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Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 1 March 1936. The National Democratic Party remained the largest faction, with 55 of the 158 seats, despite receiving far fewer votes than the Radical Civic Union. Voter turnout was 70.9%.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats won | Total seats | ||||
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| Radical Civic Union (UCR) | 720,009 | 44.06 | 39 | 42 | ||||
| Total Concordance | 614,225 | 37.59 | 36 | 79 | ||||
| National Democratic Party (PDN) | 370,315 | 22.66 | 25 | 58 | ||||
| Santa Fe Radical Civic Union (UCR-SF) | 82,625 | 5.06 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Concordance | 70,241 | 4.30 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Unified Radical Civic Union (UCR-U) | 43,615 | 2.67 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Party of Corrientes (PLCo) | 17,043 | 1.04 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent Socialist Party (PSI) | 12,073 | 0.74 | — | 2 | ||||
| Popular Party of Jujuy | 11,171 | 0.68 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-A) | 7,142 | 0.44 | — | 4 | ||||
| Socialist Party (PS) | 150,442 | 9.21 | 5 | 25 | ||||
| Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) | 80,542 | 4.93 | — | 6 | ||||
| Tucumán Radical Civic Union | 32,903 | 2.01 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Radical Party | 10,987 | 0.67 | — | — | ||||
| Federalist Radical Civic Union (UCR-F) | 6,919 | 0.42 | — | 1 | ||||
| Public Health Party | 5,387 | 0.33 | — | — | ||||
| San Luis Radical Civic Union | 4,063 | 0.25 | — | — | ||||
| Popular Party | 2,775 | 0.17 | — | — | ||||
| National Democratic Party (Renewal Center) | 2,719 | 0.17 | — | — | ||||
| National Labor Party | 1,681 | 0.10 | — | — | ||||
| Labor Party | 934 | 0.06 | — | — | ||||
| Argentine Integralist Party | 267 | 0.02 | — | — | ||||
| Others | 186 | 0.01 | — | — | ||||
| Total | 1,634,039 | 100 | 83 | 158 | ||||
| Positive votes | 1,634,039 | 94.85 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,080 | 5.11 | ||||||
| Tally sheet differences | 598 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Total votes | 1,722,717 | 100 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,431,129 | 70.86 | ||||||
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| Province | UCR | Concordance | PS | Others | ||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Buenos Aires | 190,698 | 41.75 | 7 | 239,292 | 52.39 | 16 | 26,456 | 5.79 | — | 318 | 0.07 | — |
| Buenos Aires City | 187,100 | 57.43 | 11 | 12,073 | 3.71 | — | 103,106 | 31.65 | 5 | 23,529 | 7.22 | — |
| Córdoba | 106,384 | 64.01 | 7 | 54,166 | 32.59 | 3 | 5,653 | 3.40 | — | — | — | — |
| Corrientes | 16,613 | 22.62 | — | 56,841 | 77.38 | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | 0.01 | — |
| Entre Ríos | 62,211 | 56.65 | 4 | 41,984 | 38.23 | 2 | 4,696 | 4.28 | — | 934 | 0.85 | — |
| Jujuy | — | — | — | 11,171 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mendoza | 18,122 | 30.81 | 1 | 28,294 | 48.11 | 2 | 5,464 | 9.29 | — | 6,936 | 11.79 | — |
| San Luis | 7,416 | 29.43 | 1 | 13,721 | 54.45 | 2 | — | — | — | 4,063 | 16.12 | — |
| Santa Fe | 91,086 | 35.81 | 7 | 82,625 | 32.48 | 3 | — | — | — | 80,675 | 31.71 | — |
| Santiago del Estero | 13,624 | 22.78 | 1 | 43,615 | 72.93 | 2 | 2,561 | 4.28 | — | — | — | — |
| Tucumán | 26,755 | 28.89 | — | 30,443 | 32.87 | 1 | 2,506 | 2.71 | — | 32,903 | 35.53 | 3 |
| Total | 720,009 | 44.06 | 39 | 614,225 | 37.59 | 36 | 150,442 | 9.21 | 5 | 149,363 | 9.14 | 3 |
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