title: List of elections in 1940
text: # List of elections in 1940
  
  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
  * 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
  * 1940 Wansbeck by-election
  
  ## North America
  
  * 1940 Mexican general election
  * 1940 Panamanian general election
  
  ### Canada
  
  * 1940 Canadian federal election
  * 1940 Alberta general election
  * 1940 Edmonton municipal election
  * 1940 Ottawa municipal election
  * 1940 Toronto municipal election
  * 1940 Yukon general election
  
  ### United States
  
  * 1940 United States presidential election
  * 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
  * 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
  * 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
  