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1860 Argentine presidential election 
Summary
The Argentine presidential election of 1860 was held on 6 February to choose the second president of the Argentine Confederation. Santiago Derqui was elected president.
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125 members of the Electoral College 63 votes needed to win | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Most voted party by province. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Buenos Aires Province seceded from the Confederation as the State of Buenos Aires on 11 September 1852 and did not participate in elections until 1862.
Results edit
| Argentine Confederation | |
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| Population | 1,280,000 |
| Voters | 12,800 |
| Turnout | 1% |
| Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes |
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| Santiago Derqui | Federal | 72 |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 46 |
| Salvador María del Carril | Unitarian | 4 |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 2 |
| Tomás Guido | — | 1 |
| Total | 125 | |
| Vice Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes | Congress Vote[a] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Paz | — | 49 | 22 |
| Juan Esteban Pedernera | Unitarian | 45 | 32 |
| Benjamín Virasoro | Federal | 17 | |
| Juan Gregorio Pujol | Federal | 12 | |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 1 | |
| Santiago Derqui | Federal | 1 | |
| Total | 125 | 54 | |
Results by Province edit
| Province | President | Vice President | ||||||||||
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| Derqui | Fragueiro | del Carril | Guido | Alberdi | Paz | Pedernera | Virasoro | Pujol | Alberdi | Derqui | ||
| Catamarca | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Córdoba | 16 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
| Corrientes | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Entre Ríos | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Federal Territory of Paraná | Did not vote | Did not vote | ||||||||||
| Jujuy | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| La Rioja | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mendoza | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| Salta | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| San Juan | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| San Luis | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Santiago del Estero | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tucumán | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total | 72 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
Notes edit
- ^ As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the Constitution, the Congress elected the Vice President.
References edit
- Cámara de Senadores - Actas de las Sesiones del Paraná Correspondientes al Año de 1860. Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Nación. 1887. pp. 8–11.
- Barreto Constantín, Ana María (2014). Vida de un Caudillo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken. p. 54. ISBN 978-9870276968.
- Lorenzo, Celso Ramón (1999). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 3. Rosario: Editorial Juris. pp. 4–5. ISBN 950-817-111-1.
- "Sucedió un 6 de febrero". Facebook Archivo General de la Provincia de Entre Ríos. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- "Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007), p. 58" (PDF). www.mininterior.gov.ar. Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.