1983 Argentine general election

1983 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← Sept 1973 30 October 1983 1989 →
600 members of the Electoral College 301 votes needed to win
Registered	17,929,951
Turnout	85.61%
Candidate Raúl Alfonsín Ítalo Lúder Party Radical Civic Union Justicialist Party Running mate Víctor Martínez Deolindo Bittel Electoral vote 317 259 States carried 15 + CABA 8 Popular vote 7,724,559 5,944,402 Percentage 51.75% 40.16%
Percentage of votes (left) and electoral votes (right) by province.
President before election Reynaldo Bignone Military Elected President Raúl Alfonsín UCR
Legislative election
← March 1973 30 October 1983 1985 →
254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 128 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.61%
Party % Seats Chamber of Deputies Radical Civic Union 47.97% 129 Justicialist Party 38.47% 111 Intransigent Party 2.78% 3 Union of the Democratic Centre 1.70% 2 Blockist Party 0.42% 2 Neuquén People's Movement 0.24% 2 Others 8.4% 5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

A general election was held in Argentina on 30 October 1983 and marked the return of constitutional rule following the self-styled National Reorganization Process dictatorship installed in 1976. Voters fully chose the president, governors, mayors, and their respective national, province and town legislators; with a turnout of 85.6%.