Presidential elections were held in Ecuador on 10 and 11 January 1940.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 The result was a victory for Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party, who received 53% of the vote.Nohlen, p400
Electoral fraud contributed to Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río's victory.
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