# List of elections in 1980

The following elections occurred in the year 1980.

## Africa

* 1980 Angolan legislative election
* 1980 Cameroonian presidential election
* 1980 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
* 1980 Gabonese legislative election
* 1980 Guinean legislative election
* 1980 Ivorian parliamentary election
* 1980 Ivorian presidential election
* 1980 São Toméan legislative election
* 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election
* 1980 Sudanese parliamentary election
* 1980 Tanzanian general election
* 1980 Ugandan general election

## Asia

* 1980 Iranian legislative election
* 1980 Iranian presidential election
* 1980 Japanese House of Councillors election
* 1980 Japanese general election
* 1980 Philippine Kabataang Barangay election
* 1980 Philippine local elections
* 1980 Republic of China legislative election
* 1980 Singaporean general election
* 1980 South Korean presidential election

### India

* 1980 Indian general election
* 1980 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
* 1980 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
* 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

## Australia

* 1980 Australian federal election
* 1980 Denison state by-election
* 1980 Northern Territory general election
* 1980 Norwood state by-election
* 1980 Queensland state election
* 1980 Western Australian state election

## Europe

* Austrian presidential election
* Gibraltar general election
* Icelandic presidential election
* Polish legislative election
* Portuguese presidential election
* Portuguese legislative election
* Umbrian regional election
* Venetian regional election

### Germany

* West German federal election
* de:Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg 1980
* de:Landtagswahl im Saarland 1980

### Spain

* Basque parliamentary election
* Catalan parliamentary election

### United Kingdom

* 1980 Glasgow Central by-election
* 1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
* 1980 Southend East by-election

#### United Kingdom local

* 1980 United Kingdom local elections

##### English local

* 1980 Manchester Council election
* 1980 Trafford Council election
* 1980 Wolverhampton Council election

## North America

* 1980 Honduran Constituent Assembly election
* 1980 Honduran presidential election
* 1980 Panamanian parliamentary election

### Canada

* 1980 Brantford municipal election
* 1980 Edmonton municipal election
* 1980 Canadian federal election
* 1980 Manitoba municipal elections
* 1980 Ontario municipal elections
* 1980 Ottawa municipal election
* 1980 Quebec independence referendum
* 1980 Toronto municipal election

### Caribbean

* 1980 Antigua and Barbuda general election
* 1980 Jamaican general election
* 1980 Tobago House of Assembly election

### United States

* 1980 United States presidential election
* 1980 United States Senate elections
* 1980 United States elections
* 1980 United States gubernatorial elections

#### United States gubernatorial

* 1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 1980 United States gubernatorial elections
* 1980 Washington gubernatorial election

#### Alabama

* United States Senate election in Alabama, 1980

#### Alaska

* United States Senate election in Alaska, 1980

#### Arkansas

* 1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1980

#### California

* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
* United States Senate election in California, 1980

#### Colorado

* United States Senate election in Colorado, 1980

#### Connecticut

* United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1980

#### Georgia (U.S. state)

* United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

#### Idaho

* United States Senate election in Idaho, 1980

#### Illinois

* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1980

#### Indiana

* United States Senate election in Indiana, 1980

#### Iowa

* United States Senate election in Iowa, 1980

#### Massachusetts

* Proposition 2½

#### New Hampshire

* United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1980

#### New York

* United States Senate election in New York, 1980

#### North Carolina

* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1980

#### North Dakota

* United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1980

#### Ohio

* United States Senate election in Ohio, 1980

#### Oklahoma

* United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 1980

#### Oregon

* United States Senate election in Oregon, 1980

#### Pennsylvania

* United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1980

#### South Carolina

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1980
* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1980

#### South Dakota

* United States Senate election in South Dakota, 1980

#### United States House of Representatives

* 1980 United States House of Representatives elections
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1980

#### United States Senate

* 1980 United States Senate elections
* United States Senate election in Alabama, 1980
* United States Senate election in Alaska, 1980
* United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1980
* United States Senate election in California, 1980
* United States Senate election in Colorado, 1980
* United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1980
* United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980
* United States Senate election in Idaho, 1980
* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1980
* United States Senate election in Indiana, 1980
* United States Senate election in Iowa, 1980
* United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1980
* United States Senate election in New York, 1980
* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1980
* United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1980
* United States Senate election in Ohio, 1980
* United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 1980
* United States Senate election in Oregon, 1980
* United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1980
* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1980
* United States Senate election in South Dakota, 1980
* United States Senate election in Washington, 1980
* United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1980

#### Washington (U.S. state)

* United States Senate election in Washington, 1980
* 1980 Washington gubernatorial election

#### Wisconsin

* United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1980

## Oceania

* 1980 East Coast Bays by-election
* 1980 Northern Maori by-election
* 1980 Onehunga by-election

### Australia

* 1980 Australian federal election
* 1980 Denison state by-election
* 1980 Northern Territory general election
* 1980 Norwood state by-election
* 1980 Queensland state election
* 1980 Western Australian state election

## South America

* 1980 Chilean constitutional referendum