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The Argentine presidential election of 1860 was held on 6 February 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.
Argentine Confederation | |
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Population | 1,280,000 |
Voters | 12,800 |
Turnout | 1% |
Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes |
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Santiago Derqui | Federal | 72 |
Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 46 |
Salvador María del Carril | Unitarian | 4 |
Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 2 |
Tomás Guido | — | 1 |
Total | 125 |
Vice Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes | Congress Vote [lower-alpha 1] |
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Marcos Paz | — | 49 | 22 |
Juan Esteban Pedernera | Unitarian | 45 | 32 |
Benjamín Virasoro | Federal | 17 | |
Juan Gregorio Pujol | Federal | 12 | |
Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 1 | |
Santiago Derqui | Federal | 1 | |
Total | 125 | 54 |
Province | President | Vice President | ||||||||||
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Derqui | Fragueiro | del Carril | Guido | Alberdi | Paz | Pedernera | Virasoro | Pujol | Alberdi | Derqui | ||
Catamarca | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
Córdoba | 16 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
Corrientes | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
Entre Ríos | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
Federal Territory of Paraná | Did not vote | Did not vote | ||||||||||
Jujuy | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
La Rioja | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Mendoza | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
Salta | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
San Juan | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
San Luis | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Santa Fe | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
Santiago del Estero | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
Tucumán | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
Total | 72 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
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