Costa Rican general election, 1940

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General elections were held in Costa Rica on 11 February 1940.^[1] Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia of the Independent National Republican Party won the presidential election. Voter turnout was 80.8% in the presidential election and 65.6% in the parliamentary election.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia	Independent National Republican Party	92,849	84.5
Manuel Mora	Workers and Farmers Party	10,825	9.8
Virgilio Salazar Leiva	Confraternidad Guanacasteca	6,242	5.7
Invalid/blank votes		2,643	-
Total		112,559	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p155 ISBN 9780199283576
2. ^ Nohlen, p156