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]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulgencio Batista | Democratic Socialist Coalition¹ | 805,125 | 56.7% |
| Ramón Grau San Martín | Opposition Front² | 573,576 | 40.3% |
| Reynaldo Márquez | National Agrarian Party | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | - | ||
| Total | 1,421,563 | 100 | |
| 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] | 22 | New | ||
| Opposition Front | 14 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | |
| Total | 36 | 0 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
House of Representatives
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partido Auténtico | 34 | New | ||
| Liberal Party | 23 | -11 | ||
| Republican Democratic Party | 22 | New | ||
| Nationalist Union | 21 | -9 | ||
| Democratic National Association | 18 | -52 | ||
| Republican Action | 16 | -9 | ||
| ABC | 12 | New | ||
| Communist Revolutionary Union | 10 | New | ||
| Others | 6 | - | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | |
| Total | 162 | 0 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- Nohlen, p204
- "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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