1860 Argentine presidential election

1860 Argentine presidential election

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Presidential election

Nominee Santiago Derqui Mariano Fragueiro  [ es ] Party Federalist Unitarian Electoral vote 72 46 Percentage 57.60% 36.80%

Results by province

President before election Justo José de Urquiza Federalist Elected President Santiago Derqui Federalist

Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 6 February 1860 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

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Santiago Derqui	Federalist Party	72	57.60
	Mariano Fragueiro  [ es ]	Unitarian Party	46	36.80
	Salvador María del Carril	Unitarian Party	4	3.20
	Juan Bautista Alberdi	Independent	2	1.60
	Tomás Guido	Independent	1	0.80
Total			125	100.00

By province

Province	Derqui	Fragueiro	del Carril	Alberdi	Guido
Catamarca	10
Córdoba		16
Corrientes	12
Entre Ríos	6			2
Federal Territory of Paraná  [ es ]	Did not vote
Jujuy		8
La Rioja	8
Mendoza	8
Salta	6		4
San Juan	8
San Luis	8
Santa Fe	6				1
Santiago del Estero		12
Tucumán		10
Total	72	46	4	2	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	%
	Marcos Paz	Independent	49	39.20	22	40.74
	Juan Esteban Pedernera	Unitarian Party	45	36.00	32	59.26
	Benjamín Virasoro  [ es ]	Federalist Party	17	13.60
	Juan Gregorio Pujol  [ es ]	Federalist Party	12	9.60
	Juan Bautista Alberdi	Independent	1	0.80
	Santiago Derqui	Federalist Party	1	0.80
Total			125	100.00	54	100.00

By province

Province	Paz	Pedernera	Virasoro	Pujol	Alberdi	Derqui
Catamarca		10
Córdoba	15				1
Corrientes				12
Entre Ríos		8
Federal Territory of Paraná  [ es ]	Did not vote
Jujuy	8
La Rioja		8
Mendoza		7	1
Salta	4	5				1
San Juan			8
San Luis			8
Santa Fe		7
Santiago del Estero	12
Tucumán	10
Total	49	45	17	12	1	1

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.