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 Jordanian general election 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 South Vietnamese presidential election 1961 Syrian parliamentary election 1961 Syrian presidential election 1961 Turkish general election 1961 Turkish presidential election
Australia 1961 Australian federal election 1961 Liverpool Plains state by-election 1961 New South Wales referendum 1961 Paddington-Waverley state by-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 presidential election 1961 Turkish Senate election United Kingdom: 1961 Birmingham Small Heath by-election 1961 Bristol South East by-election 1961 Cambridgeshire by-election 1961 Colchester by-election 1961 East Fife by-election 1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election 1961 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 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
United States lieutenant gubernatorial 1961 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election
United States gubernatorial 1961 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1961 United States gubernatorial elections 1961 Virginia gubernatorial election
United States House of Representatives 1961 United States House of Representatives elections
United States Senate 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas
United States mayoral elections 1961 Auburn, Alabama municipal elections 1961 Cleveland mayoral election 1961 Dallas mayoral election 1961 Los Angeles mayoral election 1961 Manchester, New Hampshire mayoral election 1961 New York City mayoral election 1961 Pittsburgh mayoral election 1961 Springfield, Massachusetts, mayoral election
Caribbean 1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election 1961 Guatemalan parliamentary election 1961 Haitian 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 Liverpool Plains state by-election 1961 New South Wales referendum 1961 Paddington-Waverley state by-election 1961 Victorian state election
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