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
Registered11,356,240
Turnout85.50%
 
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
Turnout85.60%
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.