1940 Argentine legislative election

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1940 Argentine legislative election
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  1938 3 March 1940 1942  

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.
Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 1940 - Resultados por distrito.svg
Results by province

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

Contents

Results

PartyVotes %Seats wonTotal seats
Radical Civic Union (UCR)876,99147.625278
Total Concordance 725,75739.412574
National Democratic Party (PDN)453,86924.651749
Santa Fe Radical Civic Union (UCR-SF)122,0076.6338
Concordance - National Front 68,9483.74
Civic Concentration (CC)38,1512.0726
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-A)32,7401.78311
Independent Socialist Party (PSI)4,2100.23
Unified Radical Civic Union3,7690.20
Buenos Aires Province Radical Civic Union2,0630.11
Socialist Party (PS)155,1528.4355
Labour Gathering Party (CO)30,3121.65
Tucumán Radical Civic Union (UCR)23,8881.301
Mendoza Radical Party8,8100.48
Servants of the State Defenders5,8840.32
Buenos Aires City Radical Party5,2780.29
Socialist Workers' Party (PSO)4,6470.25
Buenos Aires City Conservative Party3,2530.18
Agrarian Party1,4710.08
Others300.00
Total1,841,47310082158
Positive votes1,841,47396.22
Blank votes63,1803.30
Invalidvotes3140.02
Tally sheet differences8,8140.46
Total votes1,913,781100
Registered voters/turnout2,721,80670.31
Source: [1]

Results by province

ProvinceUCRConcordancePSOthers
Votes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %Seats
Buenos Aires 272,59254.6215211,25042.33715,2483.06180.00
Buenos Aires City 164,36240.561276,92718.98119,18629.41544,72711.04
Córdoba 117,42254.83692,58343.2334,1591.94
Corrientes 64,68999.984120.02
Entre Ríos 77,32457.89453,51040.0622,7462.06
Mendoza 27,05939.69227,09839.7515580.8213,45719.74
San Luis 9,53438.97114,93461.032
Santa Fe 139,21451.478122,00745.1139,2683.43
Santiago del Estero 29,55142.89138,15155.3721,1951.73
Tucumán 39,93343.08324,60826.5512,7923.0125,35927.36
Total876,99147.6252725,75739.4125155,1528.43583,5734.540

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References

  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.