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1983 Argentine general election

The Argentine general election of 1983 was held on 30 October and marked the return of constitutional rule following the self-styled National Reorganization Process dictatorship installed in 1976. Voters fully chose the president, governors, mayors, and their respective national, province and town legislators; with a turnout of 85.6%.

1983 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← Sept 1973 30 October 1983 1989 →

600 members of the Electoral College
301 votes needed to win
Registered17,929,951
Turnout85.61%
 
Candidate Raúl Alfonsín Ítalo Lúder
Party Radical Civic Union Justicialist Party
Running mate Víctor Martínez Deolindo Bittel
Electoral vote 317 259
States carried 15 + CABA 8
Popular vote 7,724,559 5,944,402
Percentage 51.75% 40.16%

Percentage of votes (left) and electoral votes (right) by province.

Legislative election
← March 1973 30 October 1983 1985 →

254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
128 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.61%
Party % Seats
Chamber of Deputies
Radical Civic Union

47.97% 129
Justicialist Party

38.47% 111
Intransigent Party

2.78% 3
Union of the Democratic Centre

1.70% 2
Blockist Party

0.42% 2
Neuquén People's Movement

0.24% 2
Others

8.4% 5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

Background edit

In 1976 the military announced a coup d'état against President Isabel Perón with problems of financial instability, inflation, endemic corruption, international isolation and violence that typified her last year in office. Many citizens believed the National Reorganization Process, the junta's government, would improve the general state of Argentina. As that regime's third dictator, General Leopoldo Galtieri, awoke in the early hours of June 18, 1982, to find a letter requesting he resign, however, he had no doubt that the Process had run its course. Against the wishes of Galtieri's commanders, the Joint Chiefs chose Army General Reynaldo Bignone not so much the new President as the usher towards a democratic transition, which President Bignone announced would take place in March 1984. Inheriting an economy struggling under crushing interest rates imposed by the Central Bank Circular 1050, Bignone's new president of the institution, Domingo Cavallo, rescinded the policy in July, a move towards economic liberalization complemented by Bignone's restoring a limited right of assembly and free speech. Argentina's wide array of political parties, jointly pressing for elections through a "Multiparty" convened by centrist UCR leader Ricardo Balbín in 1981, geared for the imminent return to democracy.[1]

Six years of intermittent wage freezes, policies adverse to industry and restrictive measures like the Circular 1050 had left GDP per capita at its lowest level since 1968 and real wages lower by around 40%. Given these conditions, the return of some freedoms quickly led to a wave of strikes, including two general strikes led by Saúl Ubaldini of the CGT labor federation (then the largest in South America). Fanning antagonism on the part of hard-liners in the regime, this led Admiral Jorge Anaya (later court-martialed for gross malfeasance in the 1982 Falklands War) to announce his candidacy for President in August, becoming the first to do so; amid popular jeers of "Anaya canalla" (Anaya the fiend), Bignone immediately thwarted the move.[1]

Amid growing calls for quicker elections, police brutally repressed a December 16, 1982, demonstration in Buenos Aires' central Plaza de Mayo, resulting in the death of one protester and Bignone's hopes for an indefinite postponement of elections. Devoting themselves to damage control, the regime began preparing for the transition by shredding evidence of their murder of 15–30,000 dissidents (most of which were students, academics and labor union personnel uninvolved in the violence Argentina suffered from 1973 to 1976). Hoping to quiet demands that their whereabouts be known, in February 1983 Buenos Aires Police Chief Ramón Camps publicly recognized the crime and asserted that the "disappeared" were, in fact, dead. Provoking popular indignation, Camps' interview forced President Bignone to cease denying the tragedy and, on April 28, declare a blanket amnesty for those involved (including himself).[2]

 
The closing rally for the UCR campaign on Buenos Aires' 9 de Julio Avenue.

Among the first prominent political figures to condemn the amnesty was the leader of the UCR's progressive wing, Raúl Alfonsín, who easily secured his party's nomination during their convention in July. Alfonsín chose as his running mate Víctor Martínez, a more conservative UCR figure from Córdoba Province. Their traditional opponents, the Justicialist Party, struggled to find candidates for not only the top of the ticket, but for a number of the more important local races, as well. Following conferences that dragged on for two months after the UCR nominated Alfonsín, the Justicialists' left wing (the target of much of the repression before and after the 1976 coup) proved little match for the CGT's influence within the party. They nominated ideological opposites Ítalo Lúder, who had served as acting President during Mrs. Perón's September 1975 sick leave, for President and former Chaco Province Governor Deolindo Bittel as his running mate; whereas Lúder had authorized repression against the left in 1975, Bittel was a populist renowned for his defense of Habeas Corpus during the subsequent dictatorship.[2]

Constrained by time, Alfonsín focused his strategy on accusing the Justicialists, who had refused to condemn Bignone's military amnesty, of enjoying the dictator's tacit support. Alfonsín enjoyed the valuable support of a number of Argentine intellectuals and artists, including playwright Carlos Gorostiza, who devised the UCR candidate's slogan, Ahora, Alfonsín ("Now is the Time for Alfonsín").[3]

Lúder, aware of intraparty tensions, limited his campaign ads and rhetoric largely to an evocation of the founder of the Justicialist Party, the late Juan Perón. Polls gave neither man an edge for the contest, which was scheduled for October 30. A few days for the elections (which a record turnout), the Justicialist candidate for Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Herminio Iglesias, threw a (premature) "victory rally" in which a coffin draped in the UCR colors was burned before the television cameras.[2]

The bonfire ignited the electorate's bitter memories of Isabel Perón's tenure and helped result in a solid victory for the UCR. The Peronists were given a majority in the Senate and 12 of 22 governorships. The UCR secured only 7 governors, though the nation's largest province, Buenos Aires, would be governed by the UCR's Alejandro Armendáriz. The elections themselves, which allowed Alfonsín to persuade Bignone to advance the inaugural to December 10, 1983, became, in playwright Carlos Gorostiza's words, "more than a democratic way out, a way into life."[3]

Candidates for President edit

Results edit

The Alfonsín-Martínez tandem won the election by 51.75% of votes against the 40.16% of Luder-Bittel tandem. Alfonsín's 51.75% vote percentage would be broken by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's record of 54.11% vote percentage in 2011.

President edit

Presidential
candidate
Vice Presidential
candidate
Party Popular vote Electoral vote
Votes % Votes %
Raúl Alfonsín Víctor Hipólito Martínez Radical Civic Union (UCR) 7,724,559 51.75 317 52.83
Ítalo Lúder Deolindo Bittel Justicialist Party (PJ) 5,995,402 40.16 259 43.17
Oscar Alende Mirto Lisandro Viale Intransigent Party (PI) 347,654 2.33 2 0.33
Rogelio Julio Frigerio Antonio Salonia Integration and Development Movement (MID) 177,426 1.19 2 0.33
Francisco Manrique Guillermo Belgrano Rawson Total Manrique - Rawson 107,188 0.72
Federal Alliance 59,045 0.40
Democratic Party of Mendoza (PD) 17,192 0.12
Democratic Party of Córdoba (PD) 12,232 0.08
Federal Party (PF) 8,129 0.05
Popular Line Movement (MOLIPO) 6,365 0.04
Democratic Party of Entre Ríos 4,225 0.03
No candidates Autonomist - Liberal Alliance 104,052 0.70 6 1.00
Álvaro Alsogaray Jorge S. Oría Total Alsogaray - Oría 62,854 0.42
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCeDe) 52,526 0.35
Center National Confederation 8,736 0.06
Center Party 1,592 0.01
No candidates Blockist Party (PB) 58,038 0.39 4 0.67
Rafael Martínez Raymonda René H. Balestra Total Martínez Raymonda - Balestra 50,184 0.34
Democratic - Socialist Alliance 47,692 0.32
Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) 2,227 0.01
Democratic Socialist Party (PSD) 265 0.00
Francisco Eduardo Cerro Arturo Ponsati Christian Democratic Party (PDC) 46,544 0.31
Luis Zamora Silvia Díaz Movement for Socialism (MAS) 42,500 0.28
No candidates Neuquén People's Movement (MPN) 30,546 0.20 4 0.67
Three Flags Party 22,583 0.15 1 0.17
Jujuy People's Movement (MPJ) 22,303 0.15 2 0.33
Guillermo Estévez Boero Edgardo Rossi Popular Socialist Party (PSP) 21,177 0.14
No candidates Salta Renewal Party (PARES) 18,844 0.13 1 0.17
La Pampa Federalist Movement (MOFEPA) 15,298 0.10 2 0.33
Jorge Abelardo Ramos Elisa Margarita Colombo Popular Left Front (FIP) 14,093 0.10
Gregorio Flores Catalina Guagnini Workers' Party (PO) 13,067 0.09
No candidates Federal Vanguard 12,373 0.08
Renewal Crusade (CR) 5,539 0.04
Catamarca Popular Movement 4,464 0.03
Popular Line 4,044 0.03
Salta Popular Movement 3,197 0.02
Salta Alliance 3,089 0.02
Conservative Principist Party 3,000 0.02
Chaco Unity Movement 2,853 0.02
The People's Voice 2,735 0.02
Chubut Action Party (PACH) 2,640 0.02
Popular Alliance 2,568 0.02
Socialist Party (PS) 2,289 0.02
Rionegrino Provincial Party (PPR) 1,113 0.01
Popular Union (UP) 934 0.01
Authentic Socialist Party (PSA) 585 0.00
Renewal Party 448 0.00
Democratic Party of Catamarca 401 0.00
Nationalist Movement 394 0.00
Provincial Defense - White Flag 264 0.00
Party for Social Democracy 257 0.00
Conservative People's Party (PCP) 13 0.00
Total 14,927,512 100
Positive votes 14,927,512 97.25
Blank votes 334,946 2.18
Invalid votes 87,728 0.57
Total votes 15,350,186 100
Registered voters/turnout 17,929,951 85.61
Sources:[4][5]

Results by province edit

Alfonsín/Martínez
(UCR)
Lúder/Bittel
(PJ)
Alende/Viale
(PI)
Friegrio/Salonia
(MID)
Others Blank/Invalid Turnout
Province El. Votes % El. Votes % El. Votes % El. Votes % El. Votes % El. Votes % Votes %
Buenos Aires 144 2,878,858 51.41 79 2,364,585 42.23 65 181,488 3.24 47,004 0.84 356,099 2.28 127,607 2.77 5,759,215 87.69
Buenos Aires City 54 1,269,352 64.26 37 540,389 27.36 15 88,480 4.48 2 14,480 0.73 62,556 3.17 33,422 1.66 2,008,679 85.78
Catamarca 14 48,595 46.79 7 45,329 43.65 7 602 0.58 805 0.78 8,526 8.20 3,762 3.50 107,619 81.34
Chaco 18 153,971 46.55 9 158,721 47.98 9 1,391 0.42 7,141 2.16 9,556 2.89 10,656 3.12 341,436 75.90
Chubut 14 56,912 50.85 8 46,400 41.46 6 1,957 1.75 2,362 2.11 4,281 3.82 5,167 4.41 117,079 80.63
Córdoba 40 791,470 56.22 23 561,954 39.92 17 12,245 0.87 13,078 0.93 29,089 2.06 33,381 2.32 1,441,217 88.35
Corrientes 18 112,216 33.84 7 94,105 28.38 5 2,467 0.74 11,662 3.52 111,117 33.51 6[6] 8,232 2.42 339,799 77.26
Entre Ríos 22 251,811 49.53 12 224,778 44.21 10 7,558 1.49 7,949 1.56 16,301 3.21 11,769 2.26 520,166 83.70
Formosa 14 45,065 37.20 5 54,660 45.12 7 560 0.46 16,680 13.77 2 4,188 3.46 5,369 4.24 126,522 75.92
Jujuy 16 61,173 35.46 6 84,051 48.72 8 877 0.51 1,421 0.82 24,979 14.48 2[7] 8,852 4.88 181,353 84.32
La Pampa 14 50,753 41.38 6 50,138 40.88 6 1,922 1.57 3,294 2.69 16,540 13.48 2[8] 5,350 4.18 127,997 89.52
La Rioja 14 35,534 41.04 6 48,073 55.52 8 462 0.53 1,588 1.83 925 1.08 9,285 9.69 95,867 89.31
Mendoza 24 368,484 57.81 15 233,035 36.56 9 6,073 0.95 7,233 1.13 22,566 3.55 11,680 1.80 649,071 86.63
Misiones 18 118,676 49.56 9 114,454 47.79 9 738 0.31 3,885 1.62 1,717 0.72 11,359 4.53 250,829 80.15
Neuquén 14 48,279 45.31 7 23,653 22.20 3 2,114 1.98 904 0.85 31,594 29.66 4[9] 6,006 5.34 112,550 86.80
Río Negro 14 84,226 53.57 8 62,801 39.94 6 2,868 1.82 2,616 1.66 4,725 3.01 10,447 6.23 167,683 85.84
Salta 18 135,398 44.62 8 137,369 45.27 9 1,340 0.44 1,774 0.58 27,537 9.08 1[10] 7,677 2.47 311,095 80.07
San Juan 16 98,916 40.23 7 75,368 30.65 5 2,152 0.88 2,940 1.20 66,505 27.04 4[11] 4,724 1.89 250,605 86.40
San Luis 14 58,723 48.58 8 50,095 41.44 6 549 0.45 4,434 3.67 7,075 5.86 4,138 3.31 125,014 84.99
Santa Cruz 14 19,077 44.01 7 22,324 51.50 7 668 1.54 844 1.95 437 1.01 1,850 4.09 45,200 82.22
Santa Fe 42 719,186 50.21 23 615,007 42.94 19 26,835 1.52 20,519 1.43 50,672 3.89 47,401 3.20 1,479,620 88.28
Santiago del Estero 18 109,012 40.57 8 130,411 48.53 9 1,146 0.43 1,106 0.41 27,030 10.06 1[12] 8,794 3.17 277,499 69.89
Tierra del Fuego 4 5,410 50.40 2 4,180 38.94 2 406 3.78 329 3.07 409 3.81 3,166 22.78 13,900 90.56
Tucumán 22 203,462 41.55 10 253,522 51.78 12 2,756 0.56 3,378 0.69 26,539 5.42 10,514 2.10 500,171 81.67
Total 600 7,724,559 51.75 317 5,995,402 40.16 259 347,654 2.33 2 177,426 1.19 2 682,471 4.57 20 422,674 2.75 15,350,186 85.61

Chamber of Deputies edit

Party Votes % Seats
1983–1985
Seats
1983–1987
Total seats
Radical Civic Union (UCR) 7,104,748 47.97 64 65 129
Justicialist Party (PJ) 5,697,610 38.47 56 55 111
Intransigent Party (PI) 411,883 2.78 2 1 3
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCeDe) 251,541 1.70 1 1 2
Integration and Development Movement (MID) 223,763 1.51
Communist Party (PC) 182,296 1.23
Federal Alliance 169,585 1.14
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) 139,881 0.94 1 1
Democratic - Socialist Alliance 125,085 0.84
Autonomist Party of Corrientes (PACo) 67,259 0.45 1 1
Blockist Party (PB) 61,737 0.42 1 1 2
Movement for Socialism (MAS) 56,193 0.38
Liberal Party of Corrientes (PLCo) 46,223 0.31 1 1
Neuquén People's Movement (MPN) 36,168 0.24 1 1 2
Popular Socialist Party (PSP) 35,631 0.24
Jujuy People's Movement (MPJ) 26,535 0.18 1 1
Three Flags Party 24,923 0.17
Salta Renewal Party (PARES) 22,453 0.15
Popular Left Front (FIP) 18,750 0.13
Federal Vanguard - Christian Democratic Party 17,926 0.12
Workers' Party (PO) 17,720 0.12
La Pampa Federalist Movement (MOFEPA) 16,490 0.11 1 1
Catamarca Popular Movement 10,049 0.07
Renewal Crusade (CR) 7,065 0.05
Chubut Action Party (PACH) 5,544 0.04
Popular Alliance 5,377 0.04
Salta Alliance 4,656 0.03
Conservative Principist Party 3,728 0.03
Salta Popular Movement 3,387 0.02
Chaco Unity Movement 3,254 0.02
The People's Voice 3,075 0.02
Socialist Party (PS) 2,573 0.02
Neighborhood Association - Fueguino Popular Union 1,940 0.01
Popular Union (UP) 1,490 0.01
Rionegrino Provincial Party (PPR) 1,453 0.01
Authentic Socialist Party (PSA) 797 0.01
Democratic Party of Catamarca 688 0.00
Renewal Party 587 0.00
Nationalist Movement 474 0.00
Provincial Defense - White Flag 415 0.00
Party for Social Democracy 266 0.00
Conservative People's Party (PCP) 13 0.00
Total 14,811,231 100 127 127 254
Positive votes 14,811,231 96.49
Blank votes 451,756 2.94
Invalid votes 87,199 0.57
Total votes 15,350,186 100
Registered voters/turnout 17,929,951 85.61
Sources:[13][5]

Results by province edit

Province UCR PJ Others
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Buenos Aires 2,743,064 49.38 37 2,239,629 40.32 31 571,969 10.30 2
Buenos Aires City 967,275 49.47 14 460,952 23.57 7 527,197 26.96 4
Catamarca 43,008 41.81 2 43,096 41.89 3 16,764 16.30
Chaco 151,976 45.96 3 157,302 47.57 4 21,372 6.46
Chubut 52,791 47.75 3 44,991 40.69 2 12,784 11.56
Córdoba 773,659 55.06 11 549,929 39.14 7 81,524 5.80
Corrientes 101,345 31.35 3 82,463 25.51 2 139,470 43.14 2
Entre Ríos 243,652 48.24 5 218,044 43.17 4 43,338 8.58
Formosa 44,129 36.55 2 54,280 44.96 3 22,326 18.49
Jujuy 56,133 32.70 2 82,737 48.20 3 32,789 19.10 1
La Pampa 48,870 40.00 2 49,133 40.22 2 24,171 19.78 1
La Rioja 35,226 40.75 2 47,416 54.86 3 3,796 4.39
Mendoza 351,001 55.26 6 225,488 35.50 4 58,676 9.24
Misiones 118,055 49.36 4 113,615 47.50 3 7,514 3.14
Neuquén 40,925 39.00 2 22,681 21.61 1 41,326 39.38 2
Río Negro 81,879 52.64 3 60,952 39.18 2 12,721 8.18
Salta 126,119 42.03 3 135,236 45.07 4 38,684 12.89
San Juan 91,874 37.65 2 73,389 30.07 2 78,782 32.28 2
San Luis 53,926 45.32 3 48,914 41.11 2 16,137 13.56
Santa Cruz 18,957 43.70 2 21,865 50.41 3 2,554 5.89
Santa Fe 657,272 46.42 10 585,323 41.34 9 173,216 12.23
Santiago del Estero 103,225 38.61 3 127,388 47.65 4 36,745 13.74
Tierra del Fuego 3,730 35.99 1 3,654 35.26 1 2,979 28.75
Tucumán 196,657 40.31 4 249,133 51.07 5 42,039 8.62
Total 7,104,748 47.97 129 5,697,610 38.47 111 2,008,873 13.56 14

Senate edit

Party Seats
1983-1986
Seats
1983-1989
Seats
1983-1992
Total seats
Justicialist Party (PJ) 7 7 6 20
Radical Civic Union (UCR) 6 6 6 18
Neuquén People's Movement (MPN) 1 1 2
Blockist Party (PB) 1 1 2
Autonomist Party of Corrientes (PACo) 1 1
Liberal Party of Corrientes (PLCo) 1 1
Integration and Development Movement (MID) 1 1
Conservative People's Party (PCP) 1 1

Results by province edit

Province PJ UCR MPN PB PACo PLCo MID PCP
Buenos Aires 2
Buenos Aires City 2
Catamarca 1 1
Chaco 1 1
Chubut 2
Córdoba 2
Corrientes 1 1
Entre Ríos 2
Formosa 1 1
Jujuy 2
La Pampa 1 1
La Rioja 2
Mendoza 2
Misiones 2
Neuquén 2
Río Negro 2
Salta 2
San Juan 2
San Luis 2
Santa Cruz 2
Santa Fe 2
Santiago del Estero 2
Tucumán 2
Total 20 18 2 2 1 1 1 1

Provincial Governors edit

Election of Provincial Governors
Elected: 22 provincial governors, 24 legislative bodies
Presidential appointment: Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires and Territorial Governor of Tierra del Fuego
Province Elected Party Map
Buenos Aires Alejandro Armendáriz Radical Civic Union  
Catamarca Ramón Saadi Justicialist Party
Chaco Florencio Tenev Justicialist Party
Chubut Atilio Viglione Radical Civic Union
Córdoba Eduardo Angeloz Radical Civic Union
Corrientes José Antonio Romero Feris Autonomist Party
Entre Ríos Sergio Montiel Radical Civic Union
Formosa Floro Bogado Justicialist Party
Jujuy Carlos Snopek Justicialist Party
La Pampa Rubén Marín Justicialist Party
La Rioja Carlos Menem Justicialist Party
Mendoza Santiago Llaver Radical Civic Union
Misiones Ricardo Barrios Arrechea Radical Civic Union
Neuquén Felipe Sapag Neuquén People's Movement
Río Negro Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero Radical Civic Union
Salta Roberto Romero Justicialist Party
San Juan Leopoldo Bravo Blockist Party
San Luis Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Justicialist Party
Santa Cruz Arturo Puricelli Justicialist Party
Santa Fe José María Vernet Justicialist Party
Santiago del Estero Carlos Juárez Justicialist Party
Tucumán Fernando Riera Justicialist Party
Buenos Aires City Julio César Saguier Radical Civic Union
Tierra del Fuego Ramón Alberto Trejo Noel Radical Civic Union

References edit

  1. ^ a b Todo Argentina: 1982 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b c Todo Argentina: 1983 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b Página/12: El marketing que acompañó al candidato (in Spanish)
  4. ^ . Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  5. ^ a b (PDF). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018.
  6. ^ Autonomist - Liberal Alliance
  7. ^ Jujuy People's Movement
  8. ^ La Pampa Federalist Movement
  9. ^ Neuquén People's Movement
  10. ^ Salta Renewal Party
  11. ^ Blockist Party
  12. ^ Three Flags Party
  13. ^ "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 - Diputados Nacionales". Dirección Nacional Electoral.

1983, argentine, general, election, argentine, general, election, 1983, held, october, marked, return, constitutional, rule, following, self, styled, national, reorganization, process, dictatorship, installed, 1976, voters, fully, chose, president, governors, . The Argentine general election of 1983 was held on 30 October and marked the return of constitutional rule following the self styled National Reorganization Process dictatorship installed in 1976 Voters fully chose the president governors mayors and their respective national province and town legislators with a turnout of 85 6 1983 Argentine general electionPresidential election Sept 1973 30 October 1983 1989 600 members of the Electoral College301 votes needed to winRegistered17 929 951Turnout85 61 Candidate Raul Alfonsin Italo LuderParty Radical Civic Union Justicialist PartyRunning mate Victor Martinez Deolindo BittelElectoral vote 317 259States carried 15 CABA 8Popular vote 7 724 559 5 944 402Percentage 51 75 40 16 Percentage of votes left and electoral votes right by province President before electionReynaldo BignoneMilitary Elected President Raul AlfonsinUCRLegislative election March 1973 30 October 1983 1985 254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies128 seats needed for a majorityTurnout85 61 Party SeatsChamber of DeputiesRadical Civic Union 47 97 129Justicialist Party 38 47 111Intransigent Party 2 78 3Union of the Democratic Centre 1 70 2Blockist Party 0 42 2Neuquen People s Movement 0 24 2Others 8 4 5This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Results by province Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates for President 3 Results 3 1 President 3 1 1 Results by province 3 2 Chamber of Deputies 3 2 1 Results by province 3 3 Senate 3 3 1 Results by province 3 4 Provincial Governors 4 ReferencesBackground editIn 1976 the military announced a coup d etat against President Isabel Peron with problems of financial instability inflation endemic corruption international isolation and violence that typified her last year in office Many citizens believed the National Reorganization Process the junta s government would improve the general state of Argentina As that regime s third dictator General Leopoldo Galtieri awoke in the early hours of June 18 1982 to find a letter requesting he resign however he had no doubt that the Process had run its course Against the wishes of Galtieri s commanders the Joint Chiefs chose Army General Reynaldo Bignone not so much the new President as the usher towards a democratic transition which President Bignone announced would take place in March 1984 Inheriting an economy struggling under crushing interest rates imposed by the Central Bank Circular 1050 Bignone s new president of the institution Domingo Cavallo rescinded the policy in July a move towards economic liberalization complemented by Bignone s restoring a limited right of assembly and free speech Argentina s wide array of political parties jointly pressing for elections through a Multiparty convened by centrist UCR leader Ricardo Balbin in 1981 geared for the imminent return to democracy 1 Six years of intermittent wage freezes policies adverse to industry and restrictive measures like the Circular 1050 had left GDP per capita at its lowest level since 1968 and real wages lower by around 40 Given these conditions the return of some freedoms quickly led to a wave of strikes including two general strikes led by Saul Ubaldini of the CGT labor federation then the largest in South America Fanning antagonism on the part of hard liners in the regime this led Admiral Jorge Anaya later court martialed for gross malfeasance in the 1982 Falklands War to announce his candidacy for President in August becoming the first to do so amid popular jeers of Anaya canalla Anaya the fiend Bignone immediately thwarted the move 1 Amid growing calls for quicker elections police brutally repressed a December 16 1982 demonstration in Buenos Aires central Plaza de Mayo resulting in the death of one protester and Bignone s hopes for an indefinite postponement of elections Devoting themselves to damage control the regime began preparing for the transition by shredding evidence of their murder of 15 30 000 dissidents most of which were students academics and labor union personnel uninvolved in the violence Argentina suffered from 1973 to 1976 Hoping to quiet demands that their whereabouts be known in February 1983 Buenos Aires Police Chief Ramon Camps publicly recognized the crime and asserted that the disappeared were in fact dead Provoking popular indignation Camps interview forced President Bignone to cease denying the tragedy and on April 28 declare a blanket amnesty for those involved including himself 2 nbsp The closing rally for the UCR campaign on Buenos Aires 9 de Julio Avenue Among the first prominent political figures to condemn the amnesty was the leader of the UCR s progressive wing Raul Alfonsin who easily secured his party s nomination during their convention in July Alfonsin chose as his running mate Victor Martinez a more conservative UCR figure from Cordoba Province Their traditional opponents the Justicialist Party struggled to find candidates for not only the top of the ticket but for a number of the more important local races as well Following conferences that dragged on for two months after the UCR nominated Alfonsin the Justicialists left wing the target of much of the repression before and after the 1976 coup proved little match for the CGT s influence within the party They nominated ideological opposites Italo Luder who had served as acting President during Mrs Peron s September 1975 sick leave for President and former Chaco Province Governor Deolindo Bittel as his running mate whereas Luder had authorized repression against the left in 1975 Bittel was a populist renowned for his defense of Habeas Corpus during the subsequent dictatorship 2 Constrained by time Alfonsin focused his strategy on accusing the Justicialists who had refused to condemn Bignone s military amnesty of enjoying the dictator s tacit support Alfonsin enjoyed the valuable support of a number of Argentine intellectuals and artists including playwright Carlos Gorostiza who devised the UCR candidate s slogan Ahora Alfonsin Now is the Time for Alfonsin 3 Luder aware of intraparty tensions limited his campaign ads and rhetoric largely to an evocation of the founder of the Justicialist Party the late Juan Peron Polls gave neither man an edge for the contest which was scheduled for October 30 A few days for the elections which a record turnout the Justicialist candidate for Governor of Buenos Aires Province Herminio Iglesias threw a premature victory rally in which a coffin draped in the UCR colors was burned before the television cameras 2 The bonfire ignited the electorate s bitter memories of Isabel Peron s tenure and helped result in a solid victory for the UCR The Peronists were given a majority in the Senate and 12 of 22 governorships The UCR secured only 7 governors though the nation s largest province Buenos Aires would be governed by the UCR s Alejandro Armendariz The elections themselves which allowed Alfonsin to persuade Bignone to advance the inaugural to December 10 1983 became in playwright Carlos Gorostiza s words more than a democratic way out a way into life 3 Candidates for President editRadical Civic Union centrist social democrat Former Deputy Raul Alfonsin of Buenos Aires Justicialist Party populist Former Senator Italo Luder of Santa Fe Intransigent Party socialist Former Governor Oscar Alende of Buenos Aires Integration and Development Movement developmentalist Economist Rogelio Julio Frigerio of Buenos Aires nbsp Alfonsin nbsp Alende nbsp FrigerioResults editThe Alfonsin Martinez tandem won the election by 51 75 of votes against the 40 16 of Luder Bittel tandem Alfonsin s 51 75 vote percentage would be broken by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner s record of 54 11 vote percentage in 2011 President edit Presidentialcandidate Vice Presidentialcandidate Party Popular vote Electoral voteVotes Votes Raul Alfonsin Victor Hipolito Martinez Radical Civic Union UCR 7 724 559 51 75 317 52 83Italo Luder Deolindo Bittel Justicialist Party PJ 5 995 402 40 16 259 43 17Oscar Alende Mirto Lisandro Viale Intransigent Party PI 347 654 2 33 2 0 33Rogelio Julio Frigerio Antonio Salonia Integration and Development Movement MID 177 426 1 19 2 0 33Francisco Manrique Guillermo Belgrano Rawson Total Manrique Rawson 107 188 0 72Federal Alliance 59 045 0 40Democratic Party of Mendoza PD 17 192 0 12Democratic Party of Cordoba PD 12 232 0 08Federal Party PF 8 129 0 05Popular Line Movement MOLIPO 6 365 0 04Democratic Party of Entre Rios 4 225 0 03No candidates Autonomist Liberal Alliance 104 052 0 70 6 1 00Alvaro Alsogaray Jorge S Oria Total Alsogaray Oria 62 854 0 42Union of the Democratic Centre UCeDe 52 526 0 35Center National Confederation 8 736 0 06Center Party 1 592 0 01No candidates Blockist Party PB 58 038 0 39 4 0 67Rafael Martinez Raymonda Rene H Balestra Total Martinez Raymonda Balestra 50 184 0 34Democratic Socialist Alliance 47 692 0 32Democratic Progressive Party PDP 2 227 0 01Democratic Socialist Party PSD 265 0 00Francisco Eduardo Cerro Arturo Ponsati Christian Democratic Party PDC 46 544 0 31Luis Zamora Silvia Diaz Movement for Socialism MAS 42 500 0 28No candidates Neuquen People s Movement MPN 30 546 0 20 4 0 67Three Flags Party 22 583 0 15 1 0 17Jujuy People s Movement MPJ 22 303 0 15 2 0 33Guillermo Estevez Boero Edgardo Rossi Popular Socialist Party PSP 21 177 0 14No candidates Salta Renewal Party PARES 18 844 0 13 1 0 17La Pampa Federalist Movement MOFEPA 15 298 0 10 2 0 33Jorge Abelardo Ramos Elisa Margarita Colombo Popular Left Front FIP 14 093 0 10Gregorio Flores Catalina Guagnini Workers Party PO 13 067 0 09No candidates Federal Vanguard 12 373 0 08Renewal Crusade CR 5 539 0 04Catamarca Popular Movement 4 464 0 03Popular Line 4 044 0 03Salta Popular Movement 3 197 0 02Salta Alliance 3 089 0 02Conservative Principist Party 3 000 0 02Chaco Unity Movement 2 853 0 02The People s Voice 2 735 0 02Chubut Action Party PACH 2 640 0 02Popular Alliance 2 568 0 02Socialist Party PS 2 289 0 02Rionegrino Provincial Party PPR 1 113 0 01Popular Union UP 934 0 01Authentic Socialist Party PSA 585 0 00Renewal Party 448 0 00Democratic Party of Catamarca 401 0 00Nationalist Movement 394 0 00Provincial Defense White Flag 264 0 00Party for Social Democracy 257 0 00Conservative People s Party PCP 13 0 00Total 14 927 512 100Positive votes 14 927 512 97 25Blank votes 334 946 2 18Invalid votes 87 728 0 57Total votes 15 350 186 100Registered voters turnout 17 929 951 85 61Sources 4 5 Results by province edit Alfonsin Martinez UCR Luder Bittel PJ Alende Viale PI Friegrio Salonia MID Others Blank Invalid TurnoutProvince El Votes El Votes El Votes El Votes El Votes El Votes Votes Buenos Aires 144 2 878 858 51 41 79 2 364 585 42 23 65 181 488 3 24 47 004 0 84 356 099 2 28 127 607 2 77 5 759 215 87 69Buenos Aires City 54 1 269 352 64 26 37 540 389 27 36 15 88 480 4 48 2 14 480 0 73 62 556 3 17 33 422 1 66 2 008 679 85 78Catamarca 14 48 595 46 79 7 45 329 43 65 7 602 0 58 805 0 78 8 526 8 20 3 762 3 50 107 619 81 34Chaco 18 153 971 46 55 9 158 721 47 98 9 1 391 0 42 7 141 2 16 9 556 2 89 10 656 3 12 341 436 75 90Chubut 14 56 912 50 85 8 46 400 41 46 6 1 957 1 75 2 362 2 11 4 281 3 82 5 167 4 41 117 079 80 63Cordoba 40 791 470 56 22 23 561 954 39 92 17 12 245 0 87 13 078 0 93 29 089 2 06 33 381 2 32 1 441 217 88 35Corrientes 18 112 216 33 84 7 94 105 28 38 5 2 467 0 74 11 662 3 52 111 117 33 51 6 6 8 232 2 42 339 799 77 26Entre Rios 22 251 811 49 53 12 224 778 44 21 10 7 558 1 49 7 949 1 56 16 301 3 21 11 769 2 26 520 166 83 70Formosa 14 45 065 37 20 5 54 660 45 12 7 560 0 46 16 680 13 77 2 4 188 3 46 5 369 4 24 126 522 75 92Jujuy 16 61 173 35 46 6 84 051 48 72 8 877 0 51 1 421 0 82 24 979 14 48 2 7 8 852 4 88 181 353 84 32La Pampa 14 50 753 41 38 6 50 138 40 88 6 1 922 1 57 3 294 2 69 16 540 13 48 2 8 5 350 4 18 127 997 89 52La Rioja 14 35 534 41 04 6 48 073 55 52 8 462 0 53 1 588 1 83 925 1 08 9 285 9 69 95 867 89 31Mendoza 24 368 484 57 81 15 233 035 36 56 9 6 073 0 95 7 233 1 13 22 566 3 55 11 680 1 80 649 071 86 63Misiones 18 118 676 49 56 9 114 454 47 79 9 738 0 31 3 885 1 62 1 717 0 72 11 359 4 53 250 829 80 15Neuquen 14 48 279 45 31 7 23 653 22 20 3 2 114 1 98 904 0 85 31 594 29 66 4 9 6 006 5 34 112 550 86 80Rio Negro 14 84 226 53 57 8 62 801 39 94 6 2 868 1 82 2 616 1 66 4 725 3 01 10 447 6 23 167 683 85 84Salta 18 135 398 44 62 8 137 369 45 27 9 1 340 0 44 1 774 0 58 27 537 9 08 1 10 7 677 2 47 311 095 80 07San Juan 16 98 916 40 23 7 75 368 30 65 5 2 152 0 88 2 940 1 20 66 505 27 04 4 11 4 724 1 89 250 605 86 40San Luis 14 58 723 48 58 8 50 095 41 44 6 549 0 45 4 434 3 67 7 075 5 86 4 138 3 31 125 014 84 99Santa Cruz 14 19 077 44 01 7 22 324 51 50 7 668 1 54 844 1 95 437 1 01 1 850 4 09 45 200 82 22Santa Fe 42 719 186 50 21 23 615 007 42 94 19 26 835 1 52 20 519 1 43 50 672 3 89 47 401 3 20 1 479 620 88 28Santiago del Estero 18 109 012 40 57 8 130 411 48 53 9 1 146 0 43 1 106 0 41 27 030 10 06 1 12 8 794 3 17 277 499 69 89Tierra del Fuego 4 5 410 50 40 2 4 180 38 94 2 406 3 78 329 3 07 409 3 81 3 166 22 78 13 900 90 56Tucuman 22 203 462 41 55 10 253 522 51 78 12 2 756 0 56 3 378 0 69 26 539 5 42 10 514 2 10 500 171 81 67Total 600 7 724 559 51 75 317 5 995 402 40 16 259 347 654 2 33 2 177 426 1 19 2 682 471 4 57 20 422 674 2 75 15 350 186 85 61Chamber of Deputies edit Party Votes Seats1983 1985 Seats1983 1987 Total seatsRadical Civic Union UCR 7 104 748 47 97 64 65 129Justicialist Party PJ 5 697 610 38 47 56 55 111Intransigent Party PI 411 883 2 78 2 1 3Union of the Democratic Centre UCeDe 251 541 1 70 1 1 2Integration and Development Movement MID 223 763 1 51 Communist Party PC 182 296 1 23 Federal Alliance 169 585 1 14 Christian Democratic Party PDC 139 881 0 94 1 1Democratic Socialist Alliance 125 085 0 84 Autonomist Party of Corrientes PACo 67 259 0 45 1 1Blockist Party PB 61 737 0 42 1 1 2Movement for Socialism MAS 56 193 0 38 Liberal Party of Corrientes PLCo 46 223 0 31 1 1Neuquen People s Movement MPN 36 168 0 24 1 1 2Popular Socialist Party PSP 35 631 0 24 Jujuy People s Movement MPJ 26 535 0 18 1 1Three Flags Party 24 923 0 17 Salta Renewal Party PARES 22 453 0 15 Popular Left Front FIP 18 750 0 13 Federal Vanguard Christian Democratic Party 17 926 0 12 Workers Party PO 17 720 0 12 La Pampa Federalist Movement MOFEPA 16 490 0 11 1 1Catamarca Popular Movement 10 049 0 07 Renewal Crusade CR 7 065 0 05 Chubut Action Party PACH 5 544 0 04 Popular Alliance 5 377 0 04 Salta Alliance 4 656 0 03 Conservative Principist Party 3 728 0 03 Salta Popular Movement 3 387 0 02 Chaco Unity Movement 3 254 0 02 The People s Voice 3 075 0 02 Socialist Party PS 2 573 0 02 Neighborhood Association Fueguino Popular Union 1 940 0 01 Popular Union UP 1 490 0 01 Rionegrino Provincial Party PPR 1 453 0 01 Authentic Socialist Party PSA 797 0 01 Democratic Party of Catamarca 688 0 00 Renewal Party 587 0 00 Nationalist Movement 474 0 00 Provincial Defense White Flag 415 0 00 Party for Social Democracy 266 0 00 Conservative People s Party PCP 13 0 00 Total 14 811 231 100 127 127 254Positive votes 14 811 231 96 49Blank votes 451 756 2 94Invalid votes 87 199 0 57Total votes 15 350 186 100Registered voters turnout 17 929 951 85 61Sources 13 5 Results by province edit Province UCR PJ OthersVotes Seats Votes Seats Votes SeatsBuenos Aires 2 743 064 49 38 37 2 239 629 40 32 31 571 969 10 30 2Buenos Aires City 967 275 49 47 14 460 952 23 57 7 527 197 26 96 4Catamarca 43 008 41 81 2 43 096 41 89 3 16 764 16 30 Chaco 151 976 45 96 3 157 302 47 57 4 21 372 6 46 Chubut 52 791 47 75 3 44 991 40 69 2 12 784 11 56 Cordoba 773 659 55 06 11 549 929 39 14 7 81 524 5 80 Corrientes 101 345 31 35 3 82 463 25 51 2 139 470 43 14 2Entre Rios 243 652 48 24 5 218 044 43 17 4 43 338 8 58 Formosa 44 129 36 55 2 54 280 44 96 3 22 326 18 49 Jujuy 56 133 32 70 2 82 737 48 20 3 32 789 19 10 1La Pampa 48 870 40 00 2 49 133 40 22 2 24 171 19 78 1La Rioja 35 226 40 75 2 47 416 54 86 3 3 796 4 39 Mendoza 351 001 55 26 6 225 488 35 50 4 58 676 9 24 Misiones 118 055 49 36 4 113 615 47 50 3 7 514 3 14 Neuquen 40 925 39 00 2 22 681 21 61 1 41 326 39 38 2Rio Negro 81 879 52 64 3 60 952 39 18 2 12 721 8 18 Salta 126 119 42 03 3 135 236 45 07 4 38 684 12 89 San Juan 91 874 37 65 2 73 389 30 07 2 78 782 32 28 2San Luis 53 926 45 32 3 48 914 41 11 2 16 137 13 56 Santa Cruz 18 957 43 70 2 21 865 50 41 3 2 554 5 89 Santa Fe 657 272 46 42 10 585 323 41 34 9 173 216 12 23 Santiago del Estero 103 225 38 61 3 127 388 47 65 4 36 745 13 74 Tierra del Fuego 3 730 35 99 1 3 654 35 26 1 2 979 28 75 Tucuman 196 657 40 31 4 249 133 51 07 5 42 039 8 62 Total 7 104 748 47 97 129 5 697 610 38 47 111 2 008 873 13 56 14Senate edit Party Seats1983 1986 Seats1983 1989 Seats1983 1992 Total seatsJusticialist Party PJ 7 7 6 20Radical Civic Union UCR 6 6 6 18Neuquen People s Movement MPN 1 1 2Blockist Party PB 1 1 2Autonomist Party of Corrientes PACo 1 1Liberal Party of Corrientes PLCo 1 1Integration and Development Movement MID 1 1Conservative People s Party PCP 1 1Results by province edit Province PJ UCR MPN PB PACo PLCo MID PCPBuenos Aires 2 Buenos Aires City 2 Catamarca 1 1Chaco 1 1 Chubut 2 Cordoba 2 Corrientes 1 1 Entre Rios 2 Formosa 1 1 Jujuy 2 La Pampa 1 1 La Rioja 2 Mendoza 2 Misiones 2 Neuquen 2 Rio Negro 2 Salta 2 San Juan 2 San Luis 2 Santa Cruz 2 Santa Fe 2 Santiago del Estero 2 Tucuman 2 Total 20 18 2 2 1 1 1 1Provincial Governors edit Election of Provincial GovernorsElected 22 provincial governors 24 legislative bodiesPresidential appointment Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires and Territorial Governor of Tierra del FuegoProvince Elected Party MapBuenos Aires Alejandro Armendariz Radical Civic Union nbsp Catamarca Ramon Saadi Justicialist PartyChaco Florencio Tenev Justicialist PartyChubut Atilio Viglione Radical Civic UnionCordoba Eduardo Angeloz Radical Civic UnionCorrientes Jose Antonio Romero Feris Autonomist PartyEntre Rios Sergio Montiel Radical Civic UnionFormosa Floro Bogado Justicialist PartyJujuy Carlos Snopek Justicialist PartyLa Pampa Ruben Marin Justicialist PartyLa Rioja Carlos Menem Justicialist PartyMendoza Santiago Llaver Radical Civic UnionMisiones Ricardo Barrios Arrechea Radical Civic UnionNeuquen Felipe Sapag Neuquen People s MovementRio Negro Osvaldo Alvarez Guerrero Radical Civic UnionSalta Roberto Romero Justicialist PartySan Juan Leopoldo Bravo Blockist PartySan Luis Adolfo Rodriguez Saa Justicialist PartySanta Cruz Arturo Puricelli Justicialist PartySanta Fe Jose Maria Vernet Justicialist PartySantiago del Estero Carlos Juarez Justicialist PartyTucuman Fernando Riera Justicialist PartyBuenos Aires City Julio Cesar Saguier Radical Civic UnionTierra del Fuego Ramon Alberto Trejo Noel Radical Civic UnionReferences edit a b Todo Argentina 1982 in Spanish a b c Todo Argentina 1983 in Spanish a b Pagina 12 El marketing que acompano al candidato in Spanish Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 Presidenciales Direccion Nacional Electoral Archived from the original on 2017 09 25 Retrieved 2017 09 25 a b Elecciones Nacionales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO 1983 PDF Ministry of the Interior Archived from the original PDF on 24 October 2018 Autonomist Liberal Alliance Jujuy People s Movement La Pampa Federalist Movement Neuquen People s Movement Salta Renewal Party Blockist Party Three Flags Party Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 Diputados Nacionales Direccion Nacional Electoral Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 Argentine general election amp oldid 1184827147, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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