* 1982 New Orleans mayoral election

#### Maine

* 1982 Maine gubernatorial election

#### Massachusetts

* 1982 Massachusetts general election
* 1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982

#### Michigan

* 1982 Michigan gubernatorial election

#### Minnesota

* 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election
* United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1982

#### Nebraska

* United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1982

#### New Mexico

* United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1982

#### New York

* 1982 New York gubernatorial election

#### North Dakota

* United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1982

#### Oregon

* 1982 Oregon gubernatorial election

#### South Carolina

* 1982 South Carolina gubernatorial election
* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1982

#### United States House of Representatives

* 1982 United States House of Representatives elections
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1982

#### United States Senate

* 1982 United States Senate elections
* United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982
* United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1982
* United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1982
* United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1982
* United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1982
* United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1982

#### West Virginia

* United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1982

## Oceania

* 1982 Fijian general election
* 1982 Papua New Guinean general election

### Australia

* 1982 Flinders by-election
* 1982 Florey state by-election
* 1982 Lowe by-election
* 1982 Mitcham state by-election
* 1982 Nedlands state by-election
* 1982 South Australian state election
* 1982 Tasmanian state election