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A presidential election (Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Honduras de 1939) was held in Honduras on 18 December 1939.

"On 12 December 1939, a group of five deputies presented a proposal to Congress suggesting that article 202 be reformed to allow the president Tiburcio Carías Andino and vice-president to remain in power until 1 January 1949. By Decree 16 on 18 December 1939, this proposal was unanimously adopted".

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Political handbook of the world 1940. New York, 1941.

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