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]

Results[]

President[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fulgencio Batista	Democratic Socialist Coalition^[a]	805,125
	Ramón Grau	Opposition Front^[b]	573,576
		National Agrarian Party
Total

Total votes			1,421,563	–
Registered voters/turnout			1,936,212	73.42
Source: Nohlen

^ Alliance of the Communist Revolutionary Union, , the , the Liberal Party and the
^ Alliance of ABC, the Partido Auténtico and

Senate[]


Party or alliance			Seats
	Democratic Socialist Coalition		10
		Liberal Party of Cuba	5
			5
			2
		Cuban Popular Party	0
		Communist Revolutionary Union	0
	Opposition Front	Partido Auténtico	8
		ABC	3
			3
Total			36

Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives[]


Party or alliance			Seats
	Democratic Socialist Coalition	Liberal Party of Cuba	23
			22
			21
			18
		Communist Revolutionary Union	10
	Opposition Front	Partido Auténtico	34
			16
		ABC	12
Total			156

Source: Nohlen

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p204

[3] Alliance of the Communist Revolutionary Union, , the , the Liberal Party and the

[4] Alliance of ABC, the Partido Auténtico and

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p204

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