1862 Argentine presidential election

none Argentina 1859 Argentine presidential election 1859 1868 Argentine presidential election 1868 27, 28 and 29 July 1862 156 members of the Electoral College 79 yes Presidential election presidential Bartolomé Mitre.jpg Bartolomé Mitre Liberal Party (Argentina, 1852) es Partido Liberal (Argentina, 1852) Liberal 133 100% President Bartolomé Mitre(Acting President and Governor of Buenos Aires) Liberal Party (Argentina, 1852) es Partido Liberal (Argentina, 1852) Liberal Bartolomé Mitre Liberal Party (Argentina, 1852) es Partido Liberal (Argentina, 1852) Liberal Elecciones presidenciales de Argentina de 1862 (Confederación).png Presidential elections were held in Argentina on July 1862 to choose the first president of Argentina. Bartolomé Mitre was elected. Background These elections were all indirectly decided in the electoral college, and not reflective of popular vote (whose turnout averaged 10% of male suffrage). The cosmetic nature of this electoral system, which became known locally as the voto cantado (the "vote song," for its predetermined script), resulted from a period of intermittent civil wars between those who favored a united Argentina with a strong central government (Unitarians) and Buenos Aires Province leaders who favored an independent nation of their own (Federalists). These conflicts had dominated local political life since 1820, and did not immediately subside with the enactment of the Argentine Constitution of 1853. The military guarantor of the Argentine Confederation, General Justo José de Urquiza, lost control over his appointed successor, Santiago Derqui, and this led Buenos Aires Governor Bartolomé Mitre to take up arms in defense of autonomy against what he saw as Derqui's reneging on their 1860 gentlemen's agreement. Victorious at the 1861 Battle of Pavón, Mitre obtained important concessions from the national army - notably the amendment of the Constitution to provide for indirect elections through an electoral college comprised - by design - somewhat disproportionately of electors from the nation's hinterland provinces.Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978. A skilled negotiator, Mitre placated restive sentiment in Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos Provinces (where separatist sentiment was highest), and nominated Marcos Paz, a Federalist and former Mitre foe, as his running mate. Arranging an electoral college election on 4 September 1862, he and Paz received the body's unanimous support.Todo Argentina: 1862 https://web.archive.org/web/20180831151738/http://todo-argentina.net/historia/org_nac/mitre/1862.html 2018-08-31 es Results President Bartolomé Mitre Liberal Party (Argentina, 1852) es Partido Liberal (Argentina, 1852) Liberal Party 133 156 By province Province Mitre Buenos Aires 25 Catamarca Did not vote Córdoba 12 Corrientes 11 Entre Ríos 8 Jujuy 7 La Rioja 6 Mendoza 9 Salta 9 San Juan 8 San Luis 8 Santa Fe 8 Santiago del Estero 12 Tucumán 10 Total 133 Vice president Marcos Paz Liberal Party (Argentina, 1852) es Partido Liberal (Argentina, 1852) Liberal Party 91 Manuel Taboada Unitarian Party 16 Tadeo Rojo Independent 6 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Independent 5 Mariano Fragueiro es Unitarian Party 5 Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield Unitarian Party 3 Manuel Anselmo Ocampo es Independent 3 Manuel Urdinarrain es Independent 3 Valentín Alsina Liberal Party (Argentina, 1852) es Partido Liberal (Argentina, 1852) Liberal Party 1 156 By province Province Paz Taboada Rojo Sarmiento Fragueiro Vélez Sarsfield Ocampo Urdinarrain Alsina Buenos Aires 15 4 1 1 3 1 Catamarca Did not vote Córdoba 3 4 5 Corrientes 11 Entre Ríos 3 2 3 Jujuy 7 La Rioja 6 Mendoza 9 Salta 9 San Juan 2 6 San Luis 8 Santa Fe 8 Santiago del Estero 12 Tucumán 10 Total 91 16 6 5 5 3 3 3 1 Notes References 1863 Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Diputados del Año 1862. Tomo Primero https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2604308;view=1up;seq=12 Buenos Aires La Tribuna vi Duhalde Eduardo Luis 2007 Acción Parlamentaria de John William Cooke https://books.google.com/books?id=4KQTnSsjwx0C&pg=PA232 Buenos Aires Colihue 232 978-950-563-460-6 Rosa José María 1981 Historia Argentina, Tomo VII: La Oligarquía (1862-1878) Buenos Aires Editorial Oriente S.A. 10 José María Rosa https://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntospoliticos/pdf/HistoriaElectoralArgentina.pdf Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007), p. 58 December 2008 Ministry of the Interior 13 June 2017 8 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140908165849/https://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntospoliticos/pdf/HistoriaElectoralArgentina.pdf dead Argentina Presidential Category:Presidential elections in Argentina Category:Single-candidate elections Argentina Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results