1938 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 1 May 1938. ^[1] Eduardo Santos of the Liberal Party was the only candidate after the Conservative Party decided not to contest the elections, and received 100% of the vote. ^{[2] [3]} Voter turnout was only 30.2%. ^[2] Santos took office on 7 August. ^[4]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eduardo Santos	Colombian Liberal Party	511,947	100.00
Total			511,947	100.00
Valid votes			511,947	99.69
Invalid/blank votes			1,573	0.31
Total votes			513,520	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,700,171	30.20
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p351
3. Abel, Christopher; Marco, Palacio (1991), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Columbia, 1930–58" , The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, vol. 8, Cambridge University Press, pp. 585–628, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.011, ISBN   978-0-521-26652-9
4. Nohlen, p358