1940 Costa Rican general election
11 February 1940
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Presidential election | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 139,220 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 80.85% ( 12.01pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Official results by province | |||||||||||||||||||||
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23 of the 43 seats in the Constitutional Congress | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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).