1946 Argentine general election

1946 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← 1937 24 February 1946 1951 →
376 members of the Electoral College 189 votes needed to win
Registered	3,477,169
Turnout	81.21%
Candidate Juan Domingo Perón José Tamborini Party Labour Party Radical Civic Union Alliance Radical Civic Union Renewal Board [es], 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
← 1942 24 February 1946 1948 →
158 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 80 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.25%
Party Vote % 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 [es] 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 [es]

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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.