The following elections occurred in the year 1972.

• 1972 Gambian general election
• 1972 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
• 1972 Malagasy presidential election
• 1972 Swazi parliamentary election

• 1972 North Korean parliamentary election
• 1972 Republic of China legislative election (Taiwan)
• 1972 Singaporean general election
• 1972 Taiwan presidential election
• 1972 Japanese general election

• 1972 Dutch general election
• European Economic Community (EEC) enlargement:
  • Referendum in Denmark (2 October)
  • Referendum in France
  • Referendum in Ireland (10 Mai)
  • Referendum in Norway
• 1972 Finnish parliamentary election
• 1972 West German federal election
• 1972 Gibraltar general election
• 1972 Italian general election
• 1972 Polish legislative election
• United Kingdom
  • 1972 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election
  • 1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election
  • 1972 Rochdale by-election
  • 1972 Southwark by-election
  • 1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
  • 1972 Uxbridge by-election

• 1972 Nicaraguan Constitutional Assembly election
• 1972 Panamanian parliamentary election
• 1972 Panamanian presidential election
• 1972 Salvadoran legislative election
• 1972 Salvadoran presidential election

• 1972 Cook Islands general election
• 1972 Fijian general election
• 1972 New Zealand general election