All Peru elections

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

The result

Share of the Chamber of Deputies
Concentración Nacional111
Liberal Party5
Constitutional Renewal Party1
Patriotic Front1
Revolutionary Union1
Unidentified16
Independents5