1916 Argentine general election

General elections were held in Argentina on 2 April 1916. Voters elected the President, legislators, and local officials. The first secret-ballot presidential elections in the nation's history, they were mandatory and had a turnout of 62.8%. The turnout for the Chamber of Deputies election was 65.9%.

1916 Argentine general election
Presidential election
2 April 1916
300 members of the Electoral College
151 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Hipólito Yrigoyen Ángel Rojas Lisandro de la Torre
Party Radical Civic Union Conservative Party Democratic Progressive Party
Running mate Pelagio Luna Juan Eugenio Serú Alejandro Carbó
Electoral vote 133 70 64
States carried 5 + CF 4 4
Popular vote 340,802 150,245 135,308
Percentage 47.25% 20.83% 18.76
Most voted party by province.
President before election

Victorino de la Plaza
National Autonomist Party

 Elected President

Hipólito Yrigoyen
Radical Civic Union

Legislative election
2 April 1916
62 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout65.59%
Party % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
Radical Civic Union 45.08% 26 +6
Conservative Concentration 21.99% 18 −9
Democratic Progressive Party 14.62% 7 +5
Socialist Party 7.46% 3 −4
Dissident Radical Civic Union 3.92% 4 +4
Liberal Party of Corrientes 2.38% 3 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province
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