1898 Argentine general election

General elections were held in Argentina on 12 April 1898 to choose the president and 79 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Julio Argentino Roca was elected president for a second period.

1898 Argentine general election

12 April 1898
Presidential election
← 1892 1904 →
300 members of the Electoral College 151 votes needed to win
Nominee Julio Argentino Roca Bartolomé Mitre Party PAN UCN Electoral vote 218 38 Percentage 85.16% 14.84%
Results by province
President before election José Evaristo Uriburu National Autonomist Party Elected President Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party
Legislative election
← 1896 10 April 1898 1900 →
79 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Party Seats PAN and allies 79 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julio Argentino Roca	National Autonomist Party	218	85.16
	Bartolomé Mitre	National Civic Union	38	14.84
Total			256	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			300	–

By province

Province	Roca	Mitre
Buenos Aires City	22	13
Buenos Aires	23	18
Catamarca	10
Córdoba	24
Corrientes	7	7
Entre Ríos	20
Jujuy	8
La Rioja	8
Mendoza	11
Salta	9
San Juan	8
San Luis	9
Santa Fe	28
Santiago del Estero	14
Tucumán	17
Total	218	38

Vice president

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Norberto Quirno Costa	National Autonomist Party	217	84.77
	Juan Eusebio Torrent [es]	National Civic Union	23	8.98
	Valentín Virasoro [es]	Liberal Party of Corrientes	7	2.73
	Julio Argentino Roca	National Autonomist Party	6	2.34
	Lino D. Churruarín	Radical Civic Union	1	0.39
	Emilio Gouchón [es]	Radical Civic Union	1	0.39
	Bartolomé Mitre	National Civic Union	1	0.39
Total			256	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			300	–

By province

Province	Quirno Costa	Torrent	Virasoro	Roca	Churruarín	Gouchón	Mitre
Buenos Aires City	22	10		1		1	1
Buenos Aires	23	13		5[a]
Catamarca	10
Córdoba	24
Corrientes	7		7
Entre Ríos	19				1
Jujuy	8
La Rioja	8
Mendoza	11
Salta	9
San Juan	8
San Luis	9
Santa Fe	28
Santiago del Estero	14
Tucumán	17
Total	217	23	7	6	1	1	1

Chamber of Deputies

The National Autonomist Party and its allies won all 79 seats in the election.

Notes

1. In the vote table these 5 votes appear incorrectly as 5 votes from Córdoba.