1940 Bolivian general election
Bolivia held a general election on 10 March 1940, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.
Results
President
Presidential candidates | Party/Alliance | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo (independent) | Concordance | 58,060 | 85.99 |
José Antonio Arze (PIR) | PIR | 7,645 | 11.32 |
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja (independent) | 1,813 | 02.69 | |
Valid votes | 67,518 | 100.0 | |
Invalid votes | ??? | ||
Votes cast | ??? | ||
Registered voters | 104,612 | ||
Population | ??? | ||
Source: Gamboa[1] |
Concordance (Concordancia). Electoral alliance formed by Liberal Party, PL; Genuine Republican Party, PRG; Republican Socialist Party, PRS.
PIR – Revolutionary Left Party.
Congress
Party/Alliance | Votes | % | Senate | Deputies | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RIGHT | ?? | ?? | 23 | 61 | 84 | ||||
bgcolor=Template:Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)/meta/color| | Republican Socialist Party | PRS | ?? | ?? | 11 | 12 | 23 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Genuine Republican Party/meta/color| | Genuine Republican Party | PRG | ?? | ?? | 3 | 17 | 20 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Bolivia)/meta/color| | Liberal Party | PL | ?? | ?? | 9 | 21 | 30 | ||
Radical Party | PR | ?? | ?? | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Independents | Ind | ?? | ?? | 0 | 9 | 9 | |||
Independents (FSB) | Ind | ?? | ?? | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
LEFT | ?? | ?? | 04 | 48 | 52 | ||||
bgcolor=Template:United Socialist Party (Bolivia)/meta/color| | United Socialist Party | PSU | ?? | ?? | 4 | 18 | 22 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia, 1944)/meta/color| | Independent Socialist Party | PSI | ?? | ?? | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||
Independents | Ind | ?? | ?? | 0 | 10 | 10 | |||
Popular Front of Potosi | FPP | ?? | ?? | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
Socialist Workers' Party of Bolivia | PSOB | ?? | ?? | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Valid votes | ??? | 100.0 | 27 | 109 | 136 | ||||
Invalid votes | ??? | ||||||||
Votes cast | ??? | ||||||||
Registered voters | 104,612 | ||||||||
Population | ??? | ||||||||
Source: Bustillos & Peñaranda[2] |