Argentine presidential election, 1860

Argentine general election, 1860
	6 February 1860
	6 February 1860
125 members of the Electoral College; 63 votes needed to win
President before election; Justo José de Urquiza; Federal	Elected President ; Santiago Derqui; Federal

The Argentine presidential election of 1860 was held on 6 February to choose the second president of the Argentine Confederation. Santiago Derqui was elected president.

The Buenos Aires Province seceded from the Confederation as the State of Buenos Aires on 11 September 1852 and did not participate in elections until 1862.

Results

Argentine Confederation
Population	1,280,000
Voters	12,800
Turnout	1%

Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Santiago Derqui	Federal	72
Mariano Fragueiro	Unitarian	46
Salvador María del Carril	Unitarian	4
Juan Bautista Alberdi	—	2
Tomás Guido	—	1
Total		125

Vice Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes	Congress Vote^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Marcos Paz	—	49	22
Juan Esteban Pedernera	Unitarian	45	32
Benjamín Virasoro	Federal	17
Juan Gregorio Pujol	Federal	12
Juan Bautista Alberdi	—	1
Santiago Derqui	Federal	1
Total		125	54

Results by Province

Province	President					Vice President
Province	Derqui	Fragueiro	del Carril	Guido	Alberdi	Paz	Pedernera	Virasoro	Pujol	Alberdi	Derqui
Catamarca	10						10
Córdoba		16				15				1
Corrientes	12								12
Entre Ríos	6			2			8
Federal Territory of Paraná	Did not vote					Did not vote
Jujuy		8				8
La Rioja	8						8
Mendoza	8						7	1
Salta	6		4			4	5				1
San Juan	8							8
San Luis	8							8
Santa Fe	6				1		7
Santiago del Estero		12				12
Tucumán		10				10
Total	72	46	4	2	1	49	45	17	12	1	1

Notes

↑ As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the Constitution, the Congress elected the Vice President.

References

Cámara de Senadores - Actas de las Sesiones del Paraná Correspondientes al Año de 1860. Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Nación. 1887. pp. 8–11.
Barreto Constantín, Ana María (2014). Vida de un Caudillo. Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken. p. 54. ISBN 978-9870276968.
Lorenzo, Celso Ramón (1999). Manual de Historia Constitucional Argentina, Volumen 3. Rosario: Editorial Juris. pp. 4–5. ISBN 950-817-111-1.
"Sucedió un 6 de febrero". Facebook Archivo General de la Provincia de Entre Ríos. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
"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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[1] As none of the candidates obtained the majority of voters required by the Constitution, the Congress elected the Vice President.

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