300 members of the Electoral College 151 votes needed to win
Nominee
Hipólito Yrigoyen
Ángel Rojas
Lisandro de la Torre
Party
Radical Civic Union
Conservative Party
Democratic Progressive Party
Running mate
Pelagio Luna
Juan Eugenio Serú
Alejandro Carbó
Electoral vote
133
70
64
States carried
5 + CF
4
4
Popular vote
340,802
150,245
135,308
Percentage
47.25%
20.83%
18.76
Most voted party by province.
President before election
Victorino de la Plaza
National Autonomist Party
Elected President
Hipólito Yrigoyen
Radical Civic Union
Legislative election
← 1914
2 April 1916
1918 →
62 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout
65.59%
Party
%
Seats
+/–
Chamber of Deputies
Radical Civic Union
45.08%
26
+6
Conservative Concentration
21.99%
18
−9
Democratic Progressive Party
14.62%
7
+5
Socialist Party
7.46%
3
−4
Dissident Radical Civic Union
3.92%
4
+4
Liberal Party of Corrientes
2.38%
3
−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by province
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