Beagle conflict dispute resolution referendum | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conformity (or disconformity) of the citizen with the terms of the conclusion of the negotiations with the Republic of Chile to resolve the dispute concerning the area of the Beagle Channel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ballots used in the referendum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 25 November 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A non-binding referendum on resolving the Beagle conflict was held in Argentina on 25 November 1984. [1] Voters were asked whether they approved of the government's negotiated settlement with Chile, which would result in Argentina recognising the Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands as being Chilean territory. Although the plebiscite was not binding, President Raul Alfonsin declared that he would respect the outcome of the vote. The proposal was approved by 82.6% of voters, with a turnout of 70%.
The Beagle conflict was a border dispute between Chile and Argentina over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and the scope of the maritime jurisdiction associated with those islands that brought the countries to the brink of war in 1978.
Argentina, officially named the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina was signed into agreement at the Vatican on 29 November 1984.
The ruling party, the Radical Civic Union, called for a vote in favor of the settlement. The opposition, headed by the Justicialist Party, boycotted the process, claiming that it distracted from economic problems. [2] Some opponents, including Herminio Iglesias, called for voters to participate in the referendum and vote against. In contrast, other leaders like Carlos Menem came out in favour of the settlement. [3] The right-wing, including military groups that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983, were also against the settlement. [4]
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Choice | Votes | % |
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For | 10,454,172 | 82.60 |
Against | 2,201,963 | 17.40 |
Invalid/blank votes | 205,220 | – |
Total | 12,861,355 | 100 |
Registered voters/turnout | 18,350,863 | 70.09 |
Source: DINE |
Province | For | Against | Invalid/ blank | Total | Registered voters | Turnout | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
Buenos Aires | 4,237,251 | 80.94 | 997,831 | 19.06 | 76,303 | 5,311,385 | 6,758,336 | 78.59 |
Buenos Aires City | 1,311,387 | 81.67 | 294,281 | 18.33 | 22,209 | 1,627,877 | 2,418,933 | 67.30 |
Catamarca | 64,041 | 95.06 | 3,330 | 4.94 | 794 | 68,165 | 133,814 | 50.94 |
Chaco | 220,716 | 83.13 | 44,793 | 16.87 | 5,028 | 270,537 | 408,058 | 66.30 |
Chubut | 93,833 | 83.04 | 19,170 | 16.96 | 1,255 | 114,258 | 158,863 | 71.92 |
Córdoba | 1,027,223 | 88.80 | 129,599 | 11.20 | 22,804 | 1,179,626 | 1,669,715 | 70.65 |
Corrientes | 232,864 | 85.08 | 40,840 | 14.92 | 3,949 | 277,653 | 448,418 | 61.92 |
Entre Ríos | 345,970 | 86.85 | 52,402 | 13.15 | 11,034 | 409,406 | 623,297 | 65.68 |
Formosa | 88,604 | 86.91 | 13,342 | 13.09 | 1,892 | 103,838 | 170,978 | 70.73 |
Jujuy | 99,385 | 84.25 | 18,575 | 15.75 | 2,146 | 120,106 | 225,743 | 53.20 |
La Pampa | 84,148 | 94.56 | 4,837 | 5.44 | 1,668 | 90,653 | 149,557 | 60.61 |
La Rioja | 31,486 | 90.44 | 3,329 | 9.56 | 434 | 35,249 | 42,861 | 82.24 |
Mendoza | 376,821 | 66.72 | 187,999 | 33.28 | 8,592 | 573,412 | 768,608 | 74.60 |
Misiones | 191,828 | 83.68 | 37,413 | 16.32 | 5,806 | 235,047 | 336,376 | 69.88 |
Neuquén | 96,282 | 87.56 | 13,682 | 12.44 | 1,224 | 111,188 | 147,090 | 75.59 |
Río Negro | 132,203 | 87.46 | 18,960 | 12.54 | 2,686 | 153,849 | 209,082 | 73.58 |
Salta | 193,894 | 75.25 | 63,785 | 24.75 | 4,061 | 261,740 | 403,441 | 64.88 |
San Juan | 162,886 | 89.11 | 19,906 | 10.89 | 2,193 | 184,985 | 292,777 | 63.18 |
San Luis | 85,514 | 89.43 | 10,105 | 10.57 | 1,273 | 96,892 | 151,486 | 63.96 |
Santa Cruz | 30,232 | 78.21 | 8,422 | 21.79 | 372 | 39,026 | 56,018 | 69.67 |
Santa Fe | 901,943 | 87.22 | 132,142 | 12.78 | 20,341 | 1,054,426 | 1,721,825 | 61.24 |
Santiago del Estero | 137,491 | 86.69 | 21,106 | 13.31 | 3,512 | 162,109 | 402,003 | 40.33 |
Tierra del Fuego | 9,682 | 59.77 | 6,516 | 40.23 | 150 | 16,348 | 20,685 | 79.03 |
Tucumán | 298,488 | 83.36 | 59,598 | 16.64 | 5,494 | 363,580 | 632,899 | 57.45 |
Total | 10,454,172 | 82.60 | 2,201,963 | 17.40 | 205,220 | 12,861,355 | 18,350,863 | 70.09 |
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