Cuban general election, 1948

1 June 1948



Nominee	Carlos Prío Socarrás	Ricardo Núñez Portuondo	Eduardo Chibás
Party	Authentic	Liberal	Orthodox
Popular vote	905,198	599,364	324,364
Percentage	45.80%	30.30%	16.40%

President before election

Ramón Grau
Authentic Party

Elected President

Carlos Prío Socarrás
Authentic Party

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General elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1948.^[1] Carlos Prío Socarrás 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 29 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was 78.7%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Prío Socarrás	Auténtico-Republican Alliance	905,198	45.8
Ricardo Núñez Portuondo	Liberal-Democratic Coalition	599,364	30.3
Eduardo Chibás	Partido Ortodoxo	324,364	16.4
Juan Marinello	Popular Socialist Party	142,972	7.2
Invalid/blank votes		807	0.3
Total		1,972,705	100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	%	Seats	+/-
Auténtico-Republican Alliance		36	+12
Liberal-Democratic Coalition		18	-
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		54	0
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	%	Seats	+/-
Partido Auténtico		29	-1
Liberal Party		15	+4
Republican Party		11	+4
Democratic Party		6	-4
Popular Socialist Party		5	0
Partido Ortodoxo		4	New
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		70	+4
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p204

Elections and referendums in Cuba

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Local elections	1900 1976 1979 1981 1984 1986 1989 1992 1995 1997 2000 2002 2005 2007 2010 2012 2015 2017

Referendums	1976

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