1962 Argentine legislative election

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1962 Argentine legislative election
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  1960 18 March 1962 1963  

96 of 192 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout85.73%
PartyVote %Seats+/–
Chamber of Deputies
Intransigent Radical Civic Union 26.10%34−12
People's Radical Civic Union 20.50%9−43
Popular Union 18.20%23+23
Labour Party 9.10%12+12
National Federation of Center Parties 6.98%6+3
Three Flags Party 3.09%3+3
Others 16.21%9+8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by province

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

Contents

Background

Peronist Andres Framini votes in the 1962 gubernatorial elections. His victory in the paramount Province of Buenos Aires helped lead to President Frondizi's overthrow and the elections' annulment. Andres Framini-1955-IIA-CEAL-10-259(1976).jpg
Peronist Andrés Framini votes in the 1962 gubernatorial elections. His victory in the paramount Province of Buenos Aires helped lead to President Frondizi's overthrow and the elections' annulment.

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

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PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal
Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI)2,284,09126.103478
People's Radical Civic Union (UCRP)1,793,94520.50958
Popular Union (UP)1,592,44618.202323
Labour Party (PL)796,5299.101212
National Federation of Center Parties (PD - PLCo - PACo)610,9636.9868
Three Flags Party 270,2483.0933
Democratic Socialist Party (PSD)250,1722.86
Christian Democratic Party (PDC)169,8241.94
Democratic Progressive Party (PDP)156,1141.78
Argentine Socialist Party - House of the People (PSA)139,1371.59
White Party 117,5501.3422
Civic Movement Popular Flag 60,9150.7022
People's Party 55,1810.63
Blockist Radical Civic Union54,4410.6222
Party of Labour and Progress48,3060.55
Democratic Federal Movement 36,1230.4111
Provincial Defence–White Flag32,7320.371
Property Owners Union25,2750.29
Renewal Crusade Radical Civic Union 24,1230.28
Republican Union19,9600.23
Neuquén People's Movement (MPN)18,8790.2211
Argentine Socialist Vanguard Party17,9140.20
National Popular Movement17,5550.20
Workers' Party (PO)17,2700.20
Provincial Party of Chubut 15,0650.1711
Civic Union14,0510.16
Socialist Party (PS)12,3460.14
Populist Party 10,3040.12
Christian Democratic People's Union 9,3960.11
Federal Union9,1430.10
Principist Radical Civic Union6,5200.07
Civic Union National and Popular Movement 6,3230.07
Radical Civic Union of Salta6,0690.07
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCRA)6,0650.07
Labour Gathering Party (CO)5,7580.07
Radical Civic Union of Santa Fe5,7500.07
Argentine Popular Movement 4,5890.05
Progressive Action4,5710.05
Radical Civic Union of Santiago del Estero4,0730.05
Ruralist Party3,4280.04
Christian Democratic Movement3,3330.04
Agrarian Social Party3,2270.04
Christian Social Front3,1860.04
Argentine Socialist Party - Chaco Federation 2,7660.03
Socialist Party - Workers' Front 2,3170.03
Nationalist Civic Union2,0920.02
Federal Agrarian Labour Party 1,3270.02
Workers' Argentine Socialist Party 1370.00
Radical Recovery Movement120.00
Unity and Progress Movement 110.00
Conservative Provincial Labour Party30.00
Communist Party (PCA)10.00
Total8,751,556100.0096192
Valid votes8,751,55696.33
Invalid/blank votes332,9563.67
Total votes9,084,512100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,596,32185.73
Source: [2] [3] [4]

Results by province

ProvincePeronist PartiesUCRIUCRPCenter PartiesOthers
Votes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %Seats
Buenos Aires 1,206,89439.3717731,87723.888627,09420.46179,6975.86319,87610.43
Buenos Aires City 460,47129.256456,96829.0312353,98022.4949,6383.15253,04316.08
Chaco 60,91532.41258,22530.9849,08326.117,5364.0112,2136.50
Chubut 18,36140.36112,83128.2012,88528.3210.001,4163.11
Córdoba 295,61733.113180,70920.24309,32934.65770,1317.8636,9504.14
Corrientes 7,0173.0685,31937.1516,7382.93123,35453.7137,2293.15
Entre Ríos 72,35020.91122,91735.522104,82330.29127,4297.9318,5255.35
Jujuy 38,30451.08226,53935.394,1675.565,9657.95150.02
La Pampa 27,61136.1129,37838.42213,03117.046,4458.43
Mendoza 151,11540.53146,91212.5859,58215.9893,18624.99322,0335.91
Neuquén 18,87949.95110,96229.004,46011.808632.282,6306.96
Río Negro 26,16940.11218,68828.6415,18223.271,6012.453,6025.52
Salta 85,36357.15325,59117.1312,2448.2018,36912.307,7875.21
San Juan 54,44134.07243,02626.93120,78913.0114,7999.2626,73916.74
Santa Fe 293,01829.963295,97330.277138,29114.149,1540.94241,43924.69
Santiago del Estero 70,24336.78250,39226.3956,05729.3515,2842.778,9934.71
Tucumán 162,55953.33287,78428.8016,2102.043,9561.3044,29514.53
Total3,049,32734.84452,284,09126.10341,793,94520.509610,9636.9861,013,23011.582

References

  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.