1880 Argentine presidential election

1880 Argentine presidential election

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Presidential election

Nominee Julio Argentino Roca Carlos Tejedor Party PAN Independent Electoral vote 155 70 Percentage 68.89% 31.11%

Results by province

President before election Nicolás Avellaneda PAN Elected President Julio Argentino Roca PAN

Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 12 April 1880. Julio Argentino Roca was elected.

Background

A leader of the Conquest of the Desert, as well as of the suppression of Mitre's 1874 uprising and others, outgoing president Nicolás Avellaneda had decided on General Julio Roca as his successor early on. Memories of Mitre's defeat did not sit well with Buenos Aires separatists, and this faction nominated the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Carlos Tejedor.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julio Argentino Roca	National Autonomist Party	155	68.89
	Carlos Tejedor	Independent	70	31.11
Total			225	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			228	–

Vice president

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Francisco Bernabé Madero	National Autonomist Party	151	67.41
	Saturnino María Laspiur	Independent	70	31.25
	Bernardo de Irigoyen	Independent	3	1.34
Total			224	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			228	–

Aftermath

Roca's election by the electoral college was followed by Tejedor's armed insurrection, and though the latter was defeated, Mitre brokered negotiations between Tejedor's separatists and the national government. These negotiations eventually result in the Federalization of Buenos Aires in September, stabilizing the powerful province's position within Argentina. ^[1]

Notes

1. Todo Argentina: 1880 Archived 2018-06-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

References

• "Cámara de Senadores - Sesión de 1880". Diario de Sesiones del Honorable Senado de la Nacion. Buenos Aires: El Nacional: 423. 1880.
• Duhalde, Eduardo Luis (2007). Acción Parlamentaria de John William Cooke. Buenos Aires: Colihue. p. 232. ISBN   978-950-563-460-6.
• Lorenzo, Celso Ramón (1999). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 3. Rosario: Editorial Juris. p. 10. ISBN   950-817-111-1.
• "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.