The following elections occurred in 1962.

Africa

• Algerian independence referendum
• 1962 Chadian parliamentary election
• Gambian legislative election
• Northern Rhodesian general election
• Southern Rhodesian general election
• Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election
• Sierra Leonean general election
• presidential election in Tanganyika (later Tanzania)
• 1962 Ugandan general election

Asia

• 1962 Bruneian general election
• 1962 North Korean parliamentary election
• 1962 Singaporean national referendum
• 1962 Japanese House of Councillors election

India

• 1962 Indian general election
• Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1962
• Indian general election in Madras, 1962
• 1962 Indian presidential election
• 1962 Madras State legislative assembly election
• 1962 West Bengal state assembly election

Europe

• 1962 Albanian parliamentary election
• 1962 Finnish parliamentary election
• 1962 Maltese general election

Austria

• 1962 Austrian legislative election

France

• 1962 French legislative election
• 1962 French presidential election referendum
• 1962 French Évian Accords referendum

United Kingdom

• 1962 Blackpool North by-election
• 1962 Chippenham by-election
• 1962 South Dorset by-election
• 1962 Lincoln by-election
• 1962 Middlesbrough East by-election
• 1962 Montgomeryshire by-election
• 1962 Northern Ireland general election
• 1962 Orpington by-election
• 1962 Stockton-on-Tees by-election
• 1962 West Lothian by-election

United Kingdom local

English local

• 1962 Bermondsey Borough election
• 1962 Southwark Borough election

North America

Canada

• 1962 Canadian federal election
• 1962 Edmonton municipal election
• 1962 Manitoba general election
• 1962 Newfoundland general election
• 1962 Ottawa municipal election
• 1962 Prince Edward Island general election
• 1962 Quebec general election
• 1962 Toronto municipal election

Caribbean

• 1962 Jamaican general election

United States

• 1962 United States elections
• United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962
• 1962 California gubernatorial election
• 1962 Maine gubernatorial election
• 1962 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
• 1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election
• 1962 New Orleans mayoral election
• 1962 New York state election
• United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1962
• 1962 South Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1962 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1962 United States Senate elections

United States gubernatorial

• 1962 Oregon gubernatorial election

United States Senate

• 1962 United States Senate elections
• United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962
• United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1962
• United States Senate election in Oregon, 1962
• United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1962

South America

• 1962 Argentine legislative election
• 1962 Salvadoran presidential election

Oceania

Australia

• 1962 New South Wales state election
• 1962 South Australian state election
• 1962 Western Australian state election