1940 Cuban general election

General elections were held in Cuba on 14 July 1940.[1] Fulgencio Batista won the presidential election running under the People's Socialist Coalition banner, whilst the Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 73.4%.[2]

Cuban general election, 1940
14 July 1940
 
Nominee Fulgencio Batista Ramón Grau
Party Independent Auténtico
Alliance Democratic Socialist Opposition Front
Popular vote 805,125 573,576
Percentage 56.70% 40.30%
President before election

Federico Laredo Brú
Republican Action

 Elected President

Fulgencio Batista
Independent

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Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Fulgencio BatistaDemocratic Socialist Coalition¹805,12556.7%
Ramón Grau San MartínOpposition Front²573,57640.3%
Reynaldo MárquezNational Agrarian Party
Invalid/blank votes-
Total1,421,563100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The Democratic Socialist Coalition (also known as the People's Socialist Coalition) was an alliance of the Communist Revolutionary Union, Progressive Action, the Democratic National Association, the Liberal Party and the Republican Democratic Party.

² The Opposition Front was an alliance of the ABC, the Partido Auténtico and Republican Action.

Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Democratic Socialist Coalition[3]22New
Opposition Front14New
Invalid/blank votes---
Total360
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Partido Auténtico34New
Liberal Party23-11
Republican Democratic Party22New
Nationalist Union21-9
Democratic National Association18-52
Republican Action16-9
ABC12New
Communist Revolutionary Union10New
Others6-
Invalid/blank votes---
Total1620
Source: Nohlen

References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p204
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2011-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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