The following elections occurred in the year 1942.
Africa
Asia
Europe
Iceland
Portugal
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
North America
Canada
Caribbean
United States
United States lieutenant gubernatorial
- 1942 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 1942 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 1942 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 1942 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 1942 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 1942 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 1942 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election
United States gubernatorial
- 1942 Alabama gubernatorial election
- 1942 Arizona gubernatorial election
- 1942 Arkansas gubernatorial election
- 1942 California gubernatorial election
- 1942 Colorado gubernatorial election
- 1942 Connecticut gubernatorial election
- 1942 Georgia gubernatorial election
- 1942 Idaho gubernatorial election
- 1942 Iowa gubernatorial election
- 1942 Kansas gubernatorial election
- 1942 Maine gubernatorial election
- 1942 Maryland gubernatorial election
- 1942 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 1942 Michigan gubernatorial election
- 1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- 1942 Nebraska gubernatorial election
- 1942 Nevada gubernatorial election
- 1942 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
- 1942 New York gubernatorial election
- 1942 North Dakota gubernatorial election
- 1942 Ohio gubernatorial election
- 1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
- 1942 Oregon gubernatorial election
- 1942 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
- 1942 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
- 1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election
- 1942 South Dakota gubernatorial election
- 1942 Tennessee gubernatorial election
- 1942 Texas gubernatorial election
- 1942 United States gubernatorial elections
- 1942 Vermont gubernatorial election
- 1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
- 1942 United States Senate elections
- 1942 United States Senate election in Colorado
- 1942 United States Senate special election in Colorado
- 1942 United States Senate election in Illinois
- 1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
- 1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi
- 1942 United States Senate special election in Nevada
- 1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina
- 1942 United States Senate election in Texas