1874 Argentine presidential election

The Argentine presidential election of 1874 was held on 12 April to choose the president of Argentina. Nicolás Avellaneda was elected president.

1874 Argentine general election
12 April 1874
228 members of the Electoral College
115 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Nicolás Avellaneda Bartolomé Mitre
Party National Nacionalist
Home state Tucumán Buenos Aires
Running mate Mariano Acosta Juan Eusebio Torrent
Electoral vote 145[lower-alpha 1] 79
States carried 11 3
Percentage 64.7% 35.3%
Most voted party by province.
President before election

Domingo Sarmiento
Independent

 Elected President

Nicolás Avellaneda
National

Background

President Sarmiento's pragmatic approach to Buenos Aires demands and his successful control of separatist revolts in the north paved the way to high office for his vice president, Autonomist Party leader Adolfo Alsina. Alsina gained the support of a sizable facion of Mitre's Nationalist Party, resulting in the formation of the paramount political group in Argentina for the next 42 years: The National Autonomist Party (PAN). Mitre himself did not support Alsina, however, whom he viewed as a veiled Buenos Aires separatist. The elder statesman ran for the presidency again, though the seasoned Alsina outmaneuvered him by fielding Nicolás Avellaneda, a moderate lawyer from remote Tucumán Province. The electoral college met on 12 April 1874, and awarded Mitre only three provinces, including Buenos Aires.

As he had repeatedly up to 1861, Mitre took up arms again. Hoping to prevent Avellaneda's 12 October inaugural, he mutineered a gunboat; he was defeated, however, and only President Avellaneda's commutation spared his life.[1]

Results
Argentine Republic
Population 2,154,000
Voters 25,800
Turnout 1.2%
Presidential Candidates Party Electoral Votes
Nicolás Avellaneda National 145[lower-alpha 1]
Bartolomé Mitre Nacionalist 79
Total voters 224
Did not vote 4
Total 228
Vice Presidential Candidates Party Electoral Votes
Mariano Acosta National 145[lower-alpha 1]
Juan Eusebio Torrent Nacionalist 79
Total voters 224
Did not vote 4
Total 228

Results by Province
Province President Vice President
AvellanedaMitreAcostaTorrent
Buenos Aires5353
Catamarca1212
Córdoba2525
Corrientes1616
Entre Ríos1717
Jujuy88
La Rioja88
Mendoza1010
Salta1212
San Juan1010
San Luis1010
Santa Fe1212
Santiago del Estero116116
Tucumán1414
Total145[lower-alpha 1]79145[lower-alpha 1]79

Notes
  1. Todo Argentina: 1874 Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  1. Although only 145 electors voted for Avellaneda and Acosta, in the final count they appear with 146 votes.

References
  • Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores del Año 1874. Buenos Aires: Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco. 1896. pp. 289–292.
  • Duhalde, Eduardo Luis (2007). Acción Parlamentaria de John William Cooke. Buenos Aires: Colihue. p. 232. ISBN 978-950-563-460-6.
  • Lorenzo, Celso Ramón (1999). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 3. Rosario: Editorial Juris. p. 8. ISBN 950-817-111-1.
  • "Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007), p. 58" (PDF). www.mininterior.gov.ar. Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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