1940 Argentine legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 3 March 1940. Voter turnout was 70%.

1940 Argentine legislative election
Argentina
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82 of 158 seats in the National Congress
Turnout70.31%
Party % Seats +/–
Radical Civic Union

47.62% 52 +25
Concordance

39.41% 25 −27
Socialist Party

8.43% 5 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

Results edit

Party Votes % Seats won Total seats
Radical Civic Union (UCR) 876,991 47.62 52 78
Total Concordance 725,757 39.41 25 74
National Democratic Party (PDN) 453,869 24.65 17 49
Santa Fe Radical Civic Union (UCR-SF) 122,007 6.63 3 8
Concordance - National Front 68,948 3.74
Civic Concentration (CC) 38,151 2.07 2 6
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-A) 32,740 1.78 3 11
Independent Socialist Party (PSI) 4,210 0.23
Unified Radical Civic Union 3,769 0.20
Buenos Aires Province Radical Civic Union 2,063 0.11
Socialist Party (PS) 155,152 8.43 5 5
Labour Gathering Party (CO) 30,312 1.65
Tucumán Radical Civic Union (UCR) 23,888 1.30 1
Mendoza Radical Party 8,810 0.48
Servants of the State Defenders 5,884 0.32
Buenos Aires City Radical Party 5,278 0.29
Socialist Workers' Party (PSO) 4,647 0.25
Buenos Aires City Conservative Party 3,253 0.18
Agrarian Party 1,471 0.08
Others 30 0.00
Total 1,841,473 100 82 158
Positive votes 1,841,473 96.22
Blank votes 63,180 3.30
Invalidvotes 314 0.02
Tally sheet differences 8,814 0.46
Total votes 1,913,781 100
Registered voters/turnout 2,721,806 70.31
Source:[1]

Results by province edit

Province UCR Concordance PS Others
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Buenos Aires 272,592 54.62 15 211,250 42.33 7 15,248 3.06 18 0.00
Buenos Aires City 164,362 40.56 12 76,927 18.98 119,186 29.41 5 44,727 11.04
Córdoba 117,422 54.83 6 92,583 43.23 3 4,159 1.94
Corrientes 64,689 99.98 4 12 0.02
Entre Ríos 77,324 57.89 4 53,510 40.06 2 2,746 2.06
Mendoza 27,059 39.69 2 27,098 39.75 1 558 0.82 13,457 19.74
San Luis 9,534 38.97 1 14,934 61.03 2
Santa Fe 139,214 51.47 8 122,007 45.11 3 9,268 3.43
Santiago del Estero 29,551 42.89 1 38,151 55.37 2 1,195 1.73
Tucumán 39,933 43.08 3 24,608 26.55 1 2,792 3.01 25,359 27.36
Total 876,991 47.62 52 725,757 39.41 25 155,152 8.43 5 83,573 4.54 0

References edit

  1. ^ Memoria del Ministerio del Interior presentada al Honorable Congreso de la Nación 1940. Vol. Anexo: Estadística Electoral. Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Congreso Nacional. 1941.