Argentine presidential election, 1898

Argentine general election, 1898

10 April 1898

300 members of the Electoral College
151 votes needed to win


Nominee	Julio Argentino Roca	Bartolomé Mitre
Party	National Autonomist Party	National Civic Union
Home state	Tucumán	Buenos Aires City
Running mate	Norberto Quirno Costa	Juan Eusebio Torrent
Electoral vote	218	38
Percentage	85.2%	14.8%

President before election

José Evaristo Uriburu
National Autonomist Party

Elected President

Julio Argentino Roca
National Autonomist Party

The Argentine presidental election of 1898 was held on 10 April to choose the president of Argentina. Julio Argentino Roca was elected president for a second period.

Background

Having obtained the aging Luis Sáenz Peña's resignation in favor of Vice President José Evaristo Uriburu (who was good stead with both Roca and Mitre), Roca once again carried the PAN standard in 1898. The UCR, which had lost its founder, Leandro Alem, to suicide in 1896, was divided between those who backed Senator Bernardo de Irigoyen's drive to form coalitions with more conservative parties, and those who supported the party's new leader, Hipólito Yrigoyen (who boycotted this and future "election songs" - establishing what later became known as the UCR's "break before bending" policy).^[1] Public debate was heated on the eve of the January 30 elections to a constitutional assembly entrusted to increase the number of congressmen and cabinet members, as well before the April 10, 1898, general election. The electoral college yielded no surprises, though, and Roca was returned to the presidency.^[2]

Results

Argentine Republic
Population	4,462,000
Voters	89,200
Turnout	2%

Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Julio Argentino Roca	National Autonomist Party	218
Bartolomé Mitre	National Civic Union	38
Total voters		256
Did not vote		44
Total		300

Vice Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Norberto Quirno Costa	National Autonomist Party	217
Juan Eusebio Torrent	National Civic Union	23
Total voters		240
Did not vote		60
Total		300

Notes

↑ Levene, Ricardo. A History of Argentina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937.
↑ Todo Argentina: 1898 (in Spanish)

References

Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores del Año 1898. p. 220.
Duhalde, Eduardo Luis (2007). Acción Parlamentaria de John William Cooke. Buenos Aires: Colihue. p. 232. ISBN 978-950-563-460-6.
"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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