The following elections occurred in the year 1986.
Africa
- 1986 Angolan legislative election
- 1986 Gabonese presidential election
- 1986 Mozambican general election
- 1986 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election
- 1986 Somali presidential election
- 1986 Sudanese parliamentary election
- 1986 Togolese presidential election
Asia
- 1986 Bangladeshi general election
- 1986 Japanese House of Councillors election
- 1986 Japanese general election
- 1986 Malaysian general election
- 1986 North Korean parliamentary election
- 1986 Philippine presidential election
- 1986 Republic of China legislative election
Australia
- 1986 Queensland state election
- 1986 Scullin by-election
- 1986 Tasmanian state election
- 1986 Western Australian state election
Europe
- 1986 Dutch general election
- 1986 French legislative election
- 1986 Portuguese presidential election
- 1986 East German general election
Austria
France
Serbia
Spain
North America
Canada
- 1986 Alberta general election
- 1986 British Columbia general election
- 1986 Edmonton municipal election
- 1986 Manitoba general election
- 1986 Manitoba municipal elections
- 1986 Prince Edward Island general election
- 1986 Quebec municipal elections
- 1986 Saskatchewan general election
- 1986 Winnipeg municipal election
Caribbean
- 1986 Barbadian general election
- 1986 Dominican Republic general election
- 1986 Trinidad and Tobago general election
United States
- 1986 United States Senate elections
- 1986 United States elections
- 1986 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial
- 1986 Alabama gubernatorial election
- 1986 California gubernatorial election
- 1986 Georgia gubernatorial election
- 1986 Maine gubernatorial election
- 1986 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 1986 Michigan gubernatorial election
- 1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- 1986 New York gubernatorial election
- 1986 Oregon gubernatorial election
- 1986 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- 1986 United States gubernatorial elections
United States mayoral
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- 1986 California gubernatorial election
- 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California
- 1986 United States Senate election in California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia (U.S. state)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
- 1986 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
- 1986 United States Senate election in South Carolina
South Dakota
United States House of Representatives
- 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in California
- 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
United States Senate
- 1986 United States Senate elections
- 1986 United States Senate election in Alaska
- 1986 United States Senate election in Arizona
- 1986 United States Senate election in Arkansas
- 1986 United States Senate election in California
- 1986 United States Senate election in Colorado
- 1986 United States Senate election in Connecticut
- 1986 United States Senate election in Florida
- 1986 United States Senate election in Georgia
- 1986 United States Senate election in Idaho
- 1986 United States Senate election in Illinois
- 1986 United States Senate election in Indiana
- 1986 United States Senate election in Iowa
- 1986 United States Senate election in Maryland
- 1986 United States Senate election in Missouri
- 1986 United States Senate election in Nevada
- 1986 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
- 1986 United States Senate election in New York
- 1986 United States Senate elections in North Carolina
- 1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota
- 1986 United States Senate election in Ohio
- 1986 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
- 1986 United States Senate election in Oregon
- 1986 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
- 1986 United States Senate election in South Carolina
- 1986 United States Senate election in South Dakota
- 1986 United States Senate election in Vermont
- 1986 United States Senate election in Washington
- 1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
Vermont
Washington (U.S. state)
Wisconsin
Oceania
Australia
- 1986 Queensland state election
- 1986 Scullin by-election
- 1986 Tasmanian state election
- 1986 Western Australian state election