The following elections occurred in the year 1978.

Africa 1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election 1978 Comorian legislative election 1978 Comorian presidential election 1978 Egyptian protection of national unity and social peace referendum 1978 Ghanaian governmental referendum 1978 Kenyan presidential election 1978 Malawian general election 1978 Rwandan constitutional referendum 1978 Rwandan presidential election 1978 Senegalese general election 1978 Sierra Leonean constitutional referendum 1978 South West African legislative election 1978 Sudanese parliamentary election 1978 Swazi general election 1978 Upper Voltan parliamentary election 1978 Upper Voltan presidential election 1978 Zambian general election

Asia 1978 Bangladeshi presidential election 1978 Burmese general election 1978 Cypriot presidential election 1978 Israeli presidential election 1978 Malaysian general election 1978 Maldivian presidential election 1978 Philippine parliamentary election 1978 Philippine parliamentary sectoral election 1978 Singaporean presidential election 1978 South Korean legislative election 1978 South Korean presidential election 1978 South Yemeni parliamentary election 1978 Syrian presidential election 1978 Taiwan presidential election

Australia 1978 Earlwood state by-election 1978 New South Wales state election 1978 Werriwa by-election

Europe 1978 Albanian parliamentary election 1978 Andorran political reform referendum 1978 Andorran supplementary parliamentary election 1978 Austrian nuclear power referendum 1978 Belgian general election 1978 Danish electoral age referendum 1978 Finnish presidential election 1978 Icelandic parliamentary election 1978 Italian referendums 1978 Liechtenstein general election 1978 San Marino general election 1978 Shetland referendum 1978 Spanish constitutional referendum 1978 Swiss referendums 1978 Yugoslavian parliamentary election Vatican: two conclaves: August 1978 conclave October 1978 conclave

France 1978 French legislative election

Germany :de:Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 1978 (Hamburg) :de:Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1978 (Lower Saxony) :de:Landtagswahl in Hessen 1978 (Hesse) :de:Landtagswahl in Bayern 1978 (Bavaria)

North America 1978 Costa Rican general election 1978 Dominican presidential election 1978 Dominican Republic general election Greenlandic alcohol referendum 1978 Guatemalan general election 1978 Panamanian parliamentary election 1978 Panamanian presidential election 1978 Salvadoran legislative election

Canada 1978 Brantford municipal election 1978 New Brunswick general election 1978 Ontario municipal elections 1978 Ottawa municipal election 1978 Prince Edward Island general election 1978 Saskatchewan general election 1978 Toronto municipal election 1978 Yukon general election

United States 1978 United States elections

United States lieutenant gubernatorial 1978 California lieutenant gubernatorial election 1978 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election 1978 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

United States gubernatorial 1978 Alabama gubernatorial election 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election 1978 Arizona gubernatorial election 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1978 California gubernatorial election 1978 Colorado gubernatorial election 1978 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1978 Florida gubernatorial election 1978 Georgia gubernatorial election 1978 Hawaii gubernatorial election 1978 Idaho gubernatorial election 1978 Iowa gubernatorial election 1978 Kansas gubernatorial election 1978 Maine gubernatorial election 1978 Maryland gubernatorial election 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1978 Michigan gubernatorial election 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1978 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1978 Nevada gubernatorial election 1978 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1978 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1978 New York gubernatorial election 1978 Ohio gubernatorial election 1978 Oklahoma gubernatorial election 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election 1978 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1978 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1978 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1978 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1978 Texas gubernatorial election 1978 United States gubernatorial elections 1978 Vermont gubernatorial election 1978 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1978 Wyoming gubernatorial election

United States House of Representatives 1978 United States House of Representatives elections 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada 1978 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

United States Senate 1978 United States Senate elections 1978 United States Senate election in Alabama 1978 United States Senate special election in Alabama 1978 United States Senate election in Alaska 1978 United States Senate election in Arkansas 1978 United States Senate election in Colorado 1978 United States Senate election in Delaware 1978 United States Senate election in Georgia 1978 United States Senate election in Idaho 1978 United States Senate election in Illinois 1978 United States Senate election in Iowa 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas 1978 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1978 United States Senate election in Louisiana 1978 United States Senate election in Maine 1978 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1978 United States Senate election in Michigan 1978 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1978 United States Senate special election in Minnesota 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi 1978 United States Senate election in Montana 1978 United States Senate election in Nebraska 1978 United States Senate election in New Hampshire 1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey 1978 United States Senate election in New Mexico 1978 United States Senate election in North Carolina 1978 United States Senate election in Oklahoma 1978 United States Senate election in Oregon 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1978 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1978 United States Senate election in South Dakota 1978 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1978 United States Senate election in Texas 1978 United States Senate election in Virginia 1978 United States Senate election in West Virginia 1978 United States Senate election in Wyoming

United States mayoral elections 1978 Anchorage mayoral election 1978 Cleveland mayoral recall election 1978 San Jose mayoral election 1978 Washington, D.C., mayoral election

Oceania 1978 American Samoan referendum 1978 Cook Islands general election 1978 New Zealand general election 1978 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands constitutional referendum 1978 Rangitikei by-election

Australia 1978 Earlwood state by-election 1978 New South Wales state election 1978 Werriwa by-election

South America 1978 Brazilian presidential election 1978 Chilean national consultation 1978 Colombian presidential election 1978 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum 1978 Guyanese constitutional referendum 1978 Peruvian Constituent Assembly election 1978 Venezuelan presidential election

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