United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 1940

Puerto Rico's At-large district.

The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 5, 1940, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1940.

Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Antonio Fernós-Isern for the Popular Democratic Party
Miguel A. Garcia Mendez for the Tripartite Puerto Rican Unification Party
Bolívar Pagán for the Republican Union

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 1940^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican Union	Bolívar Pagán (inc.)	222,384	39.10
	Popular Democratic	Antonio Fernós-Isern	214,842	37.77
	Tripartite Puerto Rican Unification	Miguel A. Garcia Mendez	131,521	23.12
Total votes			568,747	100.00
	Republican Union hold

See also

Puerto Rican general election, 1940

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1940election.pdf

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