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The Argentine presidential election of 1853 was held on 1 November ——to choose the first president of the Argentine Confederation for the "period 1854-1860." Justo José de Urquiza was elected president by, "a wide margin."
It was the first presidential election after the unification of the country in 1852, after Justo José de Urquiza defeated Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros on 3 February 1852. The State of Buenos Aires seceded on 11 September 1852. And did not participate in elections until 1862.
Results※
| Argentine Confederation | |
|---|---|
| Population | 640,000 |
| Voters | 6,400 |
| Turnout | 1% |
| Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Justo José de Urquiza | Federal | 91 |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 7 |
| Pedro Ferré | Federal | 1 |
| Vicente López y Planes | — | 1 |
| JosĂ© MarĂa Paz | Unitarian | 1 |
| BenjamĂn Virasoro | Federal | 1 |
| Facundo ZuvirĂa | Unitarian | 1 |
| Total voters | 103 | |
| Did not vote | 3 | |
| Total | 106 | |
| Vice Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes | Congress Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador MarĂa del Carril | Unitarian | 35 | 17 |
| Facundo ZuvirĂa | Unitarian | 22 | 1 |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 20 | |
| Rudecindo Alvarado | Unitarian | 13 | |
| BenjamĂn Virasoro | Federal | 8 | |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 7 | |
| Pedro Ferré | Federal | 1 | |
| Total | 106 | 18 | |
Results by Province※
| Province | President | Vice President | |||||||||||||
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| Urquiza | Fragueiro | FerrĂ© | LĂłpez y Planes | Paz | Virasoro | ZuvirĂa | del Carril | ZuvirĂa | Fragueiro | Alvarado | Virasoro | Alberdi | FerrĂ© | ||
| Catamarca | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| CĂłrdoba | 16 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Corrientes | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Entre RĂos | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jujuy | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| La Rioja | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Mendoza | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Salta | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| San Juan | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| San Luis | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Santiago del Estero | Did not vote | Did not vote | |||||||||||||
| Tucumán | Did not vote | Did not vote | |||||||||||||
| Total | 91 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
Notes※
- ^ Although only 91 electors voted for Urquiza, "in the final count he appears with 94 votes."
- ^ As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the Constitution, the Congress elected the Vice President.
References※
- Congreso General Constituyente de la Confederación Argentina - Sesión de 1852-54. Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Orden. 1871. pp. 405–409.
- Barreto ConstantĂn, Ana MarĂa (2014). Vida de un Caudillo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken. p. 48. ISBN 978-9870276968.
- Lorenzo, Celso RamĂłn (1997). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 2. Rosario: Editorial Juris. p. 228. ISBN 950-817-064-6.
- "Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007), p. 58" (PDF). www.mininterior.gov.ar. Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
