1940 Argentine legislative election

1940 Argentine legislative election
3 March 1940
	82 of the 158 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	70.31%
	Results by province

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

Results



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Won	Total
	Radical Civic Union			876,991	47.62	52	78
	Concordancia		National Democratic Party	453,869	24.65	17	49
			Santa Fe Radical Civic Union	122,007	6.63	3	8
			Concordania – National Front	68,948	3.74	0	0
			Civic Concentration	38,151	2.07	2	6
			Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union	32,740	1.78	3	11
			Independent Socialist Party	4,210	0.23	0	0
			Unified Radical Civic Union	3,769	0.20	0	0
			Buenos Aires Province Radical Civic Union	2,063	0.11	0	0
		Total		725,757	39.41	25	74
	Socialist Party			155,152	8.43	5	5
	Labour Gathering Party			30,312	1.65	0	0
	Tucumán Radical Civic Union			23,888	1.30	0	1
	Mendoza Radical Party			8,810	0.48	0	0
	Defenders of State Employees Group			5,884	0.32	0	0
	Buenos Aires City Radical Party			5,278	0.29	0	0
	Socialist Workers' Party			4,647	0.25	0	0
	Buenos Aires City Conservative Party			3,253	0.18	0	0
	Agrarian Party			1,471	0.08	0	0
	Others			30	0.00	0	0
Total				1,841,473	100.00	82	158

Valid votes				1,841,473	96.67
Invalid votes				314	0.02
Blank votes				63,180	3.32
Total votes				1,904,967	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,721,806	69.99
Source: National Congress^[1]

Results by province

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

References

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

[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.

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