1926 Argentine legislative election

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1926 Argentine legislative election
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  1924 7 March 1926 1928  

83 of 158 seats in the National Congress
Turnout49.17%
Party%Seats+/–
Radical Civic Union 39.46%38+12
Conservative Parties 19.01%21-1
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union 11.50%7+4
Socialist Party 11.48%4-12
Unified Radical Civic Union 8.74%8-1
Lencinist Radical Civic Union 2.15%1-1
Blockist Radical Civic Union 1.56%2+2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 1926 - Resultados por distrito.svg
Results by province

The Argentine legislative elections of 1926 were held on 7 March. Voters chose their legislators and numerous governors, and with a turnout of 49.2%.

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Background

The hard-line Vicente Gallo's attempt to have a key Yrigoyen ally removed as governor backfired, and handed the popular former president a useful issue for his 1928 comeback. Vicente C Gallo.JPG
The hard-line Vicente Gallo's attempt to have a key Yrigoyen ally removed as governor backfired, and handed the popular former president a useful issue for his 1928 comeback.

Elections in 1926 became a prologue to the presidential campaign which was to be held in April 1928. This was made inevitable by former President Hipólito Yrigoyen's decision to run for the office he had held from 1916 to 1922, when policy differences with the conservative wing of the UCR, as well as his removal of 18 governors by decree, created the Antipersonalist faction. [1]

Yrigoyen's own popularity, the cohesiveness of his majority faction, and disunity among the "dissident" UCR groups (which were originally five, and had become ten by 1926) sustained the aging populist as the country's paramount politician after disappointing mid-term results in 1924. [1]

The 1926 results themselves further eroded the pro-Yrigoyen UCR's majority in the Lower House, while solidifying dissident UCR control in Entre Ríos, Mendoza, San Juan, Santa Fe, and Santiago del Estero Provinces. Yrigoyen's allies, who won in three, smaller northwestern provinces, carried Buenos Aires Province, as well the City of Buenos Aires, however. [2] These latter were defining victories in Yrigoyen's preparations for 1928, and more so because a key ally, Buenos Aires Governor José Luis Cantilo, would be succeeded by Valentín Vergara — an even closer ally. [3]

Given that Conservatives, Democratic Progressives, and Socialists were unable to gain traction as alternatives to the dueling UCRs, these results compelled the Antipersonalists' chief voice, Interior Minister Gallo, to petition the President for Vergara's removal. Alvear, however, refused, and Gallo, who acrimoniously resigned, handed Yrigoyen a powerful issue as the nation geared for the 1928 campaign. [4]

Results

PartyVotes %Seats wonTotal seats
Radical Civic Union 336,35139.463860
Total Conservative Parties162,04219.012143
Democratic Party of Córdoba45,1445.304
Conservative Party 38,5844.537
Liberal - Autonomist Party of Corrientes 26,6183.123
Popular Concentration 16,6451.95
Liberal Party of Tucumán 15,8101.863
Provincial Union 9,2881.092
Liberal Party of Mendoza 7,3900.871
Civic Concentration 2,5630.301
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union98,04911.50710
Socialist Party 97,88011.48419
Unified Radical Civic Union74,4638.74817
Total Dissident Radical Civic Union28,3513.33
Doctor Carranza Radical Civic Union8,1940.96
White Radical Civic Union8,0770.95
Independent Radical Civic Union5,7360.67
Principist Radical Civic Union3,7970.45
Red Radical Civic Union2,5140.29
Alem Radical Civic Union330.00
Lencinist Radical Civic Union18,3272.1512
Blockist Radical Civic Union13,3331.5622
Communist Party 7,0880.83
Unitarian Party1,4660.17
Public Health Party9340.11
Democratic Progressive Party 7920.093
National Feminist Party6840.08
Independents 11,7711.38
Others7540.09
Vacant seats22
Total852,28510083158
Positive votes852,28596.34
Blank votes32,0523.62
Tally sheet differences3090.03
Total votes884,646100
Registered voters/turnout1,799,13149.17
Sources: [5] [6]

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