Cuban general election, 1940

Cuban general election, 1940
Cuba
14 July 1940

 
Nominee Fulgencio Batista Ramón Grau
Party Independent Authentic
Alliance Democratic Socialist Coalition 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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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 BatistaDemocratic Socialist Coalition¹805,125 56.7%
Ramón Grau San MartínOpposition Front²573,576 40.3%
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 Front 14New
Invalid/blank votes ---
Total 360
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Partido Auténtico 34New
Liberal Party 23-11
Republican Democratic Party 22New
Nationalist Union 21-9
Democratic National Association 18-52
Republican Action 16-9
ABC 12New
Communist Revolutionary Union 10New
Others 6-
Invalid/blank votes ---
Total 1620
Source: Nohlen

References

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