After a highly contentious electoral process plagued by violence and irregularities concluded on February 8, 1948, the independent electoral tribunal, by a split vote of 2 to 1, declared that opposition candidate Otilio Ulate of the National Union Party, had been elected president.
Efter en mycket omstridd valprocess präglad av våld och stridigheter beslutade den oberoende väljartribunalen 8 februari 1948, med en oenig omröstning på 2 mot 1, att utse oppositionskandidaten Otilio Ulate till segrare i presidentvalet.