| Election Name: | 1821 Virginia gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1820 Virginia gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1820 |
| Next Election: | 1822 Virginia gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1822 |
| Election Date: | 30 November 1821 |
| Nominee1: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 146 |
| Percentage1: | 77.25% |
| Nominee2: | Burwell Bassett |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 39 |
| Percentage2: | 20.64% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1821 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on 30 November 1821 in order to elect the Governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor of Virginia Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. defeated fellow Democratic-Republican nominee and incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district Burwell Bassett in a Virginia General Assembly vote, in a near re-match from the 1819 Virginia gubernatorial election.[1]
On election day, 30 November 1821, Democratic-Republican nominee Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. won re-election against fellow Democratic-Republican Burwell Bassett. Randolph Jr. was sworn in for his third term on 1 December 1821.[2]