1886 Argentine presidential election

1886 Argentine presidential election

11 April 1886
Presidential election
 
Nominee Miguel Ángel Juárez Manuel Anselmo Ocampo Bernardo de Irigoyen
Party PAN PU PU
Running mate Rafael García
Electoral vote 168 32 13
Percentage 78.9% 15% 6.1%

Results by province

President before election

Julio Argentino Roca
PAN

Elected President

Miguel Ángel Juárez
PAN

Presidential elections were held in Argentina on 11 April 1886. Miguel Ángel Juárez was elected president.

Background

Confident of his authority following six years of peace and prosperity, President Roca was by then known for his shrewdness as "the fox." Enjoying the support of the agricultural elites - as well as of the London financial powerhouse, Barings Bank - Roca daringly fielded his son-in-law, Córdoba Province Governor Miguel Ángel Juárez, as the PAN candidate for president. A number of distinguished candidates appeared, including Buenos Aires Governor Dardo Rocha and Foreign Minister Bernardo de Irigoyen. Roca tolerated no opposition against his dauphin, however, who was selected nearly unanimously on 11 April 1886.[1]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Miguel Ángel JuárezNational Autonomist Party16878.87
Manuel Anselmo OcampoUnited Parties3215.02
Bernardo de IrigoyenUnited Parties136.10
Total213100.00
Registered voters/turnout232

By province

Province Juárez Celman Ocampo Irigoyen
Buenos Aires City 22
Buenos Aires 31
Catamarca 12
Córdoba 26
Corrientes 15
Entre Ríos 18
Jujuy 8
La Rioja 8
Mendoza 10
Salta Did not vote
San Juan 10
San Luis 10
Santa Fe 11
Santiago del Estero 18
Tucumán 1 13
Total 168 32 13

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos PellegriniNational Autonomist Party17984.04
Rafael GarcíaUnited Parties2813.15
Luis Sáenz PeñaUnited Parties31.41
Bartolomé MitreUnited Parties31.41
Total213100.00
Registered voters/turnout232

By province

Province Pellegrini García Sáenz Peña Mitre
Buenos Aires City 22
Buenos Aires 28 3
Catamarca 12
Córdoba 26
Corrientes 15
Entre Ríos 18
Jujuy 8
La Rioja 8
Mendoza 10
Salta Did not vote
San Juan 10
San Luis 10
Santa Fe 11
Santiago del Estero 18
Tucumán 11 3
Total 179 28 3 3

Notes

  1. ^ Todo Argentina: 1886 Archived 2017-10-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

References

  • Cámara de Senadores - Sesiones de 1886. Buenos Aires: Cámara de Diputados. 1932. pp. 267–270.
  • 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. 12. ISBN 950-817-111-1.
  • Rosa, José María (1981). Historia Argentina, Tomo VIII: El Régimen (1878-1895). Buenos Aires: Editorial Oriente S.A. p. 119.
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