Cuban general election, 1954

1 November 1954



Nominee	Fulgencio Batista	Ramón Grau
Party	Progressive Action	Authentic
Popular vote	1,451,753	188,209

President before election

Carlos Prío Socarrás
Authentic Party

Elected President

Fulgencio Batista
Progressive Action Party

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General elections were held in Cuba on 1 November 1954.^[1] Fulgencio Batista won the presidential election running under the National Progressive Coalition banner, whilst the main opposition candidate, Ramón Grau San Martín, withdrew his candidacy before election day.^[2] Progressive Action Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 60 of the 130 seats. Voter turnout was 52.4%.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Fulgencio Batista	National Progressive Coalition¹	1,451,753
Ramón Grau San Martín	Partido Auténtico	188,209
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		1,451,753	100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The National Progressive Coalition was an alliance of Progressive Action Party, the Radical Union, the Republican Democratic Party and the Liberal Party.

Senate

Party	%	Seats	+/-
National Progressive Coalition		36	New
Partido Auténtico		18	-
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		54	0
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	%	Seats	+/-
Progressive Action Party		60	+56
Liberal Party		24	+16
Partido Auténtico		16	-12
Democratic Party		15	+9
Radical Union		15	New
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		130	+64
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p203 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p217
↑ Nohlen, p204

Elections and referendums in Cuba

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Referendums	1976

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