The following elections occurred in the year 1970.
Africa
- 1970 Cameroonian parliamentary election
- 1970 Cameroonian presidential election
- 1970 Dahomeyan presidential election
- 1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
- 1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election
- 1970 Ivorian general election
- 1970 Lesotho general election
- 1970 Malagasy parliamentary election
- 1970 Moroccan parliamentary election
- 1970 Nigerien parliamentary election
- 1970 Nigerien presidential election
- 1970 Rhodesian general election
- 1970 Seychellois parliamentary election
- 1970 South African general election
- 1970 Tanzanian general election
- 1970 Upper Volta parliamentary election
Asia
- 1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election
- 1970 Pakistani general election
- 1970 Philippine Constitutional Convention election
- 1970 Soviet Union legislative election
Australia
Europe
- 1970 Albanian parliamentary election
- 1970 Finnish parliamentary election
- 1970 Soviet Union legislative election
- 1970 Swedish general election
Austria
France
United Kingdom
- 1970 South Ayrshire by-election
- 1970 Bridgwater by-election
- 1970 Enfield West by-election
- 1970 United Kingdom general election
- List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election
- 1970 Greater London Council election
- 1970 St Marylebone by-election
- 1970 University of Kent at Canterbury Chancellor election
Americas
Canada
- 1970 Edmonton municipal by-election
- 1970 New Brunswick general election
- 1970 Northwest Territories general election
- 1970 Nova Scotia general election
- 1970 Prince Edward Island general election
- 1970 Quebec general election
- 1970 Yukon general election
Mexico
United States
United States gubernatorial
- 1970 Alabama gubernatorial election
- 1970 California gubernatorial election
- 1970 Florida gubernatorial election
- 1970 Georgia gubernatorial election
- 1970 Maine gubernatorial election
- 1970 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 1970 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- 1970 Oregon gubernatorial election
- 1970 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
- 1970 South Carolina gubernatorial election
Chile
Other
- The Battle of Aspen
- 1969–70 New Orleans mayoral election
- 1970 New York state election
- Forward Thrust (Washington (U.S. state))