The following elections occurred in the year 1942.

Asia

• 1942 Japanese general election

Europe

• 1942 Irish local elections

Iceland

• July 1942 Icelandic parliamentary election
• October 1942 Icelandic parliamentary election

Portugal

• 1942 Portuguese legislative election
• 1942 Portuguese presidential election

United Kingdom

• 1942 Cardiff East by-election
• 1942 North East Derbyshire by-election
• 1942 Maldon by-election
• 1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election
• 1942 Nuneaton by-election
• 1942 Poplar South by-election
• 1942 Rothwell by-election
• 1942 Salisbury by-election
• 1942 Spennymoor by-election
• 1942 Whitechapel and St Georges by-election
• 1942 Windsor by-election

Central America

• 1942 Honduran legislative election

North America

Canada

• 1942 Edmonton municipal election
• 1942 Ottawa municipal election
• 1942 Toronto municipal election

United States

• United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942
• 1942 California gubernatorial election
• 1942 Maine gubernatorial election
• 1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election
• 1942 New York state election
• United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1942
• United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1942
• 1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1942 United States House of Representatives elections

United States Senate

• 1942 United States Senate elections
• United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1942

South America

• 1942 Argentine legislative election
• 1942 Bolivian legislative election
• 1942 Chilean presidential election
• 1942 Colombian presidential election
• 1942 Uruguayan general election