1939 Peruvian Congressional Election
22 October 1939 · A bicameral Congress on a restricted franchise · 140 seats
Concentración Nacional finished first with 111 of 140 seats. Manuel Prado Ugarteche replaced Óscar R. Benavides.
The franchise was still limited to literate men, illiterate Peruvians could not vote until the 1979 constitution.
President before
Óscar R. Benavides
Military junta
President after
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Concentración Nacional
Largest force
Concentración Nacional
111 of 140 seats
Turnout
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The result
Concentración Nacional
111
seats
Liberal Party
5
seats
Constitutional Renewal Party
1
seats
Patriotic Front
1
seats
Revolutionary Union
1
seats
Unidentified
16
seats
Independents
5
seats