General elections were held in

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on 1 June 1948.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p203

Carlos Prío Socarrás Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elec ...

won the presidential election running under the Auténtico-

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Alliance banner, whilst the

Partido Auténtico The Cuban Revolutionary Party – Authentic ( es, Partido Revolucionario Cubano – Auténtico, PRC-A), commonly called the Authentic Party ( es, Partido Auténtico, PA), was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 and 1952. Although th ...

emerged as the largest party in the

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, winning 29 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was 78.7%.Nohlen, p204 As of , this is the last free election held in Cuba: elections were scheduled for 1952, but former president

Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...

seized power in a military coup three months before the elections.

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