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 Singaporean general 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
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Spain
Basque parliamentary election
Catalan parliamentary election
United Kingdom
1980 Glasgow Central by-election
1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK) 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