1939 Peruvian general election

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22 October 1939

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Presidential election


Nominee	Manuel Prado Ugarteche	José Quesada Larrea [es]
Party	Concentración Nacional	Patriotic Front
Popular vote	262,971	76,222
Percentage	77.53%	22.47%

President before election

Óscar R. Benavides
Military junta

Elected President

Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Concentración Nacional

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General elections were held in Peru on 22 October 1939 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.^[1] In the presidential elections the result was a victory for Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Concentración Nacional coalition, who received 77.5% of the vote.^[2] The Concentración Nacional also won a landslide victory in the Congressional elections, winning 45 of the 48 seats in the Senate and 111 of the 140 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[3]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Manuel Prado Ugarteche	Concentración Nacional	262,971	77.53
	José Quesada Larrea [es]	Patriotic Front	76,222	22.47
Total			339,193	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			597,182	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate


Party		Seats
	Concentración Nacional	45
	Patriotic Front	1
	Unidentified	2
Total		48

Source: JNE

Chamber of Deputies


Party		Seats
	Concentración Nacional	111
	Liberal Party	5
	Constitutional Renewal Party	1
	Patriotic Front	1
	Revolutionary Union	1
	Unidentified	16
	Independents	5
Total		140

Source: JNE

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p470
^ Elecciones parliamentarias en el Perú (1931-2011) Jurado Nacional de Elecciones

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