The following elections occurred in the year 1982.
Africa
- 1982 Burundian legislative election
- 1982 Comorian legislative election
- 1982 Djiboutian parliamentary election
- 1982 Gambian general election
- 1982 Guinean presidential election
- 1982 Malagasy presidential election
- 1982 Malian parliamentary election
- 1982 Mauritian general election
- 1982 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election
- 1981–82 Sudanese parliamentary election
- 1982 Zairean parliamentary election
Asia
- 1982 Indonesian legislative election
- 1982 Malaysian general election
- 1982 North Korean parliamentary election
- 1982 Philippine barangay election
- 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election
- 1982 Sri Lankan national referendum
India
Australia
- 1982 Flinders by-election
- 1982 Florey state by-election
- 1982 Lowe by-election
- 1982 Mitcham state by-election
- 1982 Nedlands state by-election
- 1982 South Australian state election
- 1982 Tasmanian state election
Europe
- 1982 Albanian parliamentary election
- 1982 Dutch general election
- 1982 Finnish presidential election
- February 1982 Irish general election
- November 1982 Irish general election
- 1982 Portuguese local election
- 1982 Stockholm municipal election
- 1982 Swedish general election
France
Spain
North America
- 1982 Guatemalan general election
- 1982 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
- 1982 Salvadoran legislative election
- 1982 Salvadoran presidential election
Canada
- 1982 Alberta general election
- 1982 Brantford municipal election
- 1982 New Brunswick general election
- 1982 Newfoundland general election
- 1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite
- 1982 Ontario municipal elections
- 1982 Ottawa municipal election
- 1982 Prince Edward Island general election
- 1982 Saskatchewan general election
- 1982 Toronto municipal election
- 1982 Yukon general election
United States
- 1982 United States Senate elections
- 1982 United States elections
- Early 1980s recession
- 1982 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial
- 1982 Alabama gubernatorial election
- 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election
- 1982 California gubernatorial election
- 1982 Maine gubernatorial election
- 1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 1982 Michigan gubernatorial election
- 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- 1982 New York gubernatorial election
- 1982 Oregon gubernatorial election
- 1982 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- 1982 Texas gubernatorial election
- 1982 United States gubernatorial elections
United States mayoral
Alabama
Arkansas
California
- 1982 California gubernatorial election
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
- 1982 Massachusetts general election
- 1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
South Carolina
- 1982 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1982
United States House of Representatives
- 1982 United States House of Representatives elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1982
United States Senate
- 1982 United States Senate elections
- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982
- United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1982
- United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1982
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1982
- United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1982
- United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1982
West Virginia
Oceania
Australia
- 1982 Flinders by-election
- 1982 Florey state by-election
- 1982 Lowe by-election
- 1982 Mitcham state by-election
- 1982 Nedlands state by-election
- 1982 South Australian state election
- 1982 Tasmanian state election