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1859 Argentine presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 5, 6 and 7 September 1859 to choose the second president of the Argentine Confederation. Santiago Derqui was elected president.
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5, 6 and 7 September 1859
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The Buenos Aires Province seceded from the Confederation as the State of Buenos Aires on 11 September 1852 and did not participate in elections until 1862.
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Derqui | Federalist Party | 72 | 57.60 | |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian Party | 46 | 36.80 | |
| Salvador MarÃa del Carril | Unitarian Party | 4 | 3.20 | |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | Independent | 2 | 1.60 | |
| Tomás Guido | Independent | 1 | 0.80 | |
| Total | 125 | 100.00 | ||
By province
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 | % | |||
| Marcos Paz | Independent | 49 | 39.20 | 22 | 40.74 | |
| Juan Esteban Pedernera | Unitarian Party | 45 | 36.00 | 32 | 59.26 | |
| BenjamÃn Virasoro | Federalist Party | 17 | 13.60 | |||
| Juan Gregorio Pujol | Federalist Party | 12 | 9.60 | |||
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | Independent | 1 | 0.80 | |||
| Santiago Derqui | Federalist Party | 1 | 0.80 | |||
| Total | 125 | 100.00 | 54 | 100.00 | ||
By province
Notes
References
- Cámara de Senadores - Actas de las Sesiones del Paraná Correspondientes al Año de 1860. Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Nación. 1887. pp. 8â11.
- Barreto ConstantÃn, Ana MarÃa (2014). Vida de un Caudillo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken. p. 54. ISBN 978-9870276968.
- Lorenzo, Celso Ramón (1999). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 3. Rosario: Editorial Juris. pp. 4â5. ISBN 950-817-111-1.
- "Sucedió un 6 de febrero". Facebook Archivo General de la Provincia de Entre RÃos. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- "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.
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