1940 Argentine legislative election

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1940 Argentine legislative election
Argentina
← 1938 3 March 1940 1942 →
82 of 158 seats in the National Congress
Turnout70.13%
Party % Seats +/–
Radical Civic Union

47.96% 52 +25
Concordance

39.48% 25 -27
Socialist Party

8.48% 5 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 3 March 1940. Voter turnout was 70%.

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats won Total seats
Radical Civic Union (UCR) 877,051 47.96 52 78
Total Concordance 721,988 39.48 25 74
National Democratic Party (PDN) 421,920 23.07 16 49
Santa Fe Radical Civic Union (UCR-SF) 122,007 6.67 3 8
Concordance - National Front 68,948 3.77 — —
Civic Concentration (CC) 38,151 2.09 2 6
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-A) 34,803 1.90 3 11
National Democratic Party - Autonomist Party 31,949 1.75 1 —
Independent Socialist Party (PSI) 4,210 0.23 — —
Socialist Party (PS) 155,152 8.48 5 5
Labour Gathering Party (CO) 30,312 1.66 — —
Tucumán Radical Civic Union (UCR) 23,888 1.31 — 1
Mendoza Radical Party 8,810 0.48 — —
Radical Party 5,278 0.29 — —
Socialist Workers' Party (PSO) 4,608 0.25 — —
Agrarian Party 1,471 0.08 — —
Others 149 0.01 — —
Total 1,828,707 100 82 158
Positive votes 1,828,707 94.29
Invalid/blank votes 109,580 5.65
Tally sheet differences 1,134 0.06
Total votes 1,939,421 100
Registered voters/turnout 2,721,906 71.25
Sources:[1][2][3]

Results by province[]

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 — — — —
Buenos Aires City 164,362 41.90 12 73,158 18.65 — 119,186 30.38 5 35,590 9.07 —
Córdoba 117,422 54.83 6 92,583 43.23 3 4,159 1.94 — — — —
Corrientes — — — 64,689 100 4 — — — — — —
Entre Ríos 77,324 57.89 4 53,510 40.06 2 2,746 2.06 — — — —
Mendoza 27,059 39.71 2 27,098 39.77 1 558 0.82 — 13,418 19.69 —
San Luis 9,534 38.97 1 14,934 61.03 2 — — — — — —
Santa Fe 139,214 51.44 8 122,007 45.08 3 9,268 3.42 — 149 0.06 —
Santiago del Estero 29,551 42.89 1 38,151 55.37 2 1,195 1.73 — — — —
Tucumán 39,993 43.12 3 24,608 26.53 1 2,792 3.01 — 25,359 27.34 —
Total 877,051 47.96 52 721,988 39.48 25 155,152 8.48 5 74,516 4.07 0

References[]

  1. ^ Cantón, Darío (1968). Materiales para el estudio de la sociología política en la Argentina (PDF). Vol. Tomo I. Buenos Aires: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales - Torcuato di Tella Institute. p. 125.
  2. ^ Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007) (PDF). Ministry of Interior - Subsecretaría de Asuntos Políticos y Electorales. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook. Vol. Volume II: South America. Nueva York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-928358-3. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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