Argentine presidential election, 1874

Argentine general election, 1874

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 ^{[note 1]}	79
States carried	11	3
Percentage	64.7%	35.3%

President before election

Domingo Sarmiento
Independent

Elected President

Nicolás Avellaneda
National

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

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 ^{[note 1]}
Bartolomé Mitre	Nacionalist	79
Total voters		224
Did not vote		4
Total		228

Vice Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Mariano Acosta	National	145 ^{[note 1]}
Juan Eusebio Torrent	Nacionalist	79
Total voters		224
Did not vote		4
Total		228

Results by Province

Province	President		Vice President
Province	Avellaneda	Mitre	Acosta	Torrent
Buenos Aires		53		53
Catamarca	12		12
Córdoba	25		25
Corrientes	16		16
Entre Ríos	17		17
Jujuy	8		8
La Rioja	8		8
Mendoza	10		10
Salta	12		12
San Juan		10		10
San Luis	10		10
Santa Fe	12		12
Santiago del Estero	1	16	1	16
Tucumán	14		14
Total	145 ^{[note 1]}	79	145 ^{[note 1]}	79

Notes

↑ Todo Argentina: 1874 (in Spanish)

1 2 3 4 5 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. p. 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.

Elections and referendums in Argentina
Presidential elections	1854 1860 1862 1868 1874 1880 1886 1892 1898 1904 1910 1916 1922 1928 1931 1937 1946 1951 1958 1963 1973 (Mar) 1973 (Sep) 1983 1989 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Parliamentary elections	1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1946 1948 (Mar) 1948 (Dec) 1951 1954 1957 1958 1960 1962 1963 1965 1973 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Provincial elections	1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1936 1937 1938 1940 1942 1946 1948 1951 1954 1957 1958 1960 1962 1963 1965 1973 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2019
Referendums	1984

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