1868 Argentine presidential election

none Argentina 1862 Argentine presidential election 1862 1874 Argentine presidential election 1874 12 April 1868 156 members of the Electoral College 79 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px Sarmiento.jpg Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Independent 79 60.31% Urquiza.jpg Justo José de Urquiza Federalist Party (Argentina) 26 19.85% RufinoDeElizalde.JPG Rufino de Elizalde Nationalist Party (Argentina) es Partido Nacionalista (Argentina) Nationalist 22 16.79% President Bartolomé Mitre Nationalist Party (Argentina) es Partido Nacionalista (Argentina) Nationalist Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Independent politician Elecciones presidenciales de Argentina de 1868.png 200px Results by province Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 12 April 1868 to choose the president of Argentina. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was elected. Background Presiding over a prosperous economy overshadowed somewhat by the costly Paraguayan War, President Mitre was at pains to avoid risking the tenuous national unity his administration had secured. Though he hand-picked prospective candidates, Mitre avoided the appearance of direct support for any one figure, while limiting the field to those he considered acceptable. Electors from Buenos Aires Province favored Autonomist Party (Argentina, 1862) es Partido Autonomista (1862) Autonomist Party candidate Adolfo Alsina, who was instead persuaded by Mitre to run for the vice-presidency. The nomination was handed to the Ambassador to the United States, Domingo Sarmiento, who remained at his post and did not campaign. Mitre also supported former Unitarian Party leader Rufino de Elizalde and his running mate General Wenceslao Paunero, a key figure in Mitre's victory at the Battle of Pavón. These candidates were all preferred by the president over that year's dark horse, former President Justo José de Urquiza (whom Mitre attempted to dissuade from running for fear of the separatist conflict his presence might provoke).Levene, Ricardo. A History of Argentina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. These candidates were, with the exception of Sarmiento, contentious in many circles and provided the new system its first real test. The electoral college met on 12 April 1868, and selected Sarmiento by 79 out of 131 votes, making this the only closely contested race during this era.Todo Argentina: 1868 https://web.archive.org/web/20180717042046/http://www.todo-argentina.net/historia/org_nac/sarmiento/1868.html 2018-07-17 es Results President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Independent 79 Justo José de Urquiza Federalist Party 26 Rufino de Elizalde Nationalist Party (Argentina) es Partido Nacionalista (Argentina) Nationalist Party 22 Guillermo Rawson Nationalist Party (Argentina) es Partido Nacionalista (Argentina) Nationalist Party 3 Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield Nationalist Party (Argentina) es Partido Nacionalista (Argentina) Nationalist Party 1 156 By province ProvinceSarmiento Urquiza de Elizalde Rawson Vélez Sarsfield Buenos Aires 24 3 1 Catamarca 10 Córdoba 16 Corrientes Did not vote Entre Ríos 8 Jujuy 7 La Rioja 6 Mendoza 10 Salta 10 San Juan 8 San Luis 8 Santa Fe 8 Santiago del Estero 12 Tucumán Votes not preserved Total 79 26 22 3 1 Vice president Adolfo Alsina Autonomist Party (Argentina, 1862) es Partido Autonomista (1862) Autonomist Party 82 Wenceslao Paunero Nationalist Party (Argentina) es Partido Nacionalista (Argentina) Nationalist Party 45 Manuel Anselmo Ocampo es Independent 2 Juan Bautista Alberdi Independent 1 Francisco de las Carreras Independent 1 156 By province Province Alsina Paunero Ocampo Alberdi de las Carreras Buenos Aires 25 2 1 Catamarca 10 Córdoba 3 13 Corrientes Did not vote Entre Ríos 8 Jujuy 4 3 La Rioja 6 Mendoza 10 Salta 10 San Juan 8 San Luis 8 Santa Fe 7 1 Santiago del Estero 12 Tucumán Votes not preserved Total 82 45 2 1 1 Notes References 1869 Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara Senadores del Año 1868 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435067545905;view=1up;seq=384 Buenos Aires Imprenta del Orden 360–365 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 Armagnague Juan Fernando 1986 Historia del derecho: presidencias de Mitre, Sarmiento y Avellaneda https://books.google.com/books?id=cn8CfwM-aEIC&pg=PA83 Mendoza Ediciones Jurídicas Cuyo S.R.L. 83 950-9099-09-0 Rubé Julio Horacio La Candidatura Presidencial De Sarmiento, Capítulo IV 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 Argentina Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results