The following elections occurred in 1965.
Africa
- 1965 Basutoland general election
- 1965 Bechuanaland general election
- 1965 Burundian legislative election
- 1965 Cameroonian presidential election
- 1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
- 1965 Ethiopian general election
- 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election
- 1965 Ivorian general election
- 1965 Mauritanian parliamentary election
- 1965 Nigerien parliamentary election
- 1965 Nigerien presidential election
- 1965 Rhodesian general election
- 1965 Rwandan general election
- 1965 Tanzanian general election
- 1965 Sudanese parliamentary election
- 1965 Upper Volta parliamentary election
- 1965 Upper Volta presidential election
Asia
- 1965 Afghan parliamentary election
- 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election
- 1965 Israeli legislative election
- 1965 Malagasy parliamentary election
- 1965 Malagasy presidential election
- 1965 Pakistani presidential election
- 1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections
- 1965 Philippine Senate election
- 1965 Philippine general election
- 1965 Philippine presidential election
Europe
- 1965 Belgian general election
- 1965 Irish general election
- 1965 Norwegian parliamentary election
- 1965 Portuguese legislative election
- 1965 Polish legislative election
- 1965 Turkish general election
- 1965 West German federal election
France
United Kingdom
- 1965 Conservative Party leadership election
- 1965 East Grinstead by-election
- 1965 Leyton by-election
- 1965 Northern Ireland general election
- 1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election
- 1965 Salisbury by-election
North America
Canada
Caribbean
United States
South America
- 1965 Argentine legislative election
- 1965 Chilean parliamentary election
- 1965 Honduran Constituent Assembly election
- 1965 Honduran presidential election
Oceania
Australia
- 1965 New South Wales state election
- 1965 South Australian state election
- 1965 Western Australian state election