1853 Argentine presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 1 November 1853 to choose the first president of the Argentine Confederation for the period 1854â1860. Justo José de Urquiza was elected president by a wide margin.
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It was the first presidential election after the unification of the country in 1852, after 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
President
Although only 91 electors voted for Urquiza, in the final count he is listed as having 94 votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justo José de Urquiza | Federalist Party | 91 | 88.35 | |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian Party | 7 | 6.80 | |
| Pedro Ferré | Federalist Party | 1 | 0.97 | |
| Vicente López y Planes | Independent | 1 | 0.97 | |
| José MarÃa Paz | Unitarian Party | 1 | 0.97 | |
| BenjamÃn Virasoro | Federalist Party | 1 | 0.97 | |
| Facundo ZuvirÃa | Unitarian Party | 1 | 0.97 | |
| Total | 103 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 106 | â | ||
By province
| Province | Urquiza | Fragueiro | Ferré | López y Planes | Paz | Virasoro | ZuvirÃa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catamarca | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Córdoba | 16 | ||||||
| Corrientes | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Entre RÃos | 8 | ||||||
| Jujuy | 8 | ||||||
| La Rioja | 8 | ||||||
| Mendoza | 10 | ||||||
| Salta | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| San Juan | 5 | ||||||
| San Luis | 8 | ||||||
| Santa Fe | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Santiago del Estero | Did not vote | ||||||
| Tucumán | Did not vote | ||||||
| Total | 91[a] | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vice president
As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the constitution, Congress elected the vice president.
| Candidate | Party | Electoral vote | Congress vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Salvador MarÃa del Carril | Unitarian Party | 35 | 33.02 | 17 | 94.44 | |
| Facundo ZuvirÃa | Unitarian Party | 22 | 20.75 | 1 | 5.56 | |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian Party | 20 | 18.87 | |||
| Rudecindo Alvarado | Unitarian Party | 13 | 12.26 | |||
| BenjamÃn Virasoro | Federalist Party | 8 | 7.55 | |||
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | Independent | 7 | 6.60 | |||
| Pedro Ferré | Federalist Party | 1 | 0.94 | |||
| Total | 106 | 100.00 | 18 | 100.00 | ||
By province
| Province | del Carril | ZuvirÃa | Fragueiro | Alvarado | Virasoro | Alberdi | Ferré |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catamarca | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Córdoba | 10 | 6 | |||||
| Corrientes | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Entre RÃos | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Jujuy | 5 | 3 | |||||
| La Rioja | 8 | ||||||
| Mendoza | 10 | ||||||
| Salta | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| San Juan | 7 | 1 | |||||
| San Luis | 8 | ||||||
| Santa Fe | 8 | ||||||
| Santiago del Estero | Did not vote | ||||||
| Tucumán | Did not vote | ||||||
| Total | 35 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Notes
- Although only 91 electors voted for Urquiza, in the final count he appears with 94 votes.
References
- Congreso General Constituyente de la Confederación Argentina - Sesión de 1852-54. Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Orden. 1871. pp. 405â409.
- Barreto ConstantÃn, Ana MarÃa (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). Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.