The following elections occurred in the year 1944.

Asia

1943–1944 Iranian legislative election The elections for the 14th Iranian Majlis, 14th Parliament of Iran was held in November 1943–February 1944 and more than 800 candidates ran for 136 seats. Ervand Abrahamian wrote in 1982 that the elections were "the most prolonged, most compet ...

Europe

1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Iceland between 20 and 23 May 1944.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p961 The 1918 Danish–Icelandic Act of Union declared Iceland to be a sovereign state s ...

1944 Irish general election The 1944 Irish general election to the 12th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 30 May, having been called on 9 May by President of Ireland, President Douglas Hyde on the advice of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election took place in Dáil cons ...

1944 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 1944. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 115 of the 230 seats in the Andra k ...

United Kingdom

1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election The 1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 October 1944 for the UK House of Commons constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Previous MP The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliame ...

1944 Camberwell North by-election The 1944 Camberwell North by-election was a by-election held on 31 March 1944 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency), Camberwell North. The by-election was tri ...

1944 Chelsea by-election The 1944 Chelsea by-election was a by-election held on 11 October 1944 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chelsea in London. The by-election was caused by the elevation of the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliame ...

North America

Canada

1944 Alberta general election The 1944 Alberta general election was held on August 8, 1944, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. As well, in late 1944 and early 1945, Armed Forces voters voted for separate representation - by electing an Army, an Air Forc ...

* 1944 Edmonton municipal election *

1944 New Brunswick general election The 1944 New Brunswick general election was held on August 28, 1944, to elect 48 members to the 40th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The incumbent Liberal government was re-electe ...

* 1944 Ottawa municipal election *

1944 Quebec general election The 1944 Quebec general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The , led by former premier Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by A ...

1944 Saskatchewan general election The 1944 Saskatchewan general election, the tenth in the history of the province, was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, under the leadership of Tommy Do ...

* 1944 Toronto municipal election *

1944 Yukon general election The 1944 Yukon general election was held on 9 February 1944 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council.Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999. ...

United States

1944 United States elections Elections were held on November 7, 1944, during the final stages of World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was easily re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term, and the Democratic Party retained their majorities in both chambers of Con ...

1944 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II which ended the following year. The History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticke ...

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives ...

1944 Louisiana gubernatorial election The 1944 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held in two rounds on January 18 and February 29, 1944. Like most Southern states between the Reconstruction Era and the Civil Rights Movement, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonex ...

* 1944 Maine gubernatorial election * 1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election *

1944 New York state election The 1944 New York state election was held on November 7, 1944, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Nominations The Socialist L ...

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1944 The 1944 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7, 1944, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the o ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1944 The 1944 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 7, 1944, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. On July 25, Governor Olin Johnston defeated incumbent senator Ellison "Cotton Ed" Smith in the De ...

1944 United States House of Representatives elections The 1944 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 79th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1944, while Mai ...

United States Senate

1944 United States Senate elections The 1944 United States Senate elections coincided with the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his fourth term as president. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and three special elections were held to fill vacancie ...

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1944 The 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1944. Republican Governor Leverett Saltonstall was elected to finish the term of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who had resigned from the Senate to serve in World ...

South America

1944 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador in January 1944, however, no results were posted.Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) ''Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy'' Pittsburgh: U ...

1944 Salvadoran presidential election Presidential elections were held in El Salvador in January 1944. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate and won the election, but no results were posted.Krehm, William. Democracia y tiranias en el Caribe. Buenos Aires: Editoria ...

Guatemala

1944 Guatemalan Constitutional Assembly election Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Guatemala between 28 and 30 December 1944. The United Front of Arevalist Parties won 50 of the 65 seats.Leonard, Thomas M. The United States and Central America, 1944-1949: perceptions of political ...

December 1944 Guatemalan Presidential election December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. December's name derives from the Latin word ''decem'' (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in th ...

* 1944 Guatemalan general election * November 1944 Guatemalan parliamentary election * October 1944 Guatemalan parliamentary election * July 1944 Guatemalan presidential election

Oceania

Australia

1944 New South Wales state election The 1944 New South Wales state election was held on 27 May 1944. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1940 redistribution. The election was for all of ...

1944 Queensland state election The 1944 Queensland state election was held on 15 April 1944 to elect all 62 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party, led by premier Frank Cooper, was elected to a fifth term in office, albeit with a reduced majority ...

* 1944 Australian referendum *

1944 South Australian state election State elections were held in South Australia on 29 April 1944. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV d ...