President Juan Perón and Cardinal Copello confer shortly after the approval of the 1949 Constitution. Perón maintained the Church's support for his early reforms by assuring the curia a voice in his ambitious agenda.
Elected in early 1946 on a populist platform, President Juan Perón undertook a program of nationalization of strategic industries and services, as well as the vigorous support of demands for higher wages (led by the rapidly growing CGT labor union). He also took care to cultivate Church-state relations in Argentina, making religious instruction mandatory and regularly consulting the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Copello, on social policy. These moves and economic growth of nearly a fourth in his first two years led to a positive showing in legislative elections on March 7 - held only week after the nationalization of British railways in Argentina, and during Perón's appendectomy. Half the seats in the Lower House were renewed, and its makeup changed only somewhat in favor of Peronists.[1]
The opposition had dissolved their 1945 alliance, the Democratic Union; but they rallied behind and largely endorsed the only party significant enough to challenge Perón: the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR). The president moved quickly to consolidate his political power, replacing the Labor Party that elected him with a Peronist Party, in 1947, and purging universities and the Supreme Court of opposition. The brazen moves were followed by the Peronists' introduction in Congress of a bill mandating an assembly for the replacement of the 1853 Constitution. Debate in Congress, where the UCR had retained a sizable minority, was heated throughout 1948, though the bill was approved by 96 out of 158 congressmen.[2] The UCR itself was divided during the vote; a faction that had supported Perón (the "Renewal Group," led by Amadeo Sabattini) abstained in an attempt to deprive the vote of quorum, and ultimately broke with Perón.[2]
Elections for the 158 assemblymen were called for December 5. Results closely mirrored those of the legislative elections, though blank voting increased as a result of Congressman Sabattini's call. One Peronist assemblyman was elected as a "Labor Party" candidate, joining Sabattini's opposition to its redesignation as a "Peronist" party. UCR assemblymen, for their part, attended only the inaugural session to espress their opposition to the body's legality. The assembly concluded its proceeding on March 16, 1949, with a new constitution granting the president the right to seek reelection, depriving Congress of its right to override vetoes, enacting social guarantees, and enhancing the state's rights over natural resources - all designed to advance Perón's agenda at the time.[2]
^ abcRecalde, Artiz. La Constitución Argentina de 1949, génesis y caída(in Spanish)
^Confirmación electoral de la voluntad justicialista del pueblo argentino(PDF). Buenos Aires: Ministry of Interior. 1952.
January 01, 1970
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Argentina held legislative elections in 1948 were held on 7 March 1948 Argentine legislative election 1946 7 March 1948 1951 83 of 158 seats in the National CongressTurnout75 19 Party Seats Peronist Party 56 32 58 2 Radical Civic Union 24 49 23 1 National Democratic Party 3 66 1 0 Revolutionary Worker s Front 0 88 1 1 This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Results by provincePresident of the Chamber of Deputies before President of the Chamber of Deputies afterRicardo GuardoUCR JR Hector Jose CamporaPeronist Contents 1 Background 2 Results 2 1 Results by province 3 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp President Juan Peron and Cardinal Copello confer shortly after the approval of the 1949 Constitution Peron maintained the Church s support for his early reforms by assuring the curia a voice in his ambitious agenda Elected in early 1946 on a populist platform President Juan Peron undertook a program of nationalization of strategic industries and services as well as the vigorous support of demands for higher wages led by the rapidly growing CGT labor union He also took care to cultivate Church state relations in Argentina making religious instruction mandatory and regularly consulting the Archbishop of Buenos Aires Cardinal Copello on social policy These moves and economic growth of nearly a fourth in his first two years led to a positive showing in legislative elections on March 7 held only week after the nationalization of British railways in Argentina and during Peron s appendectomy Half the seats in the Lower House were renewed and its makeup changed only somewhat in favor of Peronists 1 The opposition had dissolved their 1945 alliance the Democratic Union but they rallied behind and largely endorsed the only party significant enough to challenge Peron the centrist Radical Civic Union UCR The president moved quickly to consolidate his political power replacing the Labor Party that elected him with a Peronist Party in 1947 and purging universities and the Supreme Court of opposition The brazen moves were followed by the Peronists introduction in Congress of a bill mandating an assembly for the replacement of the 1853 Constitution Debate in Congress where the UCR had retained a sizable minority was heated throughout 1948 though the bill was approved by 96 out of 158 congressmen 2 The UCR itself was divided during the vote a faction that had supported Peron the Renewal Group led by Amadeo Sabattini abstained in an attempt to deprive the vote of quorum and ultimately broke with Peron 2 Elections for the 158 assemblymen were called for December 5 Results closely mirrored those of the legislative elections though blank voting increased as a result of Congressman Sabattini s call One Peronist assemblyman was elected as a Labor Party candidate joining Sabattini s opposition to its redesignation as a Peronist party UCR assemblymen for their part attended only the inaugural session to espress their opposition to the body s legality The assembly concluded its proceeding on March 16 1949 with a new constitution granting the president the right to seek reelection depriving Congress of its right to override vetoes enacting social guarantees and enhancing the state s rights over natural resources all designed to advance Peron s agenda at the time 2 Results editParty Votes Seats won Total seats Peronist Party PP 1 431 284 56 32 58 111 Radical Civic Union UCR 622 453 24 49 23 44 Socialist Party PS 151 581 5 96 National Democratic Party PDN 93 012 3 66 1 2 Communist Party PC 88 190 3 47 Worker s Party of the Revolution 56 377 2 22 Democratic Progressive Party PDP 50 181 1 97 Revolutionary Worker s Front 22 245 0 88 1 1 Nationalist Liberation Alliance 11 604 0 46 Labour Gathering Party CO 4 205 0 17 Independent Labour Party 3 899 0 15 Argentine Renewal Youth Labour Party 1 705 0 07 Agrarian Social Party 1 544 0 06 Nationalist Party 887 0 03 October 17th Labour Party 591 0 02 Others 1 446 0 06 Total 2 541 204 100 83 158 Positive votes 2 541 204 96 71 Invalid blank votes 77 576 2 95 Tally sheet differences 8 852 0 34 Total votes 2 627 632 100 Registered voters turnout 3 494 620 75 19 Source 3 Results by province edit Province Peronist Radical Civic Union Others Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Buenos Aires 431 360 60 54 16 201 941 28 34 7 79 225 11 12 Buenos Aires City 307 828 50 24 11 125 569 20 49 5 179 305 29 27 Cordoba 163 774 53 68 7 117 218 38 42 3 24 128 7 91 Corrientes 49 976 60 56 3 17 739 21 50 1 14 804 17 94 Entre Rios 86 468 58 47 4 45 604 30 84 2 15 809 10 69 Mendoza 62 004 63 42 2 17 221 17 61 1 18 548 18 97 San Juan 36 555 77 19 1 6 094 12 87 4 708 9 95 San Luis 18 081 68 58 2 3 029 11 49 5 253 19 93 1 Santa Fe 153 547 46 26 7 60 324 18 17 3 118 081 35 57 Santiago del Estero 54 901 76 58 2 14 732 20 55 1 2 059 2 88 Tucuman 66 790 63 42 3 12 982 12 33 25 547 24 26 1 Total 1 431 284 56 32 58 622 453 24 49 23 487 467 19 19 2References edit Todo Argentina 1948 in Spanish a b c Recalde Artiz La Constitucion Argentina de 1949 genesis y caida in Spanish Confirmacion electoral de la voluntad justicialista del pueblo argentino PDF Buenos Aires Ministry of Interior 1952 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 Argentine legislative election amp oldid 1112122248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
