The following elections occurred in the year 1940.

Africa

* 1940 South-West African legislative election

Asia

* 1940 Philippine special election

Europe

* 1940 Moldavian parliamentary election * 1940 Swedish general election

United Kingdom

* 1940 Battersea North by-election * 1940 Birmingham Edgbaston by-election * 1940 Bow and Bromley by-election * 1940 City of London by-election * 1940 Croydon North by-election * 1940 Kettering by-election * 1940 Leeds North East by-election *

1940 Middlesbrough West by-election The 1940 Middlesbrough West by-election was a by-election, parliamentary by-election held on 7 August 1940 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Middlesbrough West (UK Parliament constituency), Middlesbroug ...

* 1940 Middleton and Prestwich by-election * 1940 Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election * 1940 Nottingham Central by-election * 1940 Preston by-election * 1940 East Renfrewshire by-election * 1940 Rochdale by-election * 1940 Spen Valley by-election *

1940 Swansea East by-election The 1940 Swansea East by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Swansea East on 5 February 1940. The seat had become vacant on the resignation from the House of Commons of the Labour M ...

* 1940 Wansbeck by-election

North America

* 1940 Mexican general election * 1940 Panamanian general election

Canada

1940 Canadian federal election The 1940 Canadian federal election was held March 26, 1940, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 19th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was re-elected to their second consecutiv ...

1940 Alberta general election The 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21, 1940, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite its failure to implement its key policy, providing prosperity certificates to all Albertans, the Social Credit Party ...

* 1940 Edmonton municipal election * 1940 Ottawa municipal election * 1940 Toronto municipal election * 1940 Yukon general election

United States

1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be re ...

* 1940 Louisiana gubernatorial election * 1940 Maine gubernatorial election * 1940 Minnesota gubernatorial election * 1940 New Jersey gubernatorial election * 1940 New York state election * 1940 North Carolina gubernatorial election

United States House of Representatives

* 1940 United States House of Representatives elections * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1940 * United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 1940

United States Senate

* 1940 United States Senate elections * United States Senate election in Arizona, 1940 * United States Senate election in California, 1940 * United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1940 *

United States Senate election in Delaware, 1940 The 1940 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. ran for re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by Democrat James M. Tunnell. This was the ...

* United States Senate election in Florida, 1940 * United States Senate election in Maryland, 1940 * United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940 * United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1940 * United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1940 * United States Senate election in Missouri, 1940 *

United States Senate election in Montana, 1940 The 1940 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler, who was first elected to the Senate in 1922, and was re-elected in 1928 and 1934, ran for re-election. Though ...

* United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1940 * United States Senate election in New York, 1940 * United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1940 * United States Senate election in Vermont, 1940 * United States Senate special election in Vermont, 1940

South America

* 1940 Bolivian general election * 1940 Argentine legislative election

Oceania

Australia

1940 Australian federal election The 1940 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 21 September 1940. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Coalition, consisting of the United Australia P ...