1983 Argentine general election

A general election was held in Argentina on 30 October 1983 and marked the return of constitutional rule following the self-styled National Reorganization Process dictatorship installed in 1976. Voters fully chose the president, governors, mayors, and their respective national, province and town legislators; with a turnout of 85.6%.

1983 Argentine general election
Presidential election
30 October 1983
600 members of the Electoral College
301 votes needed to win
Registered17,929,951
Turnout85.61%
 
Candidate Raúl Alfonsín Ítalo Lúder
Party Radical Civic Union Justicialist Party
Running mate Víctor Martínez Deolindo Bittel
Electoral vote 317 259
States carried 15 + CABA 8
Popular vote 7,724,559 5,944,402
Percentage 51.75% 40.16%
Percentage of votes (left) and electoral votes (right) by province.
President before election

Reynaldo Bignone
Military

 Elected President

Raúl Alfonsín
UCR

Legislative election
30 October 1983
254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
128 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.61%
Party % Seats
Chamber of Deputies
Radical Civic Union 47.97% 129
Justicialist Party 38.47% 111
Intransigent Party 2.78% 3
Union of the Democratic Centre 1.70% 2
Blockist Party 0.42% 2
Neuquén People's Movement 0.24% 2
Others 8.4% 5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province
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