The following elections occurred in the year 1920. * 1920 Histadrut election

Africa

* 1920 South African general election * 1920 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election

Asia

* 1920 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election *

1920 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1920.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281 The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi, which won 2 ...

Europe

1920 Estonian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 27 and 29 November 1920, the first held under the 1920 constitution. 100 deputies were elected into the new Riigikogu by party lists in 10 regions, by which one party or electoral bloc could p ...

1920 Free City of Danzig Constituent Assembly election Constituent Assembly elections were held in the Free City of Danzig on 16 May 1920. The German National People's Party emerged as the largest party, receiving 28% of the vote and winning 34 of the 120 seats in the Volkstag. Voter turnout In polit ...

1920 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 6 June 1920. Territorial disputes meant that voting was delayed in East Prussia and Schleswig-Holstein until 20 February 1921, and until 19 November 1922 in Oppeln. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Electi ...

1920 Greek legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 14 November 1920,John S. Koliopoulos and Thanos M. Veremis (2010''Modern Greece: A History since 1821''Wiley-Blackwell, p87 or 1 November 1920 old style. They were possibly the most crucial el ...

1920 Austrian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 October 1920, although they were not held in Carinthia until 19 June 1921 and in Burgenland until 18 June 1922. They were the first regular elections held after a permanent constitution was promu ...

1920 Bulgarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 28 March 1920. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368 It was compulsory to vote.Richard J. Crampton (2007) ''Bulgaria'', Oxford/New York (NY) , p224 The ...

1920 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 Members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected on 18 April and members of the Senate ...

* 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election *

1920 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year. The Social Democratic Par ...

East Prussian plebiscite The East Prussian plebiscite (german: Abstimmung in Ostpreußen), also known as the Allenstein and Marienwerder plebiscite or Warmia, Masuria and Powiśle plebiscite ( pl, Plebiscyt na Warmii, Mazurach i Powiślu), was a plebiscite organised in a ...

Denmark

* April 1920 Danish Folketing election * July 1920 Danish Folketing election *

September 1920 Danish Folketing election Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1920,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p524 except in the Faroe Islands, where they were held on 30 October. They were the first in which Sout ...

* August 1920 Danish Landsting election * October 1920 Danish Landsting election

United Kingdom

* 1920 Argyll by-election *

1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne. The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party Me ...

1920 Horncastle by-election The 1920 Horncastle by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Horncastle in Lincolnshire on 25 February 1920. The seat had become vacant when the sitting Coalition Unionist Member of Parliamen ...

1920 Ilford by-election The Ilford (UK Parliament constituency), Ilford by-election of 25 September 1920 was held after the death of the Coalition Unionist Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament Sir William Peter Griggs. The Coalition retained the se ...

1920 Louth by-election The 1920 Louth by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Louth in Lincolnshire. Voting was held on 3 June 1920. The by-election took place five days after the Louth Flood of 29 May 1920 had claim ...

1920 Middleton and Prestwich by-election The 1920 Middleton and Prestwich by-election was a by-election held on 22 November 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Middleton and Prestwich in Lancashire. The by-election was triggered by the appointment as a judge of the sit ...

1920 South Norfolk by-election The 1920 South Norfolk by-election was a by-election held on 27 July 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of South Norfolk. Vacancy The by-election was triggered by the succession to the peerage of the serving Coalition Liberal Mem ...

* 1920 Northampton by-election * 1920 Paisley by-election *

1920 Rhondda West by-election The 1920 Rhondda West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 December 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Rhondda West in Wales. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament ...

1920 Stockport by-election The 1920 Stockport by-election was a by-election, parliamentary by-election held on 27 March 1920 for the United Kingdom constituency, constituency of Stockport (UK Parliament constituency), Stockport, in Cheshire. It followed the death of Spence ...

North America

Canada

1920 British Columbia general election The 1920 British Columbia general election was the fifteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 23, 1920, ...

* 1920 Canadian liquor plebiscite * 1920 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election * 1920 Edmonton municipal election *

1920 Manitoba general election The 1920 Manitoba general election was held on June 29, 1920 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election resulted in a fragmented parliament, with no group holding effective power over the legisla ...

* 1920 New Brunswick general election * 1920 Nova Scotia general election * 1920 Toronto municipal election * 1920 Yukon general election

United States

Federal

1920 United States presidential election The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920. In the first election held after the end of World War I and the first election after the ratification of the Ninete ...

1920 United States Senate elections The 1920 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with the presidential election of Warren G. Harding. Democrat Woodrow Wilson's unpopularity allowed Republicans to win races across the country, wi ...

1920 United States House of Representatives elections The 1920 United States House of Representatives elections were held, coinciding with the election of President Warren G. Harding, the first time that women in all states were allowed to vote in federal elections after the passage of the 19th Am ...

* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1920 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1920 * United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1920

States

* 1920 Louisiana gubernatorial election *

1920 Minnesota gubernatorial election The 1920 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1920. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate J. A. O. Preus defeated Independent politician, Independent challenger's Henrik Shipstead and the List of mayors of Saint Paul, Mi ...

* 1920 New York state election * 1920 South Carolina gubernatorial election

South America

1920 Argentine legislative election The Argentine legislative elections of 1920 were held on 7 March. Voters chose their legislators and numerous governors, and with a turnout of 53.7%. Background A strong economy and a vigorous social policy helped make 1920 a banner year for ...

* 1920 Chilean presidential election * April 1920 Guatemalan presidential election * August 1920 Guatemalan presidential election * 1920 Nicaraguan general election * 1920 Panamanian presidential election

Oceania

Australia

1920 Kalgoorlie by-election A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie on 18 December 1920. It was triggered by the expulsion from the House of Australian Labor Party, Labor Party MP Hugh Mahon. The subseque ...

1920 New South Wales state election The 1920 New South Wales state election was held on 20 March 1920. The 24th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 February 1920 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier William Holman. The election ...

1920 Queensland state election Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 9 October 1920 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensl ...

New Zealand

* 1920 Bruce by-election * 1920 Stratford by-election