1940 Costa Rican general election

1940 Costa Rican general election

11 February 1940
Presidential election
Registered139,220
Turnout80.85% ( 12.01pp)
 
Nominee Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Manuel Mora Valverde Virgilio Salazar Leiva
Party PRN BOC CG
Popular vote 92,849 10,825 6,242
Percentage 84.47% 9.85% 5.68%

Official results by province

President before election

León Cortés Castro
PRN

Elected President

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
PRN

Legislative election

23 of the 43 seats in the Constitutional Congress
Party Leader Seats +/–
PRN Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 23 +7
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 11 February 1940. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia of the governing National Republican Party won the presidential election. Voter turnout was 81% in the presidential election and 66% in the parliamentary election.

The party also won all 23 constested seats in the Constitutional Congress. Among those elected as deputies were future presidents Teodoro Picado Michalski (for San José) and Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (for Alajuela).