The Argentine General election of 1954 was held on 25 April. Voters chose both their legislators and the Vice-President of Argentina; with a turnout of 85%.
The death of his wife and closest advisor, Evita, stuck President Juan Perón amid serious difficulties. A severe drought in 1952 and years of pessimism in Argentina's important agrarian sector depleted foreign reserves and forced Perón to curtail public lending and spending programs. The recession (and a bumper crop) did, however, allow Central Bank reserves to recover and brought inflation (50% in 1951) to single digits.[1]
Controversy surrounding Perón's in-laws and political violence both by and against his Peronist movement had dogged the president in the first half of 1953, and he took the opportunity of upcoming legislative polls to test his popularity. The Argentine Constitution did not require it at the time, but the President announced a special election to replace the late Vice President, Hortensio Quijano. Dr. Quijano had died on April 3, 1952, two months and one day before his term was to have ended on June 4, 1952. Perón nominated Senator Alberto Teisaire as the candidate for the then named Partido Peronista (Peronist Party).
Teisaire was familiar to Perón from the 1943 coup d'état; the former rear admiral had helped retain the normally restive Navy's support for the populist leader before and after Perón's 1946 election and, after eight years in the Senate, he remained close to the military - a far from trivial consideration.[2]
In the opposition since 15 years before Perón took office, the centrist UCR had been burdened by censorship and sundry forms of harassment since 1930, and 1953 had been marked by the jailing of most of their leaders. Among the few prominent figures in the party available to run for the vice-presidency was Crisólogo Larralde. Larralde had opposed the UCR's 1945 alliance with conservatives and socialists against Perón, and was a well-known figure in the UCR's dissident, pro-Perón "Renewal Group." This did not, however, ease the UCR's restriction to access to most mass media, and the party was defeated by similar numbers to their 1951 loss.[3]
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The Argentine General election of 1954 was held on 25 April Voters chose both their legislators and the Vice President of Argentina with a turnout of 85 1954 Argentine vice presidential election 1951 25 April 1954 1958 Vice Presidential electionRegistered9 222 075Turnout85 58 Nominee Alberto Teisaire Crisologo LarraldeParty Peronist Party Radical Civic UnionPopular vote 4 944 106 2 493 422Percentage 64 52 32 22 Vice President before electionVacant Hortensio Quijano deceased in 1952 Vice President elect Alberto TeisairePeronist PartyLegislative election25 April 195479 of 155 seats in the Chamber of Deputies9 of 14 non voting delegates in the Chamber of Deputies18 of 34 seats in the SenateTurnout85 99 Party Seats Chamber of DeputiesPeronist Party 64 28 74 4Radical Civic Union 32 31 5 2SenatePeronist Party 18 3This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Contents 1 Background 2 Results 2 1 Vice president 2 2 Chamber of Deputies 2 3 Senate 3 NotesBackground editThe death of his wife and closest advisor Evita stuck President Juan Peron amid serious difficulties A severe drought in 1952 and years of pessimism in Argentina s important agrarian sector depleted foreign reserves and forced Peron to curtail public lending and spending programs The recession and a bumper crop did however allow Central Bank reserves to recover and brought inflation 50 in 1951 to single digits 1 Controversy surrounding Peron s in laws and political violence both by and against his Peronist movement had dogged the president in the first half of 1953 and he took the opportunity of upcoming legislative polls to test his popularity The Argentine Constitution did not require it at the time but the President announced a special election to replace the late Vice President Hortensio Quijano Dr Quijano had died on April 3 1952 two months and one day before his term was to have ended on June 4 1952 Peron nominated Senator Alberto Teisaire as the candidate for the then named Partido Peronista Peronist Party Teisaire was familiar to Peron from the 1943 coup d etat the former rear admiral had helped retain the normally restive Navy s support for the populist leader before and after Peron s 1946 election and after eight years in the Senate he remained close to the military a far from trivial consideration 2 In the opposition since 15 years before Peron took office the centrist UCR had been burdened by censorship and sundry forms of harassment since 1930 and 1953 had been marked by the jailing of most of their leaders Among the few prominent figures in the party available to run for the vice presidency was Crisologo Larralde Larralde had opposed the UCR s 1945 alliance with conservatives and socialists against Peron and was a well known figure in the UCR s dissident pro Peron Renewal Group This did not however ease the UCR s restriction to access to most mass media and the party was defeated by similar numbers to their 1951 loss 3 Results editVice president edit CandidatePartyVotes Alberto TeisairePeronist Party PP 4 994 10664 52Crisologo LarraldeRadical Civic Union UCR 2 493 42232 22Benito de MiguelNational Democratic Party PDN 105 5501 36Alcira de la PenaCommunist Party PCA 89 6241 16Luciano MolinasDemocratic Progressive Party PDP 54 0540 70Jose Fernando PenelonLabour Gathering Party CO 3 1830 04Total7 739 939100 00Valid votes7 739 93998 07Invalid blank votes152 4221 93Total votes7 892 361100 00Registered voters turnout9 222 07585 58Source National University of San MartinChamber of Deputies edit nbsp Party Votes Deputies Non voting delegatesWon Total Won TotalPeronist Party PP 4 977 586 64 28 74 143 9 14Radical Civic Union UCR 2 502 109 32 31 5 12 National Democratic Party PDN 104 006 1 34 Communist Party PCA 88 007 1 14 Democratic Progressive Party PDP 46 077 0 60 Socialist Party of the National Revolution PS RN 22 516 0 29 Labour Gathering Party CO 3 183 0 04 Total 7 743 484 100 79 155 9 14Positive votes 7 743 484 97 93Invalid blank votes 163 374 2 07Total votes 7 906 858 100Registered voters turnout 9 194 157 85 99Source 4 Senate edit Party Votes Seats won Total seatsPeronist Party PP 18 34Radical Civic Union UCR National Democratic Party PDN Communist Party PCA Democratic Progressive Party PDP Socialist Party of the National Revolution PS RN Total 18 34Positive votesInvalid blank votesTotal votes 100Registered voters turnoutNotes edit Todo Argentina 1953 in Spanish Potash Robert The Army and Politics in Argentina Stanford University Press 1996 Todo Argentina 1954 in Spanish Nohlen Dieter 2005 Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Vol II South America Nueva York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 928358 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1954 Argentine general election amp oldid 1111929897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
