List of elections in 1961

• 1961 Burundian legislative election
• 1961 Chilean parliamentary election
• 1961 Ethiopian general election
• 1961 Guatemalan parliamentary election
• 1961 Kenyan legislative election
• 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
• 1961 Philippine Senate election
• 1961 Philippine general election
• 1961 Philippine presidential election
• 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election
• 1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
• 1961 South African general election
• 1961 Ugandan general election

  Africa

• 1961 British Cameroons referendum
• 1961 Gabonese general election
• 1961 Guinean presidential election
• 1961 Mauritanian presidential election
• 1961 Nyasaland general election
• 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election
• 1961 South African general election
• 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution referendum
• 1961 Togolese general election
• January 1961 Zanzibari general election
• June 1961 Zanzibari general election

  Asia

• 1961 Iranian legislative election
• 1961 Israeli legislative election
• 1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections
• 1961 Syrian parliamentary election

  Australia

• 1961 Australian federal election
• 1961 Victorian state election

  Europe

• 1961 Belgian general election
• 1961 Greek legislative election
• 1961 Irish general election
• 1961 Norwegian parliamentary election
• 1961 Polish legislative election
• 1961 Portuguese legislative election
• 1961 Turkish general election

  France

• 1961 French cantonal elections
• French referendum on Algerian self-determination, 1961

  Germany

• 1961 West German federal election

  United Kingdom

• 1961 Bristol South East by-election
• 1961 East Fife by-election
• 1961 Labour Party leadership election
• 1961 Manchester Moss Side by-election
• 1961 Paisley by-election

  North America

• 1961 British Honduras legislative election

  Canada

• 1961 Edmonton municipal election
• 1961 New Democratic Party leadership election
• 1961 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
• 1961 Yukon general election

  Caribbean

• 1961 Haitian presidential referendum
• 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general election

  Mexico

• 1961 Mexican legislative election

  Oceania

Australia

• 1961 Australian federal election
• 1961 Victorian state election