1962 Argentine legislative election – Wikipedia

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1962 Argentine legislative election

96 of 192 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout 85.73%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by province

The Argentine legislative elections of 1962 was held on 18 March. Voters chose their legislators and governors; with a turnout of 85.7%.

Background[edit]

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Peronist Andrés Framini votes in the 1962 gubernatorial elections. His victory in the paramount Province of Buenos Aires helped lead to President Frondizi’s overthrow and the elections’ annulment.

Peronism and its political vehicle, the Justicialist Party remained banned from political life, as they had been since 1955. Their exiled leader, Juan Perón had given President Arturo Frondizi a critical endorsement in 1958; but Frondizi’s inability to lift the ban on Peronism had led Perón to support proxy political partes organized after his overthrow, notably Juan Atilio Bramuglia’s Popular Union. The Popular Union nominated textile industry workers’ leader Andrés Framini for governor of the Province of Buenos Aires (home to 38% of Argentines) and for vice-governor: Perón, himself. The leader believed this symbolic spot on the ticket (which, unable to return, he could never fill) would prove a powerful endorsement to Framini; but the move backfired when Frondizi was forced to declare Perón’s candidacy null and void.[1]

Framini selected a new (plausible) running mate, though his unofficial slogan was unequivocal: “Framini-Anglada, Perón to the Rosada!” The clear reference to the Casa Rosada (the president’s executive office building) put anti-peronists and the military on high alert when, in fact, Perón’s proxies won 10 of 14 governorships at stake – including Framini’s victory in the all-important Province of Buenos Aires. President Frondizi was forced to annul Framini’s March 18 victory, and despite quickly obeying military demands, on March 28 he was overthrown.[1]

Careful to avoid the appearance of a coup d’état, military leaders appointed Senate President José María Guido as Frondizi’s successor (as the Argentine Constitution prescribes in case of the absence of both the president and v.p.). Guido, a member of Frondizi’s UCRI, reluctantly accepted the figurehead post and on May 1, annulled the results of all legislative and gubernatorial 1962 elections.[1]

Results[edit]

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Party Votes % Seats
Won Total
Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI) 2,284,091 26.10 34 78
People’s Radical Civic Union (UCRP) 1,793,945 20.50 9 58
Popular Union (UP) 1,592,446 18.20 23 23
Labour Party (PL) 796,529 9.10 12 12
National Federation of Center Parties (PD – PLCo – PACo) 610,963 6.98 6 8
Three Flags Party 270,248 3.09 3 3
Democratic Socialist Party (PSD) 250,172 2.86
Christian Democratic Party (PDC) 169,824 1.94
Democratic Progressive Party (PDP) 156,114 1.78
Argentine Socialist Party – House of the People (PSA) 139,137 1.59
White Party 117,550 1.34 2 2
Civic Movement Popular Flag 60,915 0.70 2 2
People’s Party 55,181 0.63
Blockist Radical Civic Union 54,441 0.62 2 2
Party of Labour and Progress 48,306 0.55
Democratic Federal Movement 36,123 0.41 1 1
Provincial Defence–White Flag 32,732 0.37 1
Property Owners Union 25,275 0.29
Renewal Crusade Radical Civic Union 24,123 0.28
Republican Union 19,960 0.23
Neuquén People’s Movement (MPN) 18,879 0.22 1 1
Argentine Socialist Vanguard Party 17,914 0.20
National Popular Movement 17,555 0.20
Workers’ Party (PO) 17,270 0.20
Provincial Party of Chubut 15,065 0.17 1 1
Civic Union 14,051 0.16
Socialist Party (PS) 12,346 0.14
Populist Party 10,304 0.12
Christian Democratic People’s Union 9,396 0.11
Federal Union 9,143 0.10
Principist Radical Civic Union 6,520 0.07
Civic Union National and Popular Movement 6,323 0.07
Radical Civic Union of Salta 6,069 0.07
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (UCRA) 6,065 0.07
Labour Gathering Party (CO) 5,758 0.07
Radical Civic Union of Santa Fe 5,750 0.07
Argentine Popular Movement 4,589 0.05
Progressive Action 4,571 0.05
Radical Civic Union of Santiago del Estero 4,073 0.05
Ruralist Party 3,428 0.04
Christian Democratic Movement 3,333 0.04
Agrarian Social Party 3,227 0.04
Christian Social Front 3,186 0.04
Argentine Socialist Party – Chaco Federation 2,766 0.03
Socialist Party – Workers’ Front 2,317 0.03
Nationalist Civic Union 2,092 0.02
Federal Agrarian Labour Party 1,327 0.02
Workers’ Argentine Socialist Party 137 0.00
Radical Recovery Movement 12 0.00
Unity and Progress Movement 11 0.00
Conservative Provincial Labour Party 3 0.00
Communist Party (PCA) 1 0.00
Total 8,751,556 100.00 96 192
Valid votes 8,751,556 96.33
Invalid/blank votes 332,956 3.67
Total votes 9,084,512 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 10,596,321 85.73
Source: [2][3][4]

Results by province[edit]

References[edit]


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