The following elections occurred in the year 1973.
Africa
- 1973 Cameroonian parliamentary election
- 1973 Equatorial Guinean legislative election
- 1973 Ethiopian general election
- 1973 Gabonese general election
- 1973 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum
- 1973 Senegalese general election
- 1973 Sierra Leonean general election
- 1973 Zambian general election
Asia
- 1973 Bahraini parliamentary election
- 1973 Bangladeshi general election
- 1973 Israeli legislative election
- 1973 Turkish general election
Europe
- 1973 Danish parliamentary election
- 1973 Irish general election
- 1973 Irish presidential election
- 1973 Norwegian parliamentary election
- 1973 Portuguese National Assembly election
- 1973 Stockholm municipal election
- 1973 Swedish general election
- 1973 Turkish general election
France
United Kingdom
- 1973 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election
- 1973 Chester-le-Street by-election
- 1973 Dundee East by-election
- 1973 Edinburgh North by-election
- 1973 Glasgow Govan by-election
- 1973 Hove by-election
- 1973 Isle of Ely by-election
- 1973 Lincoln by-election
- 1973 United Kingdom local elections
- 1973 Northern Ireland local elections
- 1973 Manchester Exchange by-election
- 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election
- 1973 Northern Ireland sovereignty referendum
- 1973 Ripon by-election
- 1973 West Bromwich by-election
- 1973 Westhoughton by-election
United Kingdom local
English local
- 1973 Greater London Council election
- 1973 Manchester Council election
- 1973 Trafford Council election
- 1973 Wolverhampton Council election
North America
Canada
United States
United States mayoral
- 1973 Atlanta mayoral election
- 1973 New Orleans mayoral election
- 1973 Pittsburgh mayoral election
- ( 1973 Hoboken mayoral election )
Oceania
Australia
- 1973 New South Wales state election
- 1973 Parramatta by-election
- 1973 Australian referendum
- 1973 Semaphore state by-election
- 1973 South Australian state election
South America
- March 1973 Argentine general election
- September 1973 Argentine presidential election
- 1973 Chilean parliamentary election
- 1973 Venezuelan presidential election