A positioning method and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: acquiring azimuth angle data collected by a first sensor and acceleration data collected by a second sensor respectively (101); judging whether a turning event occurs at a current moment based on the azimuth angle data and the acceleration data (102); and if a turning event occurs, generating a positioning request to acquire position data of the current moment based on the positioning request for positioning and displaying (103). In the method, the positional change caused by a turning action is identified and positioned, so that a motion trajectory displayed in a map reflects the actual movement more truly.