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The October 1983 Elections in Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Torcuato S. Di Tella
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THE ELECTIONS IN ARGENTINA HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE TO everybody. The results, contrasted with those of 1973, were the following:

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Government and Opposition , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , 01 April 1984 , pp. 188 - 192
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1984

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1 The 1973 figures include i) the Alianza Popular Federalista (Manrique), Nueva Fuerza (Alsogaray) and the government sponsored Alianza Republicana Federal; ii) the Democratic Socialist Party; iii) the Frente Justicialista de Liberación (FREJULI) which incorporated the Frondizistas and Christian Democrats; iv) the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria (Communists, Intransigentes and a sector of Christian Democrats) plus other small parties; and in 1983 they include the Intransigentes and other small parties.

The parties in the 1983 Argentinian elections were as follows: Union del Centro Democrático (UCD); Alianza Federal (AF); Movimiento de Integración y Desarollo (MID); Alianza Demócrata Socialista (ADS); Partido Justicialista (PJ); Unión Cívica Radical (UCR); Cristiano Demócratas (XD); Intransigentes (PI); Partido Socialista Popular (PSP); Partido Comunista (PC); Frente de Izquierda Popular (FIP); Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS); Partido Obrero (PO).

5 The March 1973 elections are here considered, when Campora was elected. The ‘re‐run’ later that year which gave Perón over 60% of the votes is not comparable, as several non‐Peronista parties supported him and there was an abnormal bandwagon effect.

6 Made up of the difference between the Left’s vote in both elections (6%) plus some of the centre and independent left supporters of the Peronista coalition in 1973.