1946 Argentine general election

1946 Argentine general election

Presidential election
24 February 1946

376 members of the Electoral College
189 votes needed to win
Registered3,477,169
Turnout81.21%
 
Candidate Juan Perón José Tamborini
Party Labour Party UCR
Alliance JNCP Democratic Union
Running mate Hortensio Quijano Enrique Mosca
Electoral vote 304 72
Popular vote 1,485,468 1,262,630
Percentage 53.71% 45.65%

Perón (255):      30%–39% (4)      40%–49% (7)      50%–59% (123)      60%–69% (93)      70%–79% (21)      80%–89% (6)      90%–99% (2)

Tamborini (160):      40%–49% (9)      50%–59% (88)      60%–69% (36)      70%–79% (12)      80%–89% (15)

UCR Bloquista (3):      30%–39% (1)      40%–49% (2)

President of Argentina before election

Edelmiro Julián Farrell

Elected President

Juan Perón
Labour Party

Legislative election
24 February 1946

All 158 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
80 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.25%
Party Vote % Seats
National Board of Political Coordination

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

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

General elections were held in Argentina on 24 February 1946. They were the last for which only men were enfranchised. Voters chose both the president and their legislators.