1948 Cuban general election

1948 Cuban general election

1 June 1948
Presidential election
 
Nominee Carlos Prío Socarrás Ricardo Núñez Portuondo
Party Auténtico Liberal
Popular vote 905,198 599,364

 
Nominee Eduardo Chibás Juan Marinello
Party Ortodoxo Popular Socialist
Popular vote 324,364 142,972

Results by province

President before election

Ramón Grau
Auténtico

Elected President

Carlos Prío Socarrás
Auténtico

General elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1948. Carlos Prío Socarrás won the presidential election running under the Auténtico-Republican Alliance banner, whilst the Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 29 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was 78.7%.

As of 2025, this is the last free election held in Cuba: elections were scheduled for 1952, but former president Fulgencio Batista seized power in a military coup three months before the elections.