List of elections in 1978
The following elections occurred in the year 1978.
- Cardinal electors in Papal conclaves, August and October 1978
- October 1978 Papal conclave
- August 1978 Papal conclave
Africa
- 1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election
- 1978 Comorian legislative election
- 1978 Comorian presidential election
- 1978 Malawian general election
- 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 Malaysian general election
- 1978 Philippine parliamentary election
- 1978 Philippine parliamentary sectoral election
- 1978 Taiwan presidential election
Australia
- 1978 New South Wales state election
Europe
- 1978 Albanian parliamentary election
- 1978 Austrian nuclear power referendum
- 1978 Belgian general election
- Cardinal electors in Papal conclaves, August and October 1978
- 1978 Icelandic parliamentary election
- October 1978 Papal conclave
- August 1978 Papal conclave
France
- 1978 French legislative election
Germany
- :de:Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 1978
- :de:Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1978
- :de:Landtagswahl in Hessen 1978
- :de:Landtagswahl in Bayern 1978
North America
- 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
- 1978 United States Senate elections
- 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1978 United States gubernatorial elections
United States mayoral
- 1978 Cleveland mayoral recall election
- 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
United States gubernatorial
- 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election
- 1978 California gubernatorial election
- 1978 Maine gubernatorial election
- 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election
- 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- 1978 Texas gubernatorial election
- 1978 United States gubernatorial elections
Arkansas
- 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election
California
- 1978 California gubernatorial election
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
Florida
- 1978 Florida state elections
Illinois
- United States Senate election in Illinois, 1978
Maine
- 1978 Maine gubernatorial election
- United States Senate election in Maine, 1978
Minnesota
- 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election
Nebraska
- United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1978
Ohio
- 1978 Cleveland recall election
Oregon
- 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election
- 1978 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1978
Texas
- 1978 Texas gubernatorial election
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1978
- 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
- 1978 United States Senate elections
- United States Senate election in Georgia, 1978
- United States Senate election in Illinois, 1978
- United States Senate election in Maine, 1978
- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1978
- United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1978
- United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1978
- United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978
- United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1978
Washington, D.C.
- 1978 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
Oceania
- 1978 Cook Islands general election
- 1978 New Zealand general election
- 1978 Rangitikei by-election
Australia
- 1978 New South Wales state election
South America
- 1978 Peruvian Constituent Assembly election
- 1978 Venezuelan presidential election
