1958 Argentine general election

1958 Argentine general election

23 February 1958
Presidential election

466 members of the Electoral College
234 votes needed to win
Registered10,002,327
Turnout90.60%
 
Candidate Arturo Frondizi Ricardo Balbín
Party UCRI UCRP
Running mate Alejandro Gómez Santiago del Castillo
Electoral vote 318 135
Popular vote 4,070,398 2,617,693
Percentage 49.49% 31.83%

Results by province

President before election

Pedro Eugenio Aramburu

Elected President

Arturo Frondizi
UCRI

Legislative election

All 187 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
94 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.86%
Party Seats
Intransigent Radical Civic Union

133
People's Radical Civic Union

52
Liberal Party of Corrientes

2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

General elections were held in Argentina on 23 February 1958. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 90.6% (the highest in Argentine electoral history).