1940 Cuban general election

none Cuba 14 July 1940 1936 Cuban general election 1936 1944 Cuban general election 1944 yes Presidential election presidential Fulgencio Batista, 1938.jpg Fulgencio Batista Independent 00BFFF Democratic Socialist Coalition 805,125 Ramón Grau San Martín.jpg Ramón Grau Partido Auténtico Opposition Front 573,576 President Federico Laredo Brú Republican Action Fulgencio Batista Independent politician General elections were held in Cuba on 14 July 1940.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 978-0-19-928357-6 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%.Nohlen, p204 Results President Fulgencio Batista Democratic Socialist CoalitionAlliance of the Communist Revolutionary Union, Progressive Action, the Democratic National Association, the Liberal Party and the Republican Democratic Party 805125 Ramón Grau Opposition FrontAlliance of ABC, the Partido Auténtico and Republican Action 573576 #FF7F00 Reynaldo Márquez National Agrarian Party 1421563 1936212 Nohlen Senate Democratic Socialist Coalition 6 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 3 Partido Auténtico 8 #FF7F00 ABC 3 Republican Action 3 Nohlen House of Representatives Democratic Socialist Coalition 5 Liberal Party of Cuba 23 Republican Democratic Party 22 Nationalist Union 21 Democratic National Association 18 Communist Revolutionary Union 10 Opposition Front 3 Partido Auténtico 34 #FF7F00 Republican Action 16 ABC 12 Nohlen References Cuba General Category:Presidential elections in Cuba Category:Parliamentary elections in Cuba Cuba Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results