1880 Argentine Presidential Election

Roca and the machine

A leader of the Conquest of the Desert, as well as of the suppression of Mitre's 1874 uprising and others, outgoing president Nicolás Avellaneda had decided on General Julio Roca as his successor early on. Memories of Mitre's defeat did not sit well with Buenos Aires separatists, and this faction nominated the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Carlos Tejedor.

An indirect electoral-college contest of the oligarchic republic: voting was public, participation tiny, and the outcome largely arranged by the ruling circle.

President before

Nicolás Avellaneda

PAN

Elected President

Julio Argentino Roca

PAN

Winning share

68.9%

Turnout

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The result


Julio Argentino Roca	National Autonomist Party	155	68.89%
Carlos Tejedor	Independent	70	31.11%