# List of elections in 1972

The following elections occurred in the year 1972.

## Africa

* 1972 Gambian general election
* 1972 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
* 1972 Malagasy presidential election
* 1972 Swazi parliamentary election

## Asia

* 1972 North Korean parliamentary election
* 1972 Republic of China legislative election (Taiwan)
* 1972 Singaporean general election
* 1972 Taiwan presidential election
* 1972 Japanese general election

## Europe

* 1972 Dutch general election
* European Economic Community (EEC) enlargement:
** Referendum in Denmark (2 October)
** Referendum in France
** Referendum in Ireland (10 Mai)
** Referendum in Norway
* 1972 Finnish parliamentary election
* 1972 West German federal election
* 1972 Gibraltar general election
* 1972 Italian general election
* 1972 Polish legislative election
* United Kingdom
** 1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election
** 1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
** 1972 Rochdale by-election
** 1972 Southwark by-election
** 1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
** 1972 Uxbridge by-election

## North America

* 1972 Nicaraguan Constitutional Assembly election
* 1972 Panamanian parliamentary election
* 1972 Panamanian presidential election
* 1972 Salvadoran legislative election
* 1972 Salvadoran presidential election

### Canada

* 1972 Canadian federal election
* 1972 Brantford municipal election
* 1972 British Columbia general election
* 1972 British Columbia time referendum
* 1972 Newfoundland general election
* 1972 Ontario municipal elections
* 1972 Ottawa municipal election
* 1972 Toronto municipal election

### Caribbean

* 1972 Jamaican general election

### United States

* 1972 United States presidential election
* 1972 United States Senate elections
* 1972 United States House of Representatives elections

#### California

* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
* United States presidential election in California, 1972

#### Delaware

* United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972

#### Illinois

* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972

#### Louisiana

* 1971–72 Louisiana gubernatorial election

#### Massachusetts

* United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1972
* United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1972

#### Nebraska

* United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972

#### North Carolina

* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1972
* United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1972

#### South Carolina

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972
* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972

#### United States House of Representatives

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1972
* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972

#### United States Senate

* 1972 United States Senate elections
* United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972
* United States Senate election in Illinois, 1972
* United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1972
* United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1972
* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1972

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

* 1972 Washington gubernatorial election
* Washington Initiative 276 (1972)

## Oceania

* 1972 Cook Islands general election
* 1972 Fijian general election
* 1972 New Zealand general election

### Australia

* 1972 Australian federal election
* 1972 Tasmanian state election