1951 Argentine general election
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| Registered | 8,613,998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 88.16% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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149 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 11 non-voting delegates in the Chamber of Deputies 30 seats in the Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 88.23% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Argentina on 11 November 1951. Voters chose both the President of Argentina and their legislators. This was the first election in the country to have enfranchised women at the national level. Turnout was around 88%.
Background
President
Channel 13 (Public Television)
, the first regular broadcast station in Latin America; but growing inflation (50%, a record at the time) led to increasing strike activity.
The UCR and other parties in opposition, harassed and deprived of access to the media, boycotted a number of Congressional races and all
ultraconservative elements in the Army. Ultimately, these ill-considered attacks, the Peróns' popularity and their control of much of the media combined to give the Peronist Party a landslide in the election, the first at the national level in which the vote was extended to women.[1]
Candidates
- Peronist Party: President Juan Perón of Buenos Aires Province
- Radical Civic Union: Congressman Ricardo Balbín of Buenos Aires Province
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Incumbent President Juan Perón -
Balbín (left) and running mate Arturo Frondizi
Results
President
| Presidential candidate |
Vice Presidential candidate |
Party | Votes | % | |
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Juan Domingo Perón
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Hortensio Quijano | Peronist Party (PP)
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4,745,168 | 63.51 | |
| Ricardo Balbín | Arturo Frondizi | Radical Civic Union (UCR) | 2,415,750 | 32.33 | |
| Reynaldo Pastor | Vicente Solano Lima | National Democratic Party (PDN)
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174,399 | 2.33 | |
| Rodolfo Ghioldi | Alcira de la Peña | Communist Party (PC)
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71,318 | 0.95 | |
| Alfredo Palacios | Américo Ghioldi | Socialist Party (PS) | 54,920 | 0.74 | |
| Genaro Giacobini | Jorge Francisco Rivero | Public Health Party | 5,512 | 0.07 | |
| Luciano Molinas | Juan A. Díaz Arana | Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) | 2,634 | 0.04 | |
| José Fernando Penelón | Beniamino A. Semiza | Labour Gathering Party (CO) | 1,233 | 0.02 | |
| No candidates | Nationalist Civic Union | 163 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 7,471,097 | 100 | |||
| Positive votes | 7,471,097 | 98.38 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 110,123 | 1.45 | |||
| Tally sheet differences | 12,928 | 0.17 | |||
| Total votes | 7,594,148 | 100 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,613,998 | 88.16 | |||
| Sources:[2][3][4] | |||||
Chamber of Deputies
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| Party | Votes | % | Deputies | Non-voting delegates | |||||
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| 1952-1955 | 1952-1958 | Total | 1952-1955 | 1952-1958 | Total | ||||
Peronist Party (PP)
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4,330,886 | 62.21 | 67 | 68 | 135 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Radical Civic Union (UCR) | 2,397,262 | 33.27 | 7 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | |
National Democratic Party (PDN)
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175,991 | 2.45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Socialist Party (PS) | 74,126 | 1.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Communist Party (PCA)
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70,877 | 0.98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) | 2,717 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Labour Gathering Party (CO) | 1,276 | 0.02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Nationalist Civic Union | 90 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 7,205,312 | 100 | 74 | 75 | 149 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Positive votes | 7,205,312 | 97.63 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 175,120 | 2.37 | |||||||
| Total votes | 7,377,322 | 100 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,360,993 | 88.23 | |||||||
| Source:[2] | |||||||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats 1952-1955 |
Seats 1952-1958 |
Total seats | ||||
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Peronist Party (PP)
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15 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
| Radical Civic Union (UCR) | — | — | — | ||||||
National Democratic Party (PDN)
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— | — | — | ||||||
| Socialist Party (PS) | — | — | — | ||||||
Communist Party (PCA)
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— | — | — | ||||||
| Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) | — | — | — | ||||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
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| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total votes | 100 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | |||||||||
Provincial Governors
| Election of Provincial Governors | ||||
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| Elected positions: 14 governors, 14 legislative bodies
Presidential appointment: 9 territorial governors, Mayor of the city of Buenos Aires
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| Date | Province | Elected | Winner | Runner-up |
| 11 November | Buenos Aires
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Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(62,99 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(33,30 %) |
| Catamarca | Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(76,66 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(21,58 %) | |
Córdoba
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Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(51,98 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(43,08 %) | |
Corrientes
|
Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(64,36 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(26,70 %) | |
Entre Ríos
|
Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(63,07 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(32,68 %) | |
Jujuy
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Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(79,29 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(15,01 %) | |
| La Rioja | Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(73,97 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(26,03 %) | |
| Mendoza | Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(66,89 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(21,22 %) | |
| Salta | Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(76,37 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(23,34 %) | |
| San Juan | Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(78,67 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(16,57 %) | |
| San Luis | Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(71,16 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(15,83 %) | |
Santa Fe
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Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(64,92 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(33,08 %) | |
| Santiago del Estero | Governor Provincial legislatures |
Francisco González ( Partido Peronista )(78,72 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(14,06 %) | |
Tucumán
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Governor Vice Governor Provincial legislatures |
Partido Peronista )(70,70 %) |
Unión Cívica Radical )(27,40 %) | |
Footnotes
- ^ Todo Argentina
- ^ a b Confirmación electoral de la voluntad justicialista del pueblo argentino (PDF). Buenos Aires: Ministry of Interior. 1952.
- ^ Cantón, Darío (1968). Materiales para el estudio de la sociología política en la Argentina (PDF). Vol. Tomo I. Buenos Aires: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales - Torcuato di Tella Institute. pp. 141–142.
- ^ Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007) (PDF). Ministry of Interior - Subsecretaría de Asuntos Políticos y Electorales. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014.
