1926 Argentine legislative election

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1926 Argentine legislative election - Wikipedia

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1926 Argentine legislative election

← 1924

7 March 1926

1928 →

83 of 158 seats in the National Congress

Turnout

49.17%

	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Radical Civic Union	39.46%	38	+12
Conservative Parties	19.01%	21	−1
Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union	11.50%	7	+4
Socialist Party	11.48%	4	−12
Unified Radical Civic Union	8.74%	8	−1
Lencinist Radical Civic Union	2.15%	1	−1
Blockist Radical Civic Union	1.56%	2	+2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results by province

The Argentine legislative elections of 1926 were held on 7 March. Voters chose their legislators and numerous governors, and with a turnout of 49.2%.

Background

Elections in 1926 became a prologue to the presidential campaign which was to be held in April 1928. This was made inevitable by former President Hipólito Yrigoyen's decision to run for the office he had held from 1916 to 1922, when policy differences with the conservative wing of the UCR, as well as his removal of 18 governors by decree, created the Antipersonalist faction.^[1]

Yrigoyen's own popularity, the cohesiveness of his majority faction, and disunity among the "dissident" UCR groups (which were originally five, and had become ten by 1926) sustained the aging populist as the country's paramount politician after disappointing mid-term results in 1924.^[1]

The 1926 results themselves further eroded the pro-Yrigoyen UCR's majority in the Lower House, while solidifying dissident UCR control in Entre Ríos, Mendoza, San Juan, Santa Fe, and Santiago del Estero Provinces. Yrigoyen's allies, who won in three, smaller northwestern provinces, carried Buenos Aires Province, as well the City of Buenos Aires, however.^[2] These latter were defining victories in Yrigoyen's preparations for 1928, and more so because a key ally, Buenos Aires Governor José Luis Cantilo, would be succeeded by Valentín Vergara — an even closer ally.^[3]

Given that Conservatives, Democratic Progressives, and Socialists were unable to gain traction as alternatives to the dueling UCRs, these results compelled the Antipersonalists' chief voice, Interior Minister Gallo, to petition the President for Vergara's removal. Alvear, however, refused, and Gallo, who acrimoniously resigned, handed Yrigoyen a powerful issue as the nation geared for the 1928 campaign.^[4]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats
	Radical Civic Union	336,351	39.46	38	60
	Total Conservative Parties	162,042	19.01	21	43
	Democratic Party of Córdoba	45,144	5.30	4	—
	Conservative Party	38,584	4.53	7	—
	Liberal - Autonomist Party of Corrientes	26,618	3.12	3	—
	Popular Concentration	16,645	1.95	—	—
	Liberal Party of Tucumán	15,810	1.86	3	—
	Provincial Union	9,288	1.09	2	—
	Liberal Party of Mendoza	7,390	0.87	1	—
	Civic Concentration	2,563	0.30	1	—
	Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union	98,049	11.50	7	10
	Socialist Party	97,880	11.48	4	19
	Unified Radical Civic Union	74,463	8.74	8	17
	Total Dissident Radical Civic Union	28,351	3.33	—	—
	Doctor Carranza Radical Civic Union	8,194	0.96	—	—
	White Radical Civic Union	8,077	0.95	—	—
	Independent Radical Civic Union	5,736	0.67	—	—
	Principist Radical Civic Union	3,797	0.45	—	—
	Red Radical Civic Union	2,514	0.29	—	—
	Alem Radical Civic Union	33	0.00	—	—
	Lencinist Radical Civic Union	18,327	2.15	1	2
	Blockist Radical Civic Union	13,333	1.56	2	2
	Communist Party	7,088	0.83	—	—
	Unitarian Party	1,466	0.17	—	—
	Public Health Party	934	0.11	—	—
	Democratic Progressive Party	792	0.09	—	3
	National Feminist Party	684	0.08	—	—
	Independents	11,771	1.38	—	—
	Others	754	0.09	—	—
Vacant seats				2	2
Total		852,285	100	83	158

Positive votes		852,285	96.34
Blank votes		32,052	3.62
Tally sheet differences		309	0.03
Total votes		884,646	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,799,131	49.17
Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Unión Cívica Radical (Capital Federal) Evolución del radicalismo Parte I (1893-1928) Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007) (PDF). Ministry of Interior - Subsecretaría de Asuntos Políticos y Electorales. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014.
^ Walter, Richard. The Province of Buenos Aires and Argentine Politics. 1912-1943. Cambridge University Press, 1985.
^ Todo Argentina: 1926 Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Cantón, Darío (1968). Materiales para el estudio de la sociología política en la Argentina (PDF). Vol. Tomo I. Buenos Aires: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales - Torcuato di Tella Institute. p. 97-98.
^ Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Diputados - Año 1926. Vol. Tomo I. Buenos Aires: Imprenta y encuadernación de la Cámara de Diputados. 1926.

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