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 Nyasaland general election
Asia
- 1956 Burmese general election
- 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election
- 1956 Iranian legislative election
- 1956 Japanese House of Councillors 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
France
United Kingdom
- 1956 Blaydon by-election
- 1956 Chester-le-Street by-election
- 1956 Leeds North East by-election
- 1956 Mid Ulster by-election
- 1956 Newport by-election
United Kingdom local
English local
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
United States
- 1956 United States elections
- 1958 Alabama gubernatorial election
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1956
- 1956 Louisiana gubernatorial election
- 1956 Maine gubernatorial election
- 1956 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election
- 1956 New York state election
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1956
- 1956 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1956 United States Senate elections
United States Senate
- 1956 United States Senate elections
- United States Senate election in Oregon, 1956
- United States Senate special election in South Carolina, 1956
- United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1956
- United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1956
Oceania
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