General elections were held in Argentina on 2 April 1916. Voters elected the President, legislators, and local officials. The first secret-ballot presidential elections in the nation's history, they were mandatory and had a turnout of 62.8%. The turnout for the Chamber of Deputies election was 65.9%.
UCR leader Hipólito Yrigoyen greets supporters following his 1916 victory. His advocacy for free elections for over a generation resulted in Argentina's first pluralist government.
President Roque Sáenz Peña kept his word to the exiled leader of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Hipólito Yrigoyen, who in turn abandoned his party's twenty-year-old boycott of elections. The president overcame nearly two years of conservative opposition in Congress (and pressure from his own social class) to pass in 1912 what was later known as the Sáenz Peña Law, which mandated universal male suffrage and the secret ballot. His health deteriorating quickly, the President lived to see the fruition of his reforms: the 1914 mid-term elections, which gave the UCR 19 out of the 60 Lower House seats in play (the ruling party obtained 10) and the governorship of Santa Fe Province (then the second-most important). Another beneficiary of the Sáenz Peña Law was the Socialist Party, led by Congressman Juan B. Justo. The formerly dominant PAN remained divided between the Conservative Party, led by the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Marcelino Ugarte, and the Democratic Progressive Party, led by a reformist publisher and Congressman, Lisandro de la Torre.[1]
Strengthened by both popular appeal and the fractiousness of its opposition, the UCR experienced dissent within from its Santa Fe Province chapter, whose endorsement Yrigoyen was unable to obtain. The Socialists lost one of its best-known lawmakers, Alfredo Palacios, who would run on a splinter Socialist ticket for several future elections. The Conservative Party's presumptive nominee, Governor Ugarte, stepped aside in favor of a lesser-known party figure, San Juan Province Governor Ángel Rojas, in a bid to attract votes from the hinterland and from moderates. President Victorino de la Plaza refused to interfere on behalf of the Conservatives (despite an assassination attempt that would have provided him with ample pretext). Refusing to back them, he fielded his own Provincial Party, which was limited mainly to his native Santiago del Estero Province. Faced with only token opposition from the remnants of the once-paramount PAN, Yrigoyen pledged to donate his salary to charity, if elected, and encouraged the rich country's impoverished majority to know him as "the father of the poor."[2]
Election day, April 2, handed an unexpectedly large victory to Yrigoyen, who still had to await the results from the electoral college (which met in July). The dissident Santa Fe UCR had drained a significant number of electors from the official ticket, and Yrigoyen obtained but 133 of the body's 300 electors. Numerous Democratic Progressives, moreover, became faithless electors - pledging their support to the Conservative Party. Santa Fe's UCR, however, resorted to the same tactic, allowing Yrigoyen its 19 electors and making the patient activist for voter rights the first democratically elected President of Argentina.[3]
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General elections were held in Argentina on 2 April 1916 Voters elected the President legislators and local officials The first secret ballot presidential elections in the nation s history they were mandatory and had a turnout of 62 8 The turnout for the Chamber of Deputies election was 65 9 1916 Argentine general electionPresidential election 1910 2 April 1916 1922 300 members of the Electoral College151 votes needed to win Nominee Hipolito Yrigoyen Angel Rojas Lisandro de la TorreParty Radical Civic Union Conservative Party Democratic Progressive PartyRunning mate Pelagio Luna Juan Eugenio Seru Alejandro CarboElectoral vote 133 70 64States carried 5 CF 4 4Popular vote 340 802 150 245 135 308Percentage 47 25 20 83 18 76Most voted party by province President before electionVictorino de la PlazaNational Autonomist Party Elected President Hipolito YrigoyenRadical Civic UnionLegislative election 1914 2 April 1916 1918 62 of 120 seats in the Chamber of DeputiesTurnout65 59 Party Seats Chamber of DeputiesRadical Civic Union 45 08 26 6Conservative Concentration 21 99 18 9Democratic Progressive Party 14 62 7 5Socialist Party 7 46 3 4Dissident Radical Civic Union 3 92 4 4Liberal Party of Corrientes 2 38 3 2This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Results by province Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 President 3 1 Popular Vote 3 2 Electoral Vote 3 3 Electoral Vote by Province 4 Chamber of Deputies 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp UCR leader Hipolito Yrigoyen greets supporters following his 1916 victory His advocacy for free elections for over a generation resulted in Argentina s first pluralist government President Roque Saenz Pena kept his word to the exiled leader of the Radical Civic Union UCR Hipolito Yrigoyen who in turn abandoned his party s twenty year old boycott of elections The president overcame nearly two years of conservative opposition in Congress and pressure from his own social class to pass in 1912 what was later known as the Saenz Pena Law which mandated universal male suffrage and the secret ballot His health deteriorating quickly the President lived to see the fruition of his reforms the 1914 mid term elections which gave the UCR 19 out of the 60 Lower House seats in play the ruling party obtained 10 and the governorship of Santa Fe Province then the second most important Another beneficiary of the Saenz Pena Law was the Socialist Party led by Congressman Juan B Justo The formerly dominant PAN remained divided between the Conservative Party led by the Governor of Buenos Aires Province Marcelino Ugarte and the Democratic Progressive Party led by a reformist publisher and Congressman Lisandro de la Torre 1 Strengthened by both popular appeal and the fractiousness of its opposition the UCR experienced dissent within from its Santa Fe Province chapter whose endorsement Yrigoyen was unable to obtain The Socialists lost one of its best known lawmakers Alfredo Palacios who would run on a splinter Socialist ticket for several future elections The Conservative Party s presumptive nominee Governor Ugarte stepped aside in favor of a lesser known party figure San Juan Province Governor Angel Rojas in a bid to attract votes from the hinterland and from moderates President Victorino de la Plaza refused to interfere on behalf of the Conservatives despite an assassination attempt that would have provided him with ample pretext Refusing to back them he fielded his own Provincial Party which was limited mainly to his native Santiago del Estero Province Faced with only token opposition from the remnants of the once paramount PAN Yrigoyen pledged to donate his salary to charity if elected and encouraged the rich country s impoverished majority to know him as the father of the poor 2 Election day April 2 handed an unexpectedly large victory to Yrigoyen who still had to await the results from the electoral college which met in July The dissident Santa Fe UCR had drained a significant number of electors from the official ticket and Yrigoyen obtained but 133 of the body s 300 electors Numerous Democratic Progressives moreover became faithless electors pledging their support to the Conservative Party Santa Fe s UCR however resorted to the same tactic allowing Yrigoyen its 19 electors and making the patient activist for voter rights the first democratically elected President of Argentina 3 Candidates editRadical Civic Union populist President of the UCR Hipolito Yrigoyen of the city of Buenos Aires Conservative Party conservative Gobernor Angel Rojas of San Juan Province Democratic Progressive Party reformist Deputy Lisandro de la Torre of Santa Fe Province Socialist Party Deputy Juan B Justo of the city of Buenos Aires nbsp Yrigoyen nbsp Rojas nbsp de la Torre nbsp JustoPresident editPopular Vote edit Presidentialcandidate Vice Presidentialcandidate Party Popular vote Electoral voteVotes Votes Hipolito Yrigoyen Pelagio Luna Radical Civic Union UCR 340 802 47 25 133 44 33Angel Dolores Rojas Juan Eugenio Seru Total Rojas Seru 150 245 20 83 70 23 33Conservative Party 96 103 13 33 46 15 33Popular Party 16 141 2 24 7 2 33Democratic Union 13 921 1 93 4 1 33Autonomist Party of Corrientes 9 645 1 34Civic Concentration 9 170 1 27 7 2 33Provincial Party 5 265 0 73 6 2 00Lisandro de la Torre Alejandro Carbo Total de la Torre Carbo 135 308 18 76 64 21 33Democratic Progressive Party PDP 115 604 16 03 49 16 33Provincial Union 10 909 1 51 8 2 67Catamarca Concentration 8 795 1 22 7 2 33Juan B Justo Nicolas Repetto Socialist Party PS 66 397 9 21 14 4 67No candidates Dissident Radical Civic Union 28 116 3 90 19 6 33Argentine Socialist Party PSA 347 0 05Total 721 215 100Positive votes 721 215 96 49Blank votes 26 256 3 51Total votes 747 471 100Registered voters turnout 1 189 254 62 85Sources 4 5 6 7 Electoral Vote edit Presidential Candidates Party Electoral VotesHipolito Yrigoyen Radical Civic Union 152Angel Dolores Rojas Conservative Party 104Lisandro de la Torre Democratic Progressive Party 20Juan B Justo Socialist Party 14Alejandro Carbo Democratic Progressive Party 8Total voters 298Did not vote 2Total 300Vice Presidential Candidates Party Electoral VotesPelagio Luna Radical Civic Union 152Juan Eugenio Seru Conservative Party 103Alejandro Carbo Democratic Progressive Party 20Nicolas Repetto Socialist Party 14Carlos Ibarguren Democratic Progressive Party 8Julio Argentino Pascual Roca Conservative Party 1Total voters 298Did not vote 2Total 300Electoral Vote by Province edit Province President Vice PresidentYrigoyen Rojas de la Torre Justo Carbo Luna Seru Carbo Repetto Ibarguren RocaBuenos Aires City 30 14 30 14Buenos Aires 20 40 20 40Catamarca 3 7 3 7Cordoba 18 7 18 7Corrientes 6 12 6 12Entre Rios 15 7 15 7Jujuy 2 6 2 6La Rioja 2 6 2 6Mendoza 8 4 8 3 1Salta 4 8 4 8San Juan 3 7 3 7San Luis 3 7 3 7Santa Fe 19 8 19 8Santiago del Estero 10 4 10 4Tucuman 12 6 12 6Total 152 104 20 14 8 152 103 20 14 8 1Sources 8 9 Chamber of Deputies editParty Votes Seats won Total seatsRadical Civic Union UCR 339 771 45 08 26 47Total Conservative Parties 165 729 21 99 18 43Conservative Party 112 922 14 98 15 Popular Party 16 394 2 17 Democratic Union 15 141 2 01 1 Provincial Union 11 339 1 50 2 Autonomist Party of Corrientes 9 933 1 32 Democratic Progressive Party PDP 110 238 14 62 7 9Socialist Party PS 56 204 7 46 3 9Dissident Radical Civic Union 29 542 3 92 4 4Liberal Party of Corrientes 17 910 2 38 3 6Others 34 390 4 56 1Vacant seats 1 1Total 753 784 100 62 120Positive votes 753 784 96 63Blank votes 26 250 3 37Total votes 780 034 100Registered voters turnout 1 189 254 65 59Sources 10 11 References edit Todo Argentina Roque Saenz Pena in Spanish Nouzeilles Gabriella and Motaldo Graciela The Argentina Reader Duke University Press 2002 Todo Argentina 1916 Archived 2018 07 17 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Canton Dario 1968 Materiales para el estudio de la sociologia politica en la Argentina PDF Vol Tomo I Buenos Aires Centro de Investigaciones Sociales Torcuato di Tella Institute p 91 Historia Electoral Argentina 1912 2007 PDF Ministry of Interior Subsecretaria de Asuntos Politicos y Electorales December 2008 Archived from the original PDF on 8 September 2014 Las Fuerzas Armadas restituyen el imperio de la soberania popular Las elecciones generales de 1946 PDF Vol Tomo I Buenos Aires Imprenta de la Camara de Diputados 1946 pp 368 375 Ansaldi Waldo Feb 1989 Estado partidos y sociedad en la Argentina Radical 1916 1930 PDF Revista Uruguaya de Ciencias Sociales No 2 Centro Latinoamericano de Economia Humana Diario de sesiones de la Camara de Senadores Ano 1916 Tomo I Buenos Aires Talleres Graficos de L J Rosso y Cia 1916 pp 88 110 Duhalde Eduardo Luis 2007 Accion Parlamentaria de John William Cooke Buenos Aires Colihue p 232 ISBN 978 950 563 460 6 Elecciones PDF Estudios e Investigaciones Nº7 Vol I Direccion de Informacion Parlamentaria del Congreso de la Nacion April 1993 p 188 ISBN 950 685 009 7 Solis Carnicer Maria del Mar March 2006 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