1853 Argentine presidential election

1853 Argentine general election

1 November 1853

106 members of the Electoral College
54 votes needed to win


Nominee	Justo José de Urquiza	Mariano Fragueiro
Party	Federal	Unitarian
Electoral vote	91	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

Argentine Confederation
Population	640,000
Voters	6,400
Turnout	1%

Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Justo José de Urquiza	Federal	91
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
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

Province	President							Vice President
Province	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	7	1	1	1	1	1	35	22	20	13	8	7	1

Notes

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

References

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.

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