1963 Argentine general election

1963 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← 1958 7 July 1963 March 1973 →
476 members of the Electoral College 239 votes needed to win
Registered	11,356,240
Turnout	85.50%
Nominee Arturo Illia Oscar Alende Pedro Aramburu Party UCRP UCRI UDELPA Alliance UDELPA - PDP Running mate Carlos Perette Celestino Gelsi Arturo Etchevehere/ Horacio Thedy Electoral vote 171 107 73 States carried 11 + CF 4 1 Popular vote 2,441,064 1,593,002 1,362,596 Percentage 31.90% 20.82% 17.81%   Nominee Emilio Olmos Jr. Horacio Sueldo [es] none Party FNPC PDC MPN Running mate Emilio Jofré [es] Francisco Eduardo Cerro [es] none Electoral vote 32 23 6 States carried 3 0 1 Popular vote 511,779 434,823 20,648 Percentage 6.69% 5.68% 0.27%   Nominee none none Party MFD UCRB Running mate none none Electoral vote 5 4 States carried 1 1 Popular vote 42,116 46,088 Percentage 0.55% 0.60%
Most voted candidate by province.
President before election José María Guido UCRI Elected President Arturo Illia UCRP
Legislative election
← 1962 7 July 1963 1965 →
192 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	85.60%
Party Vote % Seats Chamber of Deputies People's Radical Civic Union 30.68% 72 Intransigent Radical Civic Union 19.55% 40 Union of the Argentine People 8.32% 13 Democratic Progressive Party 7.05% 12 National Federation of Center Parties 5.69% 9 Christian Democratic Party 5.54% 8 Argentine Socialist Party 3.89% 6 Democratic Socialist Party 3.89% 5 Popular Union 2.45% 5 Others 12.94% 22 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

The Argentine general election of 1963 was held on 7 July. Voters chose both the President and their legislators; with a turnout of 85.6%, resulting in the election of Arturo Illia as President of Argentina.