1962 Argentine legislative election

1962 Argentine legislative election
	96 of 192 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	85.73%
Chamber of Deputies
	Results by province

Last updated June 08, 2022

The Argentine legislative elections of 1962 was held on 18 March. Voters chose their legislators and governors; with a turnout of 85.7%.

Background

Peronism and its political vehicle, the Justicialist Party remained banned from political life, as they had been since 1955. Their exiled leader, Juan Perón had given President Arturo Frondizi a critical endorsement in 1958; but Frondizi's inability to lift the ban on Peronism had led Perón to support proxy political partes organized after his overthrow, notably Juan Atilio Bramuglia's Popular Union. The Popular Union nominated textile industry workers' leader Andrés Framini for governor of the Province of Buenos Aires (home to 38% of Argentines) and for vice-governor: Perón, himself. The leader believed this symbolic spot on the ticket (which, unable to return, he could never fill) would prove a powerful endorsement to Framini; but the move backfired when Frondizi was forced to declare Perón's candidacy null and void.^[1]

Framini selected a new (plausible) running mate, though his unofficial slogan was unequivocal: "Framini-Anglada, Perón to the Rosada!" The clear reference to the Casa Rosada (the president's executive office building) put anti-peronists and the military on high alert when, in fact, Perón's proxies won 10 of 14 governorships at stake - including Framini's victory in the all-important Province of Buenos Aires. President Frondizi was forced to annul Framini's March 18 victory, and despite quickly obeying military demands, on March 28 he was overthrown.^[1]

Careful to avoid the appearance of a coup d'état, military leaders appointed Senate President José María Guido as Frondizi's successor (as the Argentine Constitution prescribes in case of the absence of both the president and v.p.). Guido, a member of Frondizi's UCRI, reluctantly accepted the figurehead post and on May 1, annulled the results of all legislative and gubernatorial 1962 elections.^[1]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats

Party		Votes	%	Won	Total
	Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI)	2,284,091	26.10	34	78
	People's Radical Civic Union (UCRP)	1,793,945	20.50	9	58
	Popular Union (UP)	1,592,446	18.20	23	23
	Labour Party (PL)	796,529	9.10	12	12
	National Federation of Center Parties (PD - PLCo - PACo)	610,963	6.98	6	8
	Three Flags Party	270,248	3.09	3	3
	Democratic Socialist Party (PSD)	250,172	2.86	–	–
	Christian Democratic Party (PDC)	169,824	1.94	–	–
	Democratic Progressive Party (PDP)	156,114	1.78	–	–
	Argentine Socialist Party - House of the People (PSA)	139,137	1.59	–	–
	White Party	117,550	1.34	2	2
	Civic Movement Popular Flag	60,915	0.70	2	2
	People's Party	55,181	0.63	–	–
	Blockist Radical Civic Union	54,441	0.62	2	2
	Party of Labour and Progress	48,306	0.55	–	–
	Democratic Federal Movement	36,123	0.41	1	1
	Provincial Defence–White Flag	32,732	0.37	–	1
	Property Owners Union	25,275	0.29	–	–
	Renewal Crusade Radical Civic Union	24,123	0.28	–	–
	Republican Union	19,960	0.23	–	–
	Neuquén People's Movement (MPN)	18,879	0.22	1	1
	Argentine Socialist Vanguard Party	17,914	0.20	–	–
	National Popular Movement	17,555	0.20	–	–
	Workers' Party (PO)	17,270	0.20	–	–
	Provincial Party of Chubut	15,065	0.17	1	1
	Civic Union	14,051	0.16	–	–
	Socialist Party (PS)	12,346	0.14	–	–
	Populist Party	10,304	0.12	–	–
	Christian Democratic People's Union	9,396	0.11	–	–
	Federal Union	9,143	0.10	–	–
	Principist Radical Civic Union	6,520	0.07	–	–
	Civic Union National and Popular Movement	6,323	0.07	–	–
	Radical Civic Union of Salta	6,069	0.07	–	–
	Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCRA)	6,065	0.07	–	–
	Labour Gathering Party (CO)	5,758	0.07	–	–
	Radical Civic Union of Santa Fe	5,750	0.07	–	–
	Argentine Popular Movement	4,589	0.05	–	–
	Progressive Action	4,571	0.05	–	–
	Radical Civic Union of Santiago del Estero	4,073	0.05	–	–
	Ruralist Party	3,428	0.04	–	–
	Christian Democratic Movement	3,333	0.04	–	–
	Agrarian Social Party	3,227	0.04	–	–
	Christian Social Front	3,186	0.04	–	–
	Argentine Socialist Party - Chaco Federation	2,766	0.03	–	–
	Socialist Party - Workers' Front	2,317	0.03	–	–
	Nationalist Civic Union	2,092	0.02	–	–
	Federal Agrarian Labour Party	1,327	0.02	–	–
	Workers' Argentine Socialist Party	137	0.00	–	–
	Radical Recovery Movement	12	0.00	–	–
	Unity and Progress Movement	11	0.00	–	–
	Conservative Provincial Labour Party	3	0.00	–	–
	Communist Party (PCA)	1	0.00	–	–
Total		8,751,556	100.00	96	192

Valid votes		8,751,556	96.33
Invalid/blank votes		332,956	3.67
Total votes		9,084,512	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,596,321	85.73
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results by province

Province	Peronist Parties			UCRI			UCRP			Center Parties			Others
Province	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Buenos Aires	1,206,894	39.37	17	731,877	23.88	8	627,094	20.46	—	179,697	5.86	—	319,876	10.43	—
Buenos Aires City	460,471	29.25	6	456,968	29.03	12	353,980	22.49	—	49,638	3.15	—	253,043	16.08	—
Chaco	60,915	32.41	2	58,225	30.98	—	49,083	26.11	—	7,536	4.01	—	12,213	6.50	—
Chubut	18,361	40.36	1	12,831	28.20	—	12,885	28.32	—	1	0.00	—	1,416	3.11	—
Córdoba	295,617	33.11	3	180,709	20.24	—	309,329	34.65	7	70,131	7.86	—	36,950	4.14	—
Corrientes	7,017	3.06	—	85,319	37.15	1	6,738	2.93	—	123,354	53.71	3	7,229	3.15	—
Entre Ríos	72,350	20.91	—	122,917	35.52	2	104,823	30.29	1	27,429	7.93	—	18,525	5.35	—
Jujuy	38,304	51.08	2	26,539	35.39	—	4,167	5.56	—	5,965	7.95	—	15	0.02	—
La Pampa	27,611	36.11	—	29,378	38.42	2	13,031	17.04	—	—	—	—	6,445	8.43	—
Mendoza	151,115	40.53	1	46,912	12.58	—	59,582	15.98	—	93,186	24.99	3	22,033	5.91	—
Neuquén	18,879	49.95	1	10,962	29.00	—	4,460	11.80	—	863	2.28	—	2,630	6.96	—
Río Negro	26,169	40.11	2	18,688	28.64	—	15,182	23.27	—	1,601	2.45	—	3,602	5.52	—
Salta	85,363	57.15	3	25,591	17.13	—	12,244	8.20	—	18,369	12.30	—	7,787	5.21	—
San Juan	54,441	34.07	2	43,026	26.93	1	20,789	13.01	—	14,799	9.26	—	26,739	16.74	—
Santa Fe	293,018	29.96	3	295,973	30.27	7	138,291	14.14	—	9,154	0.94	—	241,439	24.69	—
Santiago del Estero	70,243	36.78	2	50,392	26.39	—	56,057	29.35	1	5,284	2.77	—	8,993	4.71	—
Tucumán	162,559	53.33	2	87,784	28.80	1	6,210	2.04	—	3,956	1.30	—	44,295	14.53	—
Total	3,049,327	34.84	45	2,284,091	26.10	34	1,793,945	20.50	9	610,963	6.98	6	1,013,230	11.58	2

Related Research Articles

Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than seven years of military dictatorship, and is considered the "father of modern democracy in Argentina". Ideologically, he identified as a Radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001, with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism".

Arturo Umberto Illia was an Argentine politician and physician, who was President of Argentina from 12 October 1963, to 28 June 1966. He was a member of the centrist Radical Civic Union.

Arturo Frondizi Ércoli was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician, who was elected President of Argentina and ruled between May 1, 1958 and March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown by a military coup.

The Intransigent Radical Civic Union was a political party of Argentina.

Ricardo Balbín was an Argentine lawyer and politician, and one of the most important figures of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR), for which he was the presidential nominee four times: in 1951, 1958, and twice in 1973.

Álvaro Alsogaray Argentine politician and economist

Álvaro Carlos Alsogaray was an Argentine politician and economist. He was Minister of Economy and was the principal proponent of classical liberalism in Argentina.

The Argentine general election of 1963 was held on 7 July. Voters chose both the President and their legislators; with a turnout of 85.6%, resulting in the election of Arturo Illia as President of Argentina.

Rogelio Julio Frigerio was an Argentine economist, journalist and politician.

The history of Argentina can be divided into four main parts: the pre-Columbian time or early history, the colonial period (1530–1810), the period of nation-building (1810–1880), and the history of modern Argentina.

The Argentine general election of 1958 was held on 23 February. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 90.6%.

The first Argentine general election of 1973 was held on 11 March. Voters chose both the President and their legislators.

The Integration and Development Movement is a developmentalist political party founded by Arturo Frondizi in Argentina. It is member of Juntos por el Cambio.

The Argentine legislative elections of 1965 were held on 14 March. Voters chose their legislators with a turnout of 83%.

Andrés Framini was an Argentine labor leader and politician.

The Argentine legislative elections of 1960 was held on 27 March. Voters chose their legislators, and with a turnout of 87%.

In Argentina, there were six coups d'état during the 20th century: in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966 and 1976. The first four established interim dictatorships, while the last two established dictatorships of permanent type on the model of a bureaucratic-authoritarian state. The latter conducted a Dirty War in the line of State terrorism, in which human rights were systematically violated and there were tens of thousands of forced disappearances.

Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 23 October 2011. Incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won via landslide, with 54.11% of votes against Hermes Binner of Broad Progressive Front, she also secured a second term in office after the Front for Victory won just over half of the seats in the National Congress.

Juan Atilio Bramuglia was an Argentine labor lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the administration of President Juan Perón.

The Federal Popular Union, formerly the Popular Union until 2020, is a centre-right political party in Argentina rooted in Peronism. Established by Juan Atilio Bramuglia as both a contingency for Peronists displaced by the 1955 military coup against the populist President Juan Perón, it became a "neo-Peronist" alternative to the exiled leader's line, and subsequently, an alternative to the successive dominant factions in the Justicialist Party.

The 1963 Argentine Navy revolt was an armed confrontation by elements of the Argentine military that lasted from 21 September 1962 to 5 April 1963. The revolt was attempted by military officers who wanted the government to take a hardline stance against the political participation of Peronist politicians, the culmination of the conflict between Azules and Colorados. The revolt failed to gain much support in the Army and Air Force, and these two branches suppressed the uprising after some fighting that left 24 dead in both sides. The Argentine elections of 1963 proceeded as planned in July and the Navy saw a reduction of its influence.

References

1 2 3 Todo Argentina: 1962 (in Spanish)
↑ 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. 211–218.
↑ 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.
↑ Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook. Vol. II: South America. Nueva York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-928358-3.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[todo62-1] 1 2 3 Todo Argentina: 1962 (in Spanish)

[2] 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. 211–218.

[3] 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.

[4] Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook. Vol. II: South America. Nueva York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-928358-3.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Elections and referendums in Argentina
Presidential elections	1826 1854 1860 1862 1868 1874 1880 1886 1892 1898 1904 1910 1916 1922 1928 1931 1937 1946 1951 1954 1958 1963 1973 (Mar) 1973 (Sep) 1983 1989 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Chamber of Deputies elections	1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1946 1948 1951 1954 1958 1960 1962 1963 1965 1973 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Senate elections	1854 1857 1860 1862 1865 1868 1871 1874 1877 1880 1883 1886 1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1935 1938 1941 1946 1949 1951 1954 1958 1961 1963 1966 1973 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Provincial elections	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1953 1955 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1966 1973 1975 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Constituent Assembly	1866 1898 1948 1957 1994
Referendums	1984