1926 Argentine legislative election

1926 Argentine legislative election

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83 of the 158 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	49.17%
Party Vote % Seats +/– Radical Civic Union 39.46 38 −10 Conservative Parties 19.01 21 +3 Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union  [ es ] 11.50 7 +7 Socialist Party 11.48 4 0 Unified Radical Civic Union  [ es ] 8.74 8 +8 Lencinist Radical Civic Union  [ es ] 2.15 1 −2 Blockist Radical Civic Union  [ es ] 1.56 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

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

Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 7 March 1926. Voters chose their legislators and numerous governors with a turnout of 49%.

Background

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

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Won	Total
	Radical Civic Union			336,351	39.46	38	60
	Conservative Parties		Democratic Party of Córdoba  [ es ]	45,144	5.30	4	10
			Conservative Party	38,584	4.53	7	15
			Autonomist–Liberal Pact  [ es ]	26,618	3.12	3	5
			Popular Concentration	16,645	1.95	0	1
			Liberal Party of Tucumán	15,810	1.86	3	5
			Provincial Union	9,288	1.09	2	2
			Liberal Party of Mendoza	7,390	0.87	1	2
			Civic Concentration	2,563	0.30	1	1
			Liberal Democratic Party  [ es ]			–	2
		Total		162,042	19.01	21	43
	Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union  [ es ]			98,049	11.50	7	10
	Socialist Party			97,880	11.48	4	19
	Unified Radical Civic Union  [ es ]			74,463	8.74	8	17
	Dissident Radicalism		Doctor Carranza Radical Civic Union	8,194	0.96	0	0
			White Radical Civic Union	8,077	0.95	0	0
			Independent Radical Civic Union	5,736	0.67	0	0
			Principist Radical Civic Union  [ es ]	3,797	0.45	0	0
			Red Radical Civic Union	2,514	0.29	0	0
			Alem Radical Civic Union	33	0.00	0	0
		Total		28,351	3.33	0	0
	Lencinist Radical Civic Union  [ es ]			18,327	2.15	1	2
	Blockist Radical Civic Union  [ es ]			13,333	1.56	2	2
	Communist Party of Argentina			7,088	0.83	0	0
	Unitarian Party			1,466	0.17	0	0
	Public Health Party  [ es ]			934	0.11	0	0
	Democratic Progressive Party			792	0.09	0	3
	National Feminist Party  [ es ]			684	0.08	0	0
	Others			754	0.09	0	0
	Independents			11,771	1.38	0	0
Vacant						2	2
Total				852,285	100.00	83	158
Valid votes				852,285	96.38
Invalid votes				0	0.00
Blank votes				32,052	3.62
Total votes				884,337	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,799,131	49.15
Source: Cantón, [5] Chamber of Deputies [6]

References

1. Unión Cívica Radical (Capital Federal) Evolución del radicalismo Parte I (1893-1928) Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
2. Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007) (PDF). Ministry of Interior - Subsecretaría de Asuntos Políticos y Electorales. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014.
3. Walter, Richard. The Province of Buenos Aires and Argentine Politics. 1912-1943. Cambridge University Press, 1985.
4. Todo Argentina: 1926 Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
5. Cantón, Darío (1968). Materiales para el estudio de la sociología política en la Argentina (PDF). Vol. Tomo I. Buenos Aires: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales - Torcuato di Tella Institute. pp. 97–98.
6. Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Diputados - Año 1926. Vol. Tomo I. Buenos Aires: Imprenta y encuadernación de la Cámara de Diputados. 1926.