1958 Cuban general election

1958 Cuban general election

3 November 1958
Presidential election
 
Nominee Andrés Rivero Agüero Carlos Márquez Sterling Ramón Grau
Party Progressive Action PPL Auténtico
Popular vote 428,166 95,447 75,789
Percentage 70.40% 15.69% 12.46%

President before election

Fulgencio Batista
Progressive Action Party

Elected President

Andrés Rivero Agüero (elected)
Manuel Urrutia Lleó (appointed)
Independent

General elections were held in Cuba on 3 November 1958. The three major presidential candidates were Carlos Márquez Sterling of the Partido del Pueblo Libre, Ramón Grau of the Partido Auténtico and Andrés Rivero Agüero of the Coalición Progresista Nacional. There was also a minor party candidate on the ballot, Alberto Salas Amaro for Partido Union Cubana, who received 1% of the vote. Voter turnout was estimated at 50% of eligible voters. Although Andrés Rivero Agüero won the presidential election with 70% of the vote, he and all other elected officials were unable to take office due to the Cuban Revolution. Anselmo Alliegro y Milá briefly became the next president on 1 January 1959, before being replaced by the Chief Justice Carlos Manuel Piedra the following day, who in turn was replaced by Manuel Urrutia Lleó a day later.

This was the last competitive election in Cuba; the 1940 constitution was abrogated and the Congress quickly dismantled shortly thereafter.