List of elections in 1956

The following elections occurred in the year 1956.

Africa 1956 Gold Coast legislative election 1956 Italian Somaliland parliamentary election 1956–1957 Kenyan legislative election 1956 Libyan general election 1956 Nyasaland general election 1956 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election

Asia 1956 Burmese general election 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1956 Iranian legislative election 1956 Japanese House of Councillors election 1956 Jordanian general election 1956 Pakistani presidential election 1956 South Korean presidential election 1956 South Vietnamese Constitutional Assembly election

Australia 1956 New South Wales state election 1956 Queensland state election 1956 South Australian state election 1956 Tasmanian state election 1956 Wentworth by-election 1956 Western Australian state election

Europe 1956 Dutch general election 1956 Gibraltar general election 1956 Greek legislative election 1956 Icelandic parliamentary election 1956 Maltese integration into the United Kingdom referendum 1956 Swedish general election

Austria 1956 Austrian legislative election

France 1956 French legislative election

United Kingdom 1956 Chester-le-Street by-election 1956 Gainsborough by-election 1956 Hereford by-election 1956 Leeds North East by-election 1956 Mid Ulster by-election 1956 Newport by-election 1956 Walthamstow West by-election

United Kingdom local

English local 1956 Bermondsey Borough election 1956 Southwark Borough election

North America 1956 Honduran Constituent Assembly election 1956 Panamanian general election 1956 Salvadoran legislative election 1956 Salvadoran presidential election

Canada 1956 British Columbia general election 1956 Edmonton municipal election 1956 New Brunswick general election 1956 Newfoundland general election 1956 Nova Scotia general election 1956 Ottawa municipal election 1956 Quebec general election 1956 Saskatchewan general election 1956 Toronto municipal election

Caribbean 1956 Antigua and Barbuda general election 1956 Cuban parliamentary election 1956 Puerto Rican general election 1956 Trinidad and Tobago general election

United States 1956 United States elections 1956 United States presidential election

United States lieutenant gubernatorial 1956 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

United States gubernatorial 1956 Arizona gubernatorial election 1956 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1956 Colorado gubernatorial election 1956 Delaware gubernatorial election 1956 Florida gubernatorial election 1956 Illinois gubernatorial election 1956 Indiana gubernatorial election 1956 Iowa gubernatorial election 1956 Kansas gubernatorial election 1956 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1956 Maine gubernatorial election 1956 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1956 Michigan gubernatorial election 1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1956 Missouri gubernatorial election 1956 Montana gubernatorial election 1956 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1956 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1956 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1956 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1956 North Dakota gubernatorial election 1956 Ohio gubernatorial election 1956 Oregon gubernatorial special election 1956 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1956 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1956 Texas gubernatorial election 1956 United States gubernatorial elections 1956 Utah gubernatorial election 1956 Vermont gubernatorial election 1956 Washington gubernatorial election 1956 West Virginia gubernatorial election 1956 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

United States House of Representatives 1956 United States House of Representatives elections United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1956 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1956

United States Senate 1956 United States Senate elections 1956 United States Senate election in Alabama 1956 United States Senate election in Arizona 1956 United States Senate election in Arkansas 1956 United States Senate election in California 1956 United States Senate election in Colorado 1956 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1956 United States Senate election in Florida 1956 United States Senate election in Georgia 1956 United States Senate election in Idaho 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois 1956 United States Senate election in Indiana 1956 United States Senate election in Iowa 1956 United States Senate election in Kansas 1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1956 United States Senate special election in Kentucky 1956 United States Senate election in Louisiana 1956 United States Senate election in Maryland 1956 United States Senate election in Missouri 1956 United States Senate election in Nevada 1956 United States Senate election in New Hampshire 1956 United States Senate election in New York 1956 United States Senate election in North Carolina 1956 United States Senate election in North Dakota 1956 United States Senate election in Ohio 1956 United States Senate election in Oklahoma 1956 United States Senate election in Oregon 1956 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1956 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1956 United States Senate special election in South Carolina 1956 United States Senate election in South Dakota 1956 United States Senate election in Utah 1956 United States Senate election in Vermont 1956 United States Senate election in Washington 1956 United States Senate special election in West Virginia 1956 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

United States mayoral 1956 Auburn, Alabama municipal elections 1956 Tampa mayoral special election

Oceania

Australia 1956 Barker by-election 1956 Cunningham by-election 1956 New South Wales state election 1956 Queensland state election 1956 South Australian state election 1956 Tasmanian state election 1956 Wentworth by-election 1956 Western Australian state election

South America Falkland Islands 1956 Falkland Islands general election

See also