1853 Argentine presidential election

1853 Argentine presidential election

1 November 1853

Presidential election

Nominee Justo José de Urquiza Mariano Fragueiro Party Federalist Unitarian Electoral vote 91 7 Percentage 88.35% 6.80%

Results by province

President before election Justo José de Urquiza (As Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation) Federalist Elected President Justo José de Urquiza Federalist

Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 1 November 1853 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 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

President

Although only 91 electors voted for Urquiza, in the final count he is listed as having 94 votes.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Justo José de Urquiza	Federalist Party	91	88.35
	Mariano Fragueiro	Unitarian Party	7	6.80
	Pedro Ferré	Federalist Party	1	0.97
	Vicente López y Planes	Independent	1	0.97
	José María Paz	Unitarian Party	1	0.97
	Benjamín Virasoro	Federalist Party	1	0.97
	Facundo Zuviría	Unitarian Party	1	0.97
Total			103	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			106	–

By province

Province	Urquiza	Fragueiro	Ferré	López y Planes	Paz	Virasoro	Zuviría
Catamarca	9	1
Córdoba	16
Corrientes	5	6					1
Entre Ríos	8
Jujuy	8
La Rioja	8
Mendoza	10
Salta	7		1	1	1
San Juan	5
San Luis	8
Santa Fe	7					1
Santiago del Estero	Did not vote
Tucumán	Did not vote
Total	91	7	1	1	1	1	1

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	%
	Salvador María del Carril	Unitarian Party	35	33.02	17	94.44
	Facundo Zuviría	Unitarian Party	22	20.75	1	5.56
	Mariano Fragueiro	Unitarian Party	20	18.87
	Rudecindo Alvarado	Unitarian Party	13	12.26
	Benjamín Virasoro	Federalist Party	8	7.55
	Juan Bautista Alberdi	Independent	7	6.60
	Pedro Ferré	Federalist Party	1	0.94
Total			106	100.00	18	100.00

By province

Province	del Carril	Zuviría	Fragueiro	Alvarado	Virasoro	Alberdi	Ferré
Catamarca		1		9
Córdoba	10		6
Corrientes	1	3	3			5
Entre Ríos		5		2		1
Jujuy	5		3
La Rioja		8
Mendoza	10
Salta	2	4		2		1	1
San Juan	7	1
San Luis					8
Santa Fe			8
Santiago del Estero	Did not vote
Tucumán	Did not vote
Total	35	22	20	13	8	7	1

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). Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.