1940 Cuban general election

1940 Cuban general election
	Presidential election
President before election; Federico Laredo Brú; Republican Action	Elected President ; Fulgencio Batista; Independent

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. Although the Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest single party in the House of Representatives, Bastista's electoral alliance, the Democratic Socialist Coalition, won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 73%.^[2]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fulgencio Batista	Democratic Socialist Coalition^[a]	805,125
	Ramón Grau	Opposition Front^[b]	573,576
	Reynaldo Márquez	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, Progressive Action, the Democratic National Association, the Liberal Party and the Republican Democratic Party
^ Alliance of ABC, the Partido Auténtico and Republican Action

Senate


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

Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives


Party or alliance			Seats
	Democratic Socialist Coalition	Liberal Party of Cuba	23
		Republican Democratic Party	22
		Nationalist Union	21
		Democratic National Association	18
		Communist Revolutionary Union	10
	Opposition Front	Partido Auténtico	34
		Republican Action	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, Progressive Action, the Democratic National Association, the Liberal Party and the Republican Democratic Party

[4] Alliance of ABC, the Partido Auténtico and Republican Action

[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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