Constituent Assembly elections were held in Argentina on 5 December 1948.[1] Peronistas dominated the election, winning 66% of the vote. Voter turnout was 74%.[2]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peronist Party (PP) | 1,725,658 | 66.79 | 109 | ||
| Radical Civic Union (UCR) | 767,730 | 29.71 | 48 | ||
| Communist Party (PC) | 83,490 | 3.23 | — | ||
| Labour Gathering Party (CO) | 4,091 | 0.16 | — | ||
| Independent Nationalist Party | 1,659 | 0.06 | — | ||
| Labour Party (PL) | 790 | 0.03 | 1 | ||
| Nationalist Liberation Alliance (ALN) | 450 | 0.02 | — | ||
| Total | 2,583,868 | 100 | 158 | ||
| Positive votes | 2,583,868 | 91.35 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 114,776 | 4.06 | |||
| Tally sheet differences | 130,019 | 4.60 | |||
| Total votes | 2,828,663 | 100 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,807,326 | 74.30 | |||
| Sources:[3][4][5][6] | |||||
Results by province
edit| Province | Peronist | Radical Civic Union | Others | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Buenos Aires | 501,259 | 67.85 | 28 | 215,404 | 29.16 | 14 | 22,151 | 3.00 | — |
| Buenos Aires City | 339,644 | 58.68 | 22 | 201,081 | 34.74 | 10 | 38,105 | 6.58 | — |
| Catamarca | 18,873 | 77.66 | 2 | 5,428 | 22.34 | — | — | — | — |
| Córdoba | 161,312 | 54.90 | 10 | 128,846 | 43.85 | 5 | 3,658 | 1.24 | — |
| Corrientes | 52,870 | 68.94 | 5 | 23,815 | 31.06 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Entre Ríos | 98,331 | 66.83 | 6 | 48,802 | 33.17 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Jujuy | 20,042 | 100 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Rioja | 16,955 | 100 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mendoza | 72,530 | 71.59 | 4 | 21,753 | 21.47 | 2 | 7,027 | 6.94 | — |
| Salta | 24,253 | 95.14 | 2 | — | — | — | 1,240 | 4.86 | 1 |
| San Juan | 37,096 | 76.51 | 2 | 8,412 | 17.35 | 1 | 2,975 | 6.14 | — |
| San Luis | 18,211 | 83.40 | 2 | 3,462 | 15.85 | 1 | 163 | 0.75 | — |
| Santa Fe | 216,622 | 70.43 | 13 | 80,206 | 26.08 | 6 | 10,741 | 3.49 | — |
| Santiago del Estero | 56,969 | 84.34 | 4 | 8,956 | 13.26 | 2 | 1,623 | 2.40 | — |
| Tucumán | 90,691 | 78.83 | 5 | 21,565 | 18.74 | 2 | 2,797 | 2.43 | — |
| Total | 1,725,658 | 66.79 | 109 | 767,730 | 29.71 | 48 | 90,480 | 3.50 | 1 |
References
edit- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p67 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p78
- ^ Confirmación electoral de la voluntad justicialista del pueblo argentino (PDF). Buenos Aires: Ministry of Interior. 1952.
- ^ 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. 141-142.
- ^ "Con el triunfo peronista terminó el escrutinio en Córdoba y Buenos Aires". El Litoral (in Spanish). 16 December 1948.
- ^ Oscar Castellucci, ed. (2016). Perón: la comunidad organizada (1949) (PDF) (2nd ed.). Buenos Aires: Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación. p. 258-264.