The following elections occurred in the year 1950.

Africa

* 1950 South-West African legislative election

Asia

* 1950 Iranian legislative election

Australia

1950 New South Wales state election The 1950 New South Wales state election was held on 17 June 1950. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution. The election was for all of the ...

1950 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be ...

* 1950 South Australian state election *

1950 Tasmanian state election The 1950 Tasmanian state election was held on 6 May 1950 in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Single transferable vote, Hare-Clark p ...

1950 Western Australian prohibition referendum A referendum was held on 9 December 1950 in the Australian state of Western Australia on the topic of prohibition. It was the fourth referendum on the topic of liquor licensing, and the second put to voters with the same wording. The proposal that ...

1950 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 25 March 1950 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Ross McLarty, won a second term in office against the Labor Part ...

Europe

1950 Belgian general election General elections were held in Belgium on 4 June 1950. The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 108 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 54 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 92.6%.Noh ...

* 1950 Danish Folketing election * 1950 Gibraltar general election *

1950 Greek legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 5 March 1950.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 The People's Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 62 of the 250 seats.Nohlen & ...

1950 Maltese general election General elections were held in Malta between 2 and 4 September 1950.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 Following the Labour Party splitting into the Malta Labour Party and the Malta Workers Par ...

* 1950 Soviet Union legislative election *

1950 Turkish general election General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p238 The result was a landsl ...

Germany

Landtag elections in six Bundesländer: * 18 June the

Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state parliament (''Landtag'') of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which convenes in the state capital of Düsseldorf, in the eastern part of the district of Hafen. The parliament i ...

, see :de:Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen 1950 * 9 July the

Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the ...

, see :de:Landtagswahl in Schleswig-Holstein 1950 * 19 November the

Hessischer Landtag The Landtag of Hesse (german: link=no, Hessischer Landtag) is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing l ...

, see :de:Landtagswahl in Hessen 1950 * 19 November the Landtag of Württemberg-Baden, see :de:Landtagswahl in Württemberg-Baden 1950 * 26 November the

Landtag of Bavaria The Landtag of Bavaria, officially known in English as the Bavarian State Parliament, is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum in Munich. Elections to the Landtag are held every f ...

, see :de:Landtagswahl in Bayern 1950 * 3 December the

Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (House of Deputies) () is the state parliament (''Landtag'') of Berlin, Germany according to the city-state's constitution. In 1993 the parliament moved from Rathaus Schöneberg to its present house on Niederkirchne ...

, see :de:Wahl zum Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin 1950 *

1950 Kulmbach by-election The Kulmbach by-election on May 14, 1950 was the first by-election for the Bundestag (Germany) that had been established 1949. It was caused by the death of Friedrich Schönauer (SPD) April 4, 1950 who had been elected at the 1949 German federal ...

Elections in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

: * 15 October the

1950 East German state elections State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952. Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated ...

* 19 October the 1950 East German general election

United Kingdom

* 1950 Belfast West by-election *

1950 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election The 1950 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 4 May 1950 for the House of Commons in the marginal constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough. The seat became vacant on the death of Fr ...

1950 Bristol South East by-election The 1950 Bristol South East by-election was a by-election held on 30 November 1950 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the city of Bristol. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Par ...

1950 United Kingdom general election The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first ever to be held after a full term of Labour government. The election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950, and was the first held following the abolition of plural voting and university con ...

List of MPs elected in the 1950 United Kingdom general election This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1950 general election, held on 23 February 1950. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Edward Heath, Horace King, Fred Mulley, ...

1950 Sheffield Neepsend by-election The 1950 Sheffield Neepsend by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 April 1950 for the British House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Neepsend in Neepsend, an industrial suburb of the city of Sheffield. The seat had become vac ...

North America

Canada

* 1950 Brampton municipal election * 1950 Edmonton municipal election *

1950 Ottawa municipal election The city of Ottawa, Canada, held municipal elections on December 4, 1950. To date, this election elected the most members of city council in Ottawa history. 28 aldermen from 14 wards, plus 4 controllers and the mayor for a total of 33 on council. ...

1950 Sudbury municipal election The 1950 Sudbury municipal election was held on December 4, 1950, as voters in Sudbury, Ontario, and its outlying communities voted to elect mayors, alderman, school trustees, the hydro commissioner and the reeve of McKim Township. In addition the ...

December 1950 Toronto municipal election Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 1950. It was the second time the elections were held in December (the first was in 1936); traditionally elections occurred on New Year's Day. Incumbent mayor Hiram E. McCal ...

* January 1950 Toronto municipal election

Middle America

* 1950 Guatemalan parliamentary election * 1950 Guatemalan presidential election * 1950 Nicaraguan general election *

1950 Salvadoran general election General elections were held in El Salvador between 26 and 29 March 1950. The result was a victory for Óscar Osorio in the presidential election,Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. xford .a.: Oxford Uni ...

United States

* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1950 *

1950 California gubernatorial election The 1950 California gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. For the last time, Warren was reelected governor in a landslide over the Democratic opponent, James Roosevelt, the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Warren is the l ...

* 1950 Maine gubernatorial election *

1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election The 1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Luther Youngdahl defeated Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party challenger Harry H. Peterson. , this marks the last time the ...

* 1950 New Orleans mayoral election * 1950 New York state election * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1950 *

1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election The 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 104th governo ...

1950 United States House of Representatives elections The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1950 which occurred in the middle of President Harry Truman's second term. As the Korean War began and Truman's personal p ...

United States Senate

1950 United States Senate elections The 1950 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Harry S. Truman's second term as president. As with most 20th-century second-term midterms, the party not holding the presidency made significant gains. The Republican opposition m ...

United States Senate election in California, 1950 The 1950 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7 of that year, following a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling. Republican Representative and future President Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Repre ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1950 The 1950 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 7, 1950, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Strom Thurmond in a bitterly contested D ...

Oceania

Australia

* 1950 South Australian state election *

South America

* 1950 Brazilian legislative election *

1950 Brazilian presidential election General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1950.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p173 The presidential elections were won by Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party (historical), Brazili ...

Africa

Asia

Australia

Europe

Germany

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

Middle America

United States

United States Senate

Oceania

Australia

South America

See also