1958 Argentine Presidential Election
Frondizi with Perón's blessing1958 · Democracy with Peronism banned
The year 1955 cast a long shadow over these elections. President Juan Perón was violently overthrown in September of that year and the succeeding junta banned the Peronist Party and even the possession of Peronist mementoes or the very mention of the former leader or of the late Eva Perón.
Held with Peronism — the country's largest movement — banned from presenting candidates.
President before
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
Elected President
Arturo Frondizi
UCRI
Winning share
49.5%
Turnout
90.9%
The result
| Arturo Frondizi | UCRI | 4.070.398 | 49.49% |
| Ricardo Balbín | UCRP | 2.617.693 | 31.83% |