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1958 Argentine general election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1958 Argentine general election

| country = Argentina

| module = {{Infobox election

| embed = yes

| election_name = Presidential election

| previous_election = 1954 Argentine general election

| previous_year = 1954

| next_election = 1963 Argentine general election

| next_year = 1963

| election_date = 23 February 1958

| votes_for_election = 466 members of the Electoral College

| needed_votes = 234

| type = presidential

| vote_type = Popular

| ongoing = no

| registered = 10,002,327

| turnout = 90.60%

| image1 = 120px

| nominee1 = Arturo Frondizi

| running_mate1 = Alejandro Gómez

| party1 = UCRI

| color1 = D10047

| popular_vote1 = 4,070,398

| percentage1 = 49.49%

| electoral_vote1 = 319

| states_carried1 = 21 + CF

| image2 = 140px

| nominee2 = Ricardo Balbín

| running_mate2 = Santiago del Castillo

| party2 = UCRP

| color2 = E10019

| popular_vote2 = 2,617,693

| percentage2 = 31.83%

| electoral_vote2 = 140

| states_carried2 = 0

| title = President

| before_election = Pedro Eugenio Aramburu

| before_party =

| after_election = Arturo Frondizi

| after_party = UCRI

| map_image = Elecciones presidenciales de Argentina de 1958.png

| map_size = 200px

| map_caption = Most voted party by province.

| module = {{Infobox legislative election

| embed = yes

| first_election = yes

| election_name = Legislative election

| previous_election = 1954

| next_election = 1960

| seats_for_election = 187 seats in the Chamber of Deputies

| majority_seats = 94

| election_date = 23 February 1958

| turnout = 90.86%

| noleader = yes

| heading1 = Chamber of Deputies

| color1 = #D10047

| party1 = Intransigent Radical Civic Union

| percentage1 = 49.33%

| seats1 = 133

| color2 = #E10019

| party2 = People's Radical Civic Union

| percentage2 = 31.72%

| seats2 = 52

| color3 = #35AAE0

| party3 = Liberal Party of Corrientes

| percentage3 = 0.62%

| seats3 = 2

| results_sec = Results

| map = Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 1958 - Resultados por distrito.svg

| map_upright = 1.5

| map_caption = Results by province

}}

}}

}}

The Argentine general election of 1958 was held on 23 February. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 90.6% (the highest in Argentine electoral history).

Background

The year 1955 cast a long shadow over these elections. President Juan Perón was violently overthrown in September of that year and the succeeding junta banned the Peronist Party and even the possession of Peronist mementoes or the very mention of the former leader or of the late Eva Perón. The junta did, however, convene a Civilian Advisory Board which, to the dismay of many conservatives, recommended against draconian measures or the reversal of most of Perón's reforms. They also called for a referendum ratifying the 1853 Constitution (which Perón had it heavily amended in 1949), while retaining Perón's Article 15, a section devoted to social reforms; the junta's leader, Gen. Pedro Aramburu, backed the panel's findings. An attempted countercoup against the junta, defeated on June 10, led to the execution of 27 plotters (including numerous civilians) and derailed Aramburu's hopes for the creation of a viable political alternative to the populist leader.

File:Frigerio.jpg, who secured Perón's endorsement of Frondizi in 1956, thus determining the outcome of the elections.]]

Seizing the opportunity, the Radical Civic Union (UCR)'s 1951 vice-presidential nominee, Arturo Frondizi secretly secured an agreement with the exiled Perón, by which the banned Peronists would be given a voice in exchange for their support. The pact, a mere rumor at the time, created a rift within the UCR at their party convention in November 1956, forcing Frondizi and his supporters to run on a splinter ("Intransigent") ticket and leaving more anti-Peronist UCR voters with Ricardo Balbín, the party's 1951 standard bearer. The two wings presented different candidates for the constituent assembly election called for July 28, 1957, with no clear winner, though the deadlocked assembly did ratify the Advisory Board's proposed constitutional changes.

Unmentionable by law, Perón became the central issue of the 1958 campaign. Argentina was abuzz with the staccato sounds of El-qué-te-dije (roughly translated to "You know who"), as he opposed Balbín, who accepted Pres. Aramburu's endorsement as the candidate of the ruling junta. Balbin, and his Radical Civic Union of the People, was dealt a "February surprise" when, four days before the election, the exiled leader publicly announced his endorsement of Frondizi. Blank votes (Peronist voters' choice during the assembly elections of 1957, which they narrowly "won") became Frondizi votes, making him the winner of the 1958 elections in Argentina.[http://www.todo-argentina.net/historia/civmil/aramburu/index.html Todo Argentina]

Candidates

Image:Arturo Frondizi.jpg|Frondizi

Image:Ricardo Balbin y Crisólogo Larralde.jpg|Balbín (left)

Image:AlfredoPalacios.JPG|Palacios

Results

= President =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
rowspan=2|Presidential
candidate

!rowspan=2|Vice Presidential
candidate

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party

!colspan=2|Popular vote

!colspan=2|Electoral vote

Votes

!%

!Votes

!%

align=left| Arturo Frondizi

| align=left| Alejandro Gómez

| bgcolor=#D10047|

| align=left| Intransigent Radical Civic Union

| 4,070,398

| 49.49

| 319

| 68.45

align=left| Ricardo Balbín

| align=left| Santiago del Castillo

| bgcolor=#E10019|

| align=left| People's Radical Civic Union

| 2,617,693

| 31.83

| 140

| 30.04

align=left| Lucas Ayarragaray Jr.

| align=left| Horacio Sueldo

| bgcolor=#00008B|

| align=left| Christian Democratic Party

| 285,650

| 3.47

| colspan=2 rowspan=6 |

align=left| Alfredo Palacios

| align=left| Carlos Sánchez Viamonte

| bgcolor=#FF9900|

| align=left| Socialist Party

| 264,721

| 3.22

align=left| Héctor González Iramain

| align=left| Carlos Aguinaga

| bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left| Democratic Party

| 145,935

| 1.77

align=left| Reynaldo Pastor

| align=left| Martín Aberg Cobo

| bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left| Conservative Democratic People's Party

| 128,226

| 1.56

align=left| Luciano Molinas

| align=left| Horacio R, Thedy

| bgcolor=#005C9E|

| align=left| Democratic Progressive Party

| 126,991

| 1.54

align=left| Alejandro Leloir

| align=left| Juan A, Bramuglia

| bgcolor=#009999|

| align=left| Popular Union

| 80,712

| 0.98

align=left| Ernesto Meabe

| align=left| José Brouchou

| bgcolor=#35AAE0|

| align=left| Liberal Party of Corrientes

| 51,092

| 0.62

| 5

| 1.07

align=left| Vicente Solano Lima

| align=left| Alfredo Massi

| bgcolor=blue|

| align=left| Conservative People's Party

| 49,784

| 0.61

| colspan=2 rowspan=11|

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| White Party

| 40,820

| 0.50

align=left| Juan Bautista Peña

| align=left| Ana Zaefferer de Goyeneche

| bgcolor=#A0A0A0|

| align=left| Independent Civic Party

| 39,157

| 0.48

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Populist Popular Union

| 32,119

| 0.39

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#D10047|

| align=left| Red and White Intransigent Radical Civic Union

| 31,987

| 0.39

align=left| Juan José Tartara

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| People's Party

| 30,957

| 0.38

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left| Conservative Party

| 30,239

| 0.37

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#44944A|

| align=left| Traditional Blockist Radical Civic Union

| 22,371

| 0.27

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Chaco Alliance

| 22,338

| 0.27

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#00708B|

| align=left| Labour Party

| 20,358

| 0.25

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Worker's Party

| 16,876

| 0.21

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#005C9E|

| align=left| Liberal Democratic Party

| 16,611

| 0.20

| 2

| 0.43

align=left| Basilio Serrano

| align=left| Juan de Zan

| bgcolor=gold|

| align=left| Federal Union

| 12,996

| 0.16

| colspan=2 rowspan=26|

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left| Provincial Union

| 10,722

| 0.13

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| People's Workers Party and Social Reconstruction

| 10,378

| 0.13

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left| Conservative Democratic Party

| 10,328

| 0.13

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=grey|

| align=left| Provincial Defense - White Flag

| 9,296

| 0.11

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Populist Party

| 7,596

| 0.09

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#D10047|

| align=left| Renewal abd Intransigent Radical Civic Union

| 7,581

| 0.09

align=left| Alejandro Gancedo Jr.

| align=left|

| bgcolor=darkred|

| align=left| Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union

| 7,141

| 0.09

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#44944A|

| align=left| Blockist Radical Civic Union - Conservative People's Party

| 6,120

| 0.07

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#00708B|

| align=left| People's Federal Labour Party

| 4,427

| 0.05

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#F08080|

| align=left| Autonomist Democratic Party

| 2,700

| 0.03

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Blue and White Party

| 2,593

| 0.03

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left| Formosa Democratic Party

| 2,364

| 0.03

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#00708B|

| align=left| National Labour Party

| 2,170

| 0.03

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#00708B|

| align=left| Federal Agrarian Labour Party

| 1,342

| 0.02

align=left| Rafael Claudeville

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Renewwal Party

| 661

| 0.01

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=lightgrey|

| align=left| Social Workers Party

| 608

| 0.01

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=#35AAE0|

| align=left| Liberal Party of Misiones

| 273

| 0.00

align=left|

| align=left|

| bgcolor=red|

| align=left| Communist Party

| 42

| 0.00

style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan=4 align=left|Total

| 8,224,373

| 100

colspan=6|
colspan=4 align=left| Positive votes

| 8,224,373

| 90.76

colspan=4 align=left|Blank votes

| 814,802

| 8.99

colspan=4 align=left|Invalid votes

| 22,724

| 0.25

style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan=4 align=left|Total votes

| 9,061,899

| 100

colspan=4 align=left|Registered voters/turnout

| 10,002,327

| 90.60

colspan=8 align=left|Sources:{{Cite book |last=Cantón |first=Darío |title=Materiales para el estudio de la sociología política en la Argentina |url=http://www.dariocanton.com/publicaciones/sociologia/1968_materiales-para-el-estudio-de-la-sociologia/1968_materiales-para-el-estudio-de-la-sociologia_1.pdf |publisher=Centro de Investigaciones Sociales - Torcuato di Tella Institute |location=Buenos Aires |date=1968 |volume=Tomo I |pages=175–180 }}{{Cite book |url=https://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntospoliticos/pdf/HistoriaElectoralArgentina.pdf |title=Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007) |date=December 2008 |publisher=Ministry of Interior - Subsecretaría de Asuntos Políticos y Electorales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908165849/https://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntospoliticos/pdf/HistoriaElectoralArgentina.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2014}}

= Chamber of Deputies =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

| colspan=7|File:Cámara de Diputados Argentina 1958.svg

colspan=2| Party

! Votes

! %

! Seats
1958-1960

! Seats
1958-1962

! Total seats

bgcolor=#E36552|

| align=left|Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI)

| 4,070,398

| 49.33

| align=center|66

| align=center|67

| align=center|133

bgcolor=#E10019|

| align=left|People's Radical Civic Union (UCRP)

| 2,617,693

| 31.72

| align=center|26

| align=center|26

| align=center|52

bgcolor=darkblue|

| align=left|Christian Democratic Party (PDC)

| 285,650

| 3.46

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

bgcolor=#FF9900|

| align=left|Socialist Party (PS)

| 264,721

| 3.21

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

bgcolor=#4169e1|

| align=left|Democratic Party (PD)

| 145,935

| 1.77

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

bgcolor=#005C9E|

| align=left|Democratic Progressive Party (PDP)

| 126,991

| 1.54

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

bgcolor=#35AAE0|

| align=left|Liberal Party of Corrientes (PLCo)

| 51,092

| 0.62

| align=center|1

| align=center|1

| align=center|2

bgcolor=#DDDDBB|

| align=left|Others

| 688,893

| 8.35

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

| align=center|—

style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan=2 align=left|Total

| 8,251,373

| 100

| align=center|93

| align=center|93

| align=center|187

colspan=4|

| rowspan=6 colspan=3|

align=left colspan=2|Positive votes

| 8,251,373

| 90.79

align=left colspan=2|Blank votes

| 814,400

| 8.96

align=left colspan=2|Invalid votes

| 22,724

| 0.25

style="font-weight:bold"

| align=left colspan=2|Total votes

| 9,088,497

| 100

align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout

| 10,002,327

| 90.86

colspan=7 align=left|Source:{{Cite book |last=Nohlen |first=Dieter |title=Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-928358-3 |volume=II: South America |location=Nueva York |author-link=Dieter Nohlen}}

= Provincial Governors =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Election of Provincial Governors

colspan="4" |Elected positions: 22 provincial governors, 23 legislative bodies
Presidential Appointment: Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires and Territorial Governor of Tierra del Fuego
style="background: #ccf" |Province

! style="background: #ccf" |Elected

! style="background: #ccf" |Party

! style="background: #ccf" |Map

Buenos AiresOscar AlendeIntransigent Radical Civic Union

| rowspan="24" | 300px

CatamarcaJuan Manuel SalasIntransigent Radical Civic Union
ChacoAnselmo Zoilo DucaIntransigent Radical Civic Union
ChubutJorge GalinaIntransigent Radical Civic Union
CórdobaArturo ZanichelliIntransigent Radical Civic Union
CorrientesFernando Piragine NiveyroIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Entre RíosRaúl Lucio UrangaIntransigent Radical Civic Union
FormosaLuis GutniskyIntransigent Radical Civic Union
JujuyHoracio GuzmánIntransigent Radical Civic Union
1960: La PampaIsmael AmitIntransigent Radical Civic Union
La RiojaHerminio Torres BrizuelaIntransigent Radical Civic Union
MendozaErnesto UeltschiIntransigent Radical Civic Union
1960: MisionesCésar Napoleón AyraultIntransigent Radical Civic Union
NeuquénÁngel EdelmanIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Río NegroEdgardo CastelloIntransigent Radical Civic Union
SaltaBernardino BiellaIntransigent Radical Civic Union
San JuanAmérico GarcíaIntransigent Radical Civic Union
San LuisAlberto DomeniconiIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Santa CruzMario ParadeloIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Santa FeCarlos Sylvestre BegnisIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Santiago del EsteroEduardo MiguelIntransigent Radical Civic Union
TucumánCelestino GelsiIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Federal Capital (Appointment)Hernán M. GiraltIntransigent Radical Civic Union
Tierra del Fuego (Appointment)Ernesto Manuel CamposIntransigent Radical Civic Union

Notes

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