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 The 1940 Battersea North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 April 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of Battersea North in the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea. The seat had become vacant on the resignation d ...

* 1940 Birmingham Edgbaston by-election * 1940 Bow and Bromley by-election * 1940 City of London by-election *

1940 Croydon North by-election The 1940 Croydon North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the British House of Commons constituency of Croydon North on 19 June 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Glyn Mason had resigned. ...

* 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 The 1940 Middleton and Prestwich by-election was held for the Middleton and Prestwich constituency on 22 May 1940, after the death of the sitting MP, Nairne Sandeman. It was held during World War II, and five of the largest political parties – ...

1940 Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election The 1940 Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 7 June 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne North. Previous MP The seat had become vacant on when the constituency's Con ...

1940 Nottingham Central by-election The 1940 Nottingham Central by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Nottingham Central on 19 July 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Te ...

1940 Preston by-election The 1940 Preston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire on 29 September 1940. The seat had become vacant on the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament Adri ...

1940 East Renfrewshire by-election The 1940 East Renfrewshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 May 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of East Renfrewshire in Scotland. Previous MP The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Unionis ...

* 1940 Rochdale by-election *

1940 Spen Valley by-election The 1940 Spen Valley by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Spen Valley on 1 June 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal National Member of Parliament Sir John Simon, had been elevated to t ...

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 The 1940 Wansbeck by-election was a by-election held in England on 22 July 1940 for the House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck in Northumberland. Vacancy The seat became vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Bernard Cruddas r ...

North America

1940 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1940.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 The presidential elections were won by Manuel Ávila Camacho, who received 94% of the vote. In the Chamber of ...

* 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 The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed. There w ...

1940 Ottawa municipal election The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1940. Mayor of Ottawa Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) Ottawa City Council The Ottawa City Council (french: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the Ci ...

1940 Toronto municipal election Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1940. Incumbent Ralph Day was re-elected mayor. The election saw little change with all incumbent councillors and Board of Control members being reelected. Toronto mayor Day ...

* 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 The 1940 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Stassen defeated Farmer–Labor Party challenger Hjalmar Petersen. Results See also * List of Minnesota gubernat ...

* 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 The 1940 United States House of Representatives elections coincided with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's re-election to an unprecedented third term. His Democratic Party narrowly gained seats from the opposition Republican Party, cementing the ...

* 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 The 1940 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his third term as president. Although Roosevelt was re-elected, support for his administration had dropped somewhat after eight years, and the Republ ...

South America

1940 Bolivian general election General elections were held in Bolivia on 10 March 1940, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress. The elections were the first in six years since 1934 and the first not to be annulled in nine years since the g ...

1940 Argentine legislative election Legislative elections were held in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-l ...

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 ...