Cuban general election, 1948 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

General elections were held in Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

on 1 June 1948. Carlos Prío Socarrás

Carlos Prío Socarrás

Carlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :...

won the presidential election running under the Auténtico

Partido Auténtico

The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...

-Republican Alliance banner, whilst the Partido Auténtico

Partido Auténtico

The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...

emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 29 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was 78.7%.

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Prío Socarrás Carlos Prío Socarrás Carlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :...	Auténtico Partido Auténtico The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952... -Republican Alliance	905,198
Ricardo Núñez Portuondo	Liberal-Democratic Coalition	599,364
Eduardo Chibás Eduardo Chibás Eduardo René Chibás Ribas was a Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views to the public. He primarily denounced corruption and gangsterism rampant during the governments of Ramón Grau and Carlos Prío which preceded the Batista era...	Partido Ortodoxo Partido Ortodoxo The ' was a Cuban political party, otherwise known as the . It was founded in 1947 by Eduardo Chibás in response to perceived government corruption and lack of reform...	324,364
Juan Marienllo	Popular Socialist Party Popular Socialist Party (Cuba) The Popular Socialist Party was a communist party in Cuba. Originally called the Communist Party of Cuba , it was formed in the 1925 by a group including Blas Roca, Anibal Escalante, Fabio Grobart and Julio Antonio Mella, who acted as its leader until his assassination in Mexico in 1929. It was...	142,972
Invalid/blank votes
Total		1,972,705	100
Source: Nohlen

Senate

12
Party	Seats	+/-
Auténtico Partido Auténtico The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952... -Republican Alliance	36
Liberal-Democratic Coalition	18
Invalid/blank votes
Total	54	0
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

4
Party	Seats	+/-
Partido Auténtico Partido Auténtico The Partido Auténtico was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 to 1952...	29
Liberal Party	15
Republican Party	11
Democratic Party	6
Popular Socialist Party Popular Socialist Party (Cuba) The Popular Socialist Party was a communist party in Cuba. Originally called the Communist Party of Cuba , it was formed in the 1925 by a group including Blas Roca, Anibal Escalante, Fabio Grobart and Julio Antonio Mella, who acted as its leader until his assassination in Mexico in 1929. It was...	5	0
Partido Ortodoxo Partido Ortodoxo The ' was a Cuban political party, otherwise known as the . It was founded in 1947 by Eduardo Chibás in response to perceived government corruption and lack of reform...	4	New
Invalid/blank votes
Total	70	+4
Source: Nohlen

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