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 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
- 1980 West German federal election|Basque parliamentary election
- Catalan parliamentary election
United Kingdom
- [1980 Glasgow Central by-election">1980 Basque parliamentary election">Basque parliamentary election
- Catalan parliamentary election
United Kingdom
- [1980 Glasgow Central by-election
- 1980 Labour Party leadership election
- 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