1958 Argentine general election

1958 Argentine general election
Presidential election
23 February 1958
466 members of the Electoral College
234 votes needed to win
Registered10,002,327
Turnout90.60%
 
Nominee Arturo Frondizi Ricardo Balbín
Party UCRI UCRP
Running mate Alejandro Gómez Santiago del Castillo
Electoral vote 319 140
States carried 21 + CF 0
Popular vote 4,070,398 2,617,693
Percentage 49.49% 31.83%
Most voted party by province.
President before election

Pedro Eugenio Aramburu

 Elected President

Arturo Frondizi
UCRI

Legislative election
23 February 1958
187 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
94 seats needed for a majority
Turnout90.86%
Party Vote % Seats
Chamber of Deputies
Intransigent Radical Civic Union 49.33% 133
People's Radical Civic Union 31.72% 52
Liberal Party of Corrientes 0.62% 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province

The Argentine general election of 1958 was held on 23 February. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 90.6% (the highest in Argentine electoral history).

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