1940 Bolivian general election

1940 Bolivian general election

← 1934 10 March 1940 1947 →

President, all 109 Deputies and 27 Senators in the National Congress
Registered104,612
Turnout64.54%
 
Nominee Enrique Peñaranda José Antonio Arze
Party Independent Independent
Alliance CONC[a] FIB[b]
Popular vote 58,060 7,645
Percentage 85.99% 11.32%

President before election

Carlos Quintanilla (interim)

Elected President

Enrique Peñaranda

General elections were held in Bolivia on 10 March 1940, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress. The elections were the first in six years since 1934 and the first not to be annulled in nine years since the general election of 1931.[1]


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  1. ^ Political handbook of the world 1936. New York, 1936. P. 18.