The following is a list of elections that occurred in the year 1959.
Africa
- 1959 Mauritanian parliamentary election
- 1959 Nigerian parliamentary election
- 1959 Senegalese parliamentary election
- 1959 Upper Volta Territorial Assembly election
Asia
- 1959 South Vietnamese legislative election
- 1959 Israeli legislative election
- 1959 Malayan general election
- 1959 Singaporean general election
- 1959 Soviet Union regional elections
Australia
- 1959 New South Wales state election
- 1959 South Australian state election
- 1959 Tasmanian state election
- 1959 Western Australian state election
Europe
- 1959 Fianna Fáil leadership election
- 1959 French municipal elections
- 1959 Gibraltar general election
- 1959 Irish presidential election
- 1959 Soviet Union regional elections
Austria
France
Germany
United Kingdom
- 1959 United Kingdom general election
- List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election
- 1959 South West Norfolk by-election
- 1959 Penistone by-election
- 1959 Whitehaven by-election
United Kingdom local
English local
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
Oceania
Australia
- 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