1853 Argentine presidential election
# 1853 Argentine presidential election

The Argentine presidential election of 1853 was held on 1 November to choose the first president of the Argentine Confederation for the period 1854-1860. Justo José de Urquiza was elected president by a wide margin.

It was the first presidential election after the unification of the country in 1852, after Justo José de Urquiza defeated Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros on 3 February 1852. The State of Buenos Aires seceded on 11 September 1852 and did not participate in elections until 1862.

## Results

Argentine Confederation :

| Population | 640,000 |
| - | - |
| Voters | 6,400 |
| Turnout | 1% |
| Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes |
| Justo José de Urquiza | Federal | 91 |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 7 |
| Pedro Ferré | Federal | 1 |
| Vicente López y Planes | — | 1 |
| José María Paz | Unitarian | 1 |
| Benjamín Virasoro | Federal | 1 |
| Facundo Zuviría | Unitarian | 1 |
| Total voters | Total voters | 103 |
| Did not vote | Did not vote | 3 |
| Total | Total | 106 |
| Vice Presidential Candidates | Party | Electoral Votes | Congress Vote |
| Salvador María del Carril | Unitarian | 35 | 17 |
| Facundo Zuviría | Unitarian | 22 | 1 |
| Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian | 20 | |
| Rudecindo Alvarado | Unitarian | 13 | |
| Benjamín Virasoro | Federal | 8 | |
| Juan Bautista Alberdi | — | 7 | |
| Pedro Ferré | Federal | 1 | |
| Total | Total | 106 | 18 |

### Results by Province

| Province | President | President | President | President | President | President | President | Vice President | Vice President | Vice President | Vice President | Vice President | Vice President | Vice President |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Province | Urquiza | Fragueiro | Ferré | López y Planes | Paz | Virasoro | Zuviría | del Carril | Zuviría | Fragueiro | Alvarado | Virasoro | Alberdi | Ferré |
| Catamarca | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 9 | | | |
| Córdoba | 16 | | | | | | | 10 | | 6 | | | | |
| Corrientes | 5 | 6 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | 5 | |
| Entre Ríos | 8 | | | | | | | | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| Jujuy | 8 | | | | | | | 5 | | 3 | | | | |
| La Rioja | 8 | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | |
| Mendoza | 10 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |
| Salta | 7 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| San Juan | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | 1 | | | | | |
| San Luis | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | |
| Santa Fe | 7 | | | | | 1 | | | | 8 | | | | |
| Santiago del Estero | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote |
| Tucumán | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote |
| Total | 91 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
