1860 Argentine presidential election
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125 members of the Electoral College 63 votes needed to win | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Argentine presidential election of 1860 was held on 6 February to choose the second president of the Argentine Confederation. Santiago Derqui was elected president.
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
| Argentine Confederation | |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,280,000 |
| Voters | 12,800 |
| Turnout | 1% |
| Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Santiago Derqui | Federal
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72 |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 46 |
| Salvador María del Carril | Unitarian | 4 |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 2 |
| Tomás Guido | — | 1 |
| Total | 125 | |
| Vice Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes | Congress Vote[a] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Paz | — | 49 | 22 |
| Juan Esteban Pedernera | Unitarian | 45 | 32 |
| Benjamín Virasoro | Federal
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17 | |
| Juan Gregorio Pujol | Federal
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12 | |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 1 | |
| Santiago Derqui | Federal
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1 | |
| Total | 125 | 54 | |
Results by Province
| Province | President | Vice President | ||||||||||
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| Derqui | Fragueiro | del Carril | Guido | Alberdi | Paz | Pedernera | Virasoro | Pujol | Alberdi | Derqui | ||
| Catamarca | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Córdoba | 16 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
| Corrientes | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Entre Ríos | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Federal Territory of Paraná | Did not vote | Did not vote | ||||||||||
| Jujuy | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| La Rioja | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mendoza | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| Salta | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| San Juan | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| San Luis | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Santiago del Estero | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tucumán | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total | 72 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
Notes
- ^ As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the Constitution, the Congress elected the Vice President.
References
- Cámara de Senadores - Actas de las Sesiones del Paraná Correspondientes al Año de 1860. Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Nación. 1887. pp. 8–11.
- Barreto Constantín, Ana María (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. 4–5. ISBN 950-817-111-1.
- "Sucedió un 6 de febrero". Facebook Archivo General de la Provincia de Entre Ríos. 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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