1940 Mexican general election

General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1940.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Manuel Ávila Camacho, who received 93.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Party of the Mexican Revolution won all but one of the 173 seats.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Manuel Ávila Camacho	Party of the Mexican Revolution	2,476,641	93.9
Juan Andreu Almazán	Revolutionary Party of National Unification	151,101	5.7
Rafael Sánchez Tapía	Independent	9,840	0.4
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		2,637,222	100
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	%	Seats
Party of the Mexican Revolution		172
Other parties		1
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		173
Source: Nohlen

References

^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p468

[N1-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p453 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p468

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