Cuban general election, 1944

1 June 1944



Nominee	Ramón Grau	Carlos Saladrigas Zayas
Party	Authentic	Popular Socialist
Popular vote	1,041,822	839,220

President before election

Fulgencio Batista
Independent

Elected President

Ramón Grau
Authentic Party

Cuba

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General elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1944.^[1] Ramón Grau San Martín won the presidential election running under the Auténtico-Republican Alliance banner, whilst the Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 70 seats.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ramón Grau San Martín	Auténtico-Republican Alliance	1,041,822
Carlos Saladrigas Zayas	Socialist-Popular Coalition	839,220
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total			100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	%	Seats	+/-
Auténtico-Republican Alliance		24	New
Socialist-Popular Coalition		30	New
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		54	+18
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	%	Seats	+/-
Partido Auténtico		19	+9
Liberal Party		18	-3
Democratic Party		17	-4
Republican Party		8	New
Popular Socialist Party		4	New
ABC		4	+2
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		70	+13
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Elections and referendums in Cuba

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Referendums	1976

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