1938 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 1 May 1938.[1] Eduardo Santos of the Liberal Party was the only candidate after the Conservative Party decided not to contest the elections, and received 100% of the vote.[2] Voter turnout was only 30.2%.[2] Santos took office on 7 August.[3]

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Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eduardo Santos	Colombian Liberal Party	511,947	100.00
Total			511,947	100.00

Valid votes			511,947	99.69
Invalid/blank votes			1,573	0.31
Total votes			513,520	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,700,171	30.20
Source: Nohlen

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
Nohlen, p351
Nohlen, p358

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