1898 Argentine general election

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1898 Argentine general election
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Presidential election
  1892 10 April 1898 1904  

300 members of the Electoral College
151 votes needed to win
  Alejo Julio Argentino Roca.JPG BartolomeMitre.jpg
Nominee Julio Argentino Roca Bartolomé Mitre
Party National Autonomist Party National Civic Union
Running mate Norberto Quirno Costa Juan Eusebio Torrent
Electoral vote21838
States carried140
Percentage85.2%14.8%
Legislative election
  1896 10 April 1898 1900  

79 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
PartySeats
National Autonomist Party 79
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President beforePresident after
José Evaristo Uriburu
National Autonomist Party
Julio Argentino Roca
National Autonomist Party

The Argentine presidential election of 1898 was held on 10 April to choose the president of Argentina and 79 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Julio Argentino Roca was elected president for a second period.

Contents

Background

Having obtained the aging Luis Sáenz Peña's resignation in favor of Vice President José Evaristo Uriburu (who was good stead with both Roca and Mitre), Roca once again carried the PAN standard in 1898. The UCR, which had lost its founder, Leandro Alem, to suicide in 1896, was divided between those who backed Senator Bernardo de Irigoyen's drive to form coalitions with more conservative parties, and those who supported the party's new leader, Hipólito Yrigoyen (who boycotted this and future "election songs" – establishing what later became known as the UCR's "break before bending" policy). [1] Public debate was heated on the eve of the January 30 elections to a constitutional assembly entrusted to increase the number of congressmen and cabinet members, as well before the April 10, 1898, general election. The electoral college yielded no surprises, though, and Roca was returned to the presidency. [2]

Results

President

Argentine Republic
Population4,462,000
Voters89,200
Turnout2%
Presidential CandidatesPartyElectoral Votes
Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party 218
Bartolomé Mitre National Civic Union 38
Total voters256
Did not vote44
Total300
Vice Presidential CandidatesPartyElectoral Votes
Norberto Quirno Costa National Autonomist Party 217
Juan Eusebio Torrent National Civic Union 23
Valentín Virasoro Liberal Party of Corrientes 7
Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party 6
Lino D. Churruarín Radical Civic Union 1
Emilio E. Gouchón Radical Civic Union 1
Bartolomé Mitre National Civic Union 1
Total voters256
Did not vote44
Total300

Results by Province

ProvincePresidentVice President
RocaMitreQuirno CostaTorrentVirasoroRocaChurruarínGouchónMitre
Buenos Aires City 22132210111
Buenos Aires 231823135 [lower-alpha 1]
Catamarca 1010
Córdoba 2424
Corrientes 7777
Entre Ríos 20191
Jujuy 88
La Rioja 88
Mendoza 1111
Salta 99
San Juan 88
San Luis 99
Santa Fe 2828
Santiago del Estero 1414
Tucumán 1717
Total218382172376111

Chamber of Deputies

National Autonomist Party and its allies won all 79 seats in the election.

Notes

  1. Levene, Ricardo. A History of Argentina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937.
  2. Todo Argentina: 1898 Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  1. In the vote table these 5 votes appear incorrectly as 5 votes from Córdoba.

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