1916 Argentine general election

1916 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← 1910 2 April 1916 1922 →
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
← 1914 2 April 1916 1918 →
62 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	65.59%
Party Vote % 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

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%.