1853 Argentine presidential election

1853 Argentine general election

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106 members of the Electoral College
54 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Justo José de Urquiza Mariano Fragueiro
Party Federal Unitarian
Electoral vote 91[a] 7
States carried 10 1
Percentage 88.3% 6.8%


President before election

Justo José de Urquiza
(As Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation)
Federal

Elected President

Justo José de Urquiza
Federal

The Argentine presidential election of 1853 was held on 1 November to choose the first president of the Argentine Confederation for the period 1854-1860. Justo José de Urquiza was elected president by a wide margin.

It was the first presidential election after the unification of the country in 1852, after Justo José de Urquiza defeated Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros on 3 February 1852. The State of Buenos Aires seceded on 11 September 1852 and did not participate in elections until 1862.

Results

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Argentine Confederation
Population 640,000
Voters 6,400
Turnout 1%
Presidential Candidates Party Electoral Votes
Justo José de Urquiza Federal 91[a]
Mariano Fragueiro Unitarian 7
Pedro Ferré Federal 1
Vicente López y Planes 1
José María Paz Unitarian 1
Benjamín Virasoro Federal 1
Facundo Zuviría Unitarian 1
Total voters 103
Did not vote 3
Total 106
Vice Presidential Candidates Party Electoral Votes Congress Vote[b]
Salvador María del Carril Unitarian 35 17
Facundo Zuviría Unitarian 22 1
Mariano Fragueiro Unitarian 20
Rudecindo Alvarado Unitarian 13
Benjamín Virasoro Federal 8
Juan Bautista Alberdi 7
Pedro Ferré Federal 1
Total 106 18

Results by Province

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Province President Vice President
Urquiza Fragueiro Ferré López y Planes Paz Virasoro Zuviría del Carril Zuviría Fragueiro Alvarado Virasoro Alberdi Ferré
Catamarca 9 1 1 9
Córdoba 16 10 6
Corrientes 5 6 1 1 3 3 5
Entre Ríos 8 5 2 1
Jujuy 8 5 3
La Rioja 8 8
Mendoza 10 10
Salta 7 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1
San Juan 5 7 1
San Luis 8 8
Santa Fe 7 1 8
Santiago del Estero Did not vote Did not vote
Tucumán Did not vote Did not vote
Total 91[a] 7 1 1 1 1 1 35 22 20 13 8 7 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Although only 91 electors voted for Urquiza, in the final count he appears with 94 votes.
  2. ^ As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the Constitution, the Congress elected the Vice President.

References

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  • Congreso General Constituyente de la Confederación Argentina - Sesión de 1852-54. Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Orden. 1871. pp. 405–409.
  • Barreto Constantín, Ana María (2014). Vida de un Caudillo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken. p. 48. ISBN 978-9870276968.
  • Lorenzo, Celso Ramón (1997). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 2. Rosario: Editorial Juris. p. 228. ISBN 950-817-064-6.
  • "Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007), p. 58" (PDF). www.mininterior.gov.ar. Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.