1983 Argentine general election

1983 Argentine general election

Presidential election
30 October 1983

600 members of the Electoral College
301 votes needed to win
Registered17,929,951
Turnout85.61%
 
Candidate Raúl Alfonsín Ítalo Argentino Luder
Party Radical Civic Union Justicialist Party
Running mate Víctor Martínez Deolindo Bittel
Electoral vote 317 259
Popular vote 7,724,559 5,944,402
Percentage 51.75% 40.16%

Percentage of votes (left) and electoral votes (right) by province

President before election

Reynaldo Bignone
Military

Elected President

Raúl Alfonsín
UCR

Chamber of Deputies election
30 October 1983

All 254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
128 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.61%
Party Vote % Seats
Radical Civic Union

47.97 129
Justicialist Party

38.47 111
Intransigent Party

2.78 3
Union of the Democratic Centre

1.70 2
Christian Democratic Party

0.94 1
Autonomist Party of Corrientes

0.45 1
Blockist Party of San Juan

0.42 2
Liberal Party of Corrientes

0.31 1
Neuquén People's Movement

0.24 2
Jujuy People's Movement

0.18 1
Pampa Federalist Movement

0.11 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

General elections were held in Argentina on 30 October 1983, marking the return of constitutional rule following the self-styled National Reorganization Process dictatorship installed in 1976. Voters fully chose the president, governors, mayors, and their respective national, province and town legislators; with a turnout of 85.6%.