1940 Argentine legislative election

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

1940 Argentine legislative election

← 1938 3 March 1940 1942 →
82 of 158 seats in the National Congress
Turnout	70.31%
Party Vote % 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. Results by province

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats
	Radical Civic Union (UCR)	876,991	47.62	52	78
	Total Concordance	725,757	39.41	25	74
	National Democratic Party (PDN)	453,869	24.65	17	49
	Santa Fe Radical Civic Union (UCR-SF)	122,007	6.63	3	8
	Concordance - National Front	68,948	3.74	—	—
	Civic Concentration (CC)	38,151	2.07	2	6
	Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-A)	32,740	1.78	3	11
	Independent Socialist Party (PSI)	4,210	0.23	—	—
	Unified Radical Civic Union	3,769	0.20	—	—
	Buenos Aires Province Radical Civic Union	2,063	0.11	—	—
	Socialist Party (PS)	155,152	8.43	5	5
	Labour Gathering Party (CO)	30,312	1.65	—	—
	Tucumán Radical Civic Union (UCR)	23,888	1.30	—	1
	Mendoza Radical Party	8,810	0.48	—	—
	Servants of the State Defenders	5,884	0.32	—	—
	Buenos Aires City Radical Party	5,278	0.29	—	—
	Socialist Workers' Party (PSO)	4,647	0.25	—	—
	Buenos Aires City Conservative Party	3,253	0.18	—	—
	Agrarian Party	1,471	0.08	—	—
	Others	30	0.00	—	—
Total		1,841,473	100	82	158
Positive votes		1,841,473	96.22
Blank votes		63,180	3.30
Invalidvotes		314	0.02
Tally sheet differences		8,814	0.46
Total votes		1,913,781	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,721,806	70.31
Source:[1]

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

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.