1946 Argentine general election

The Argentine general election of 1946, the last for which only men were enfranchised, was held on 24 February. Voters chose both the President and their legislators.

1946 Argentine general election
Presidential election
24 February 1946
376 members of the Electoral College
189 votes needed to win
Registered3,477,169
Turnout81.21%
 
Candidate Juan Domingo Perón José Tamborini
Party Labour Party Radical Civic Union
Alliance Radical Civic Union Renewal Board, Independent Party Democratic Union
Running mate Hortensio Quijano Enrique Mosca
Electoral vote 304 72
States carried 10 + CF 4
Popular vote 1,485,468 1,262,630
Percentage 53.71 45.65
Most voted party by province (left) and department (right).
President of Argentina before election

Edelmiro Julián Farrell

 Elected President

Juan Perón
Labour Party

Legislative election
24 February 1946
158 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
80 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.25%
Party % Seats
Labour Party 51.19% 109
Radical Civic Union 27.23% 44
National Democratic Party 7.64 3
Democratic Progressive Party 2.55 1
Blockist Radical Civic Union 0.49 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province
President of the Chamber of Deputies after
Ricardo Guardo
UCR-JR
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