The following is a list of elections that occurred in the year 1959.

Africa 1959 Ivorian parliamentary election 1959 Liberian general election 1959 Mauritanian parliamentary election 1959 Mauritian general election 1959 Nigerian parliamentary election 1959 Senegalese parliamentary election 1959 Tunisian general election 1959 Upper Volta Territorial Assembly election

Asia 1959 Israeli legislative election 1959 Japanese House of Councillors election 1959 Malayan general election 1959 Nepalese general election 1959 Singaporean general election 1959 South Vietnamese parliamentary election 1959 Soviet Union regional elections

Australia 1959 Cook's River state by-election 1959 Lismore state by-election 1959 New South Wales state election 1959 South Australian state election 1959 Tasmanian state election 1959 Western Australian state election

Europe 1959 Cypriot presidential election 1959 Fianna Fáil leadership election 1959 French municipal elections 1959 Gibraltar general election 1959 Irish presidential election 1959 San Marino general election 1959 Soviet Union regional elections 1959 Swiss federal election

Austria 1959 Austrian legislative election

France 1959 French municipal elections

Germany 1959 Rhineland-Palatinate state election

United Kingdom 1959 United Kingdom general election England: 1959 United Kingdom general election in England Scotland: 1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland Wales: 1959 United Kingdom general election in Wales Northern Ireland: 1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election 1959 Belfast East by-election 1959 Clitheroe by-election 1959 Galloway by-election 1959 Harrow East by-election 1959 Penistone by-election 1959 Southend West by-election 1959 Whitehaven by-election

United Kingdom local English local 1959 Bermondsey Borough election 1959 Southwark Borough election

North America Canada 1959 Alberta general election 1959 Edmonton municipal election 1959 Manitoba general election 1959 Newfoundland general election 1959 Ontario general election 1959 Prince Edward Island general election

United States

United States gubernatorial 1959 Hawaii gubernatorial election 1959 Kentucky gubernatorial election 1959 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1959 United States gubernatorial elections

United States House of Representatives 1959 United States House of Representatives elections

United States Senate 1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii

United States mayoral elections 1959 Baltimore mayoral election 1959 Chicago mayoral election 1959 Cleveland mayoral election 1959 Evansville mayoral election 1959 Hartford, Connecticut mayoral election 1959 Indianapolis mayoral election 1959 Manchester, New Hampshire mayoral election 1959 Philadelphia mayoral election 1959 Pittsburgh mayoral special election 1959 San Diego mayoral election 1959 San Francisco mayoral election 1959 Sioux Falls mayoral election 1959 Springfield, Massachusetts, mayoral election 1959 Tampa mayoral election

Oceania Australia 1959 Cook's River state by-election 1959 Lismore state by-election 1959 New South Wales state election 1959 South Australian state election 1959 Tasmanian state election 1959 Western Australian state election

Other 1959 Central African Republic parliamentary election 1959 Chadian parliamentary election 1959 Dahomeyan legislative election 1959 Dutch general election 1959 French Sudan parliamentary election 1959 Guatemalan parliamentary election June 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election October 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election 1959 Italian Somaliland parliamentary election 1959 Liberian general election 1959 Luxembourg general election 1959 Mauritian general election 1959 Moyen-Congo parliamentary election 1959 Norwegian local elections 1959 Philippine Senate election 1958–1959 Tanganyikan general election