The following elections occurred in the year 1976.
Africa
- 1976–1977 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
- 1976 Malawian general election
- 1976 Mauritanian presidential election
- 1976 Tiris El Gharbiya parliamentary by-election (Mauritania)
- 1976 Mauritian general election
Asia
- 1976 Cambodian parliamentary election
- 1976 Japanese general election
- 1976 Singaporean general election
Australia
Europe
- 1976 Gibraltar general election
- 1976 Irish presidential election
- 1976 Italian general election
- 1976 Maltese general election
- 1976 Polish legislative election
- 1976 Portuguese presidential election
- 1976 Portuguese legislative election
- 1976 Portuguese local election
- 1976 Stockholm municipal election
- 1976 Swedish general election
France
Germany
The Americas
Canada
- 1976 Brantford municipal election
- 1976 Ontario municipal elections
- 1976 Ottawa municipal election
- 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership election
- 1976 Quebec general election
- 1976 Toronto municipal election
Caribbean
- 1976 Antigua and Barbuda general election
- 1976 Barbadian general election
- 1976 Jamaican general election
- 1976 Trinidad and Tobago general election
El Salvador
United States
- 1976 United States presidential election
- 1976 United States Senate elections
- 1976 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1976 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial
California
New Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
United States House of Representatives
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1976
- 1976 United States House of Representatives elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
United States Senate
- 1976 United States Senate elections
- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1976
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1976
- United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1976