Argentine presidential election, 1874

Argentine general election, 1874
228 members of the Electoral College; 115 votes needed to win
President before election; Domingo Sarmiento ; Independent	Elected President; Nicolás Avellaneda ; National

Last updated March 11, 2019

The Argentine presidential election of 1874 was held on 12 April to choose the president of Argentina. Nicolás Avellaneda was elected president.

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.

Background

President Sarmiento's pragmatic approach to Buenos Aires demands and his successful control of separatist revolts in the north paved the way to high office for his vice president, Autonomist Party leader Adolfo Alsina. Alsina gained the support of a sizable facion of Mitre's Nationalist Party, resulting in the formation of the paramount political group in Argentina for the next 42 years: The National Autonomist Party (PAN). Mitre himself did not support Alsina, however, whom he viewed as a veiled Buenos Aires separatist. The elder statesman ran for the presidency again, though the seasoned Alsina outmaneuvered him by fielding Nicolás Avellaneda, a moderate lawyer from remote Tucumán Province. The electoral college met on 12 April 1874, and awarded Mitre only three provinces, including Buenos Aires.

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As he had repeatedly up to 1861, Mitre took up arms again. Hoping to prevent Avellaneda's 12 October inaugural, he mutineered a gunboat; he was defeated, however, and only President Avellaneda's commutation spared his life.^[1]

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Results

Argentine Republic
Population	2,154,000
Voters	25,800
Turnout	1.2%

Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Nicolás Avellaneda	National	145^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Bartolomé Mitre	Nacionalist	79
Total voters		224
Did not vote		4
Total		228

Vice Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Mariano Acosta	National	145^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Juan Eusebio Torrent	Nacionalist	79
Total voters		224
Did not vote		4
Total		228

Results by Province

Province	President		Vice President
Province	Avellaneda	Mitre	Acosta	Torrent
Buenos Aires		53		53
Catamarca	12		12
Córdoba	25		25
Corrientes	16		16
Entre Ríos	17		17
Jujuy	8		8
La Rioja	8		8
Mendoza	10		10
Salta	12		12
San Juan		10		10
San Luis	10		10
Santa Fe	12		12
Santiago del Estero	1	16	1	16
Tucumán	14		14
Total	145^{[lower-alpha 1]}	79	145^{[lower-alpha 1]}	79

Notes

↑ Todo Argentina: 1874 (in Spanish)

1 2 3 4 5 Although only 145 electors voted for Avellaneda and Acosta, in the final count they appear with 146 votes.

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Duhalde, Eduardo Luis (2007). Acción Parlamentaria de John William Cooke. Buenos Aires: Colihue. p. 232. ISBN 978-950-563-460-6.
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[2] Todo Argentina: 1874 (in Spanish)

[votes-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Although only 145 electors voted for Avellaneda and Acosta, in the final count they appear with 146 votes.

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