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Argentina presidential election 1983

Argentina elections · 1983-10-30 · held

Raúl Alfonsín was elected President of Argentina.

Indirect election — selection through an electoral body rather than a direct national popular vote. The record notes explain the selection process.

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Results: final · complete coverage · Votes for presidential tickets, excluding blank and invalid ballots; electoral votes are electors won by the ticket

Elector participation: 85.61%

Argentina presidential election 1983 — recorded results
Party / candidateElector ballotsElector ballot shareSeatsElectoral votes
Raúl Alfonsín
Radical Civic Union — Elected
772455951.75%—317
Ítalo Argentino Luder
Justicialist Party
599540240.16%—259
Oscar Alende
Intransigent Party
3476542.33%—2
Rogelio Julio Frigerio
Integration and Development Movement
1774261.19%—2
Francisco Manrique
Manrique– Rawson
1071880.72%——
No candidate
Autonomist–Liberal Alliance
3248642.18%—20
Álvaro Alsogaray
Alsogaray– Oría
628540.42%——
Rafael Martínez Raymonda
Democratic– Socialist Alliance
501840.34%——
Francisco Eduardo Cerro
Christian Democratic Party
465440.31%—0
Luis Zamora
Movimiento al Socialismo
425000.28%—0
Guillermo Estévez Boero
Popular Socialist Party
211770.14%—0
Jorge Abelardo Ramos
Popular Left Front
140930.09%—0
Gregorio Flores
Workers' Party
130670.09%—0

Results aggregate all ballot endorsements of each presidential/vice-presidential ticket. Shares exclude blank and invalid ballots. Turnout follows the detailed result table, rather than rounded headline figures. The presidency was elected indirectly through an electoral college. Votes and turnout here refer to the public election of presidential electors; electoral votes are electors allocated, not a separately counted college ballot.

Sources & further reading

1983 President — detailed historical results

National Electoral Directorate — election archive