1965 Argentine legislative election

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99 of the 192 seats in theChamber of Deputies
Turnout	83.72%
Party Vote % Seats +/– Popular Union 31.12 35 +32 People's Radical Civic Union [es] 29.72 34 −3 National Federation of Centre Parties [es] 7.38 8 +4 Integration and Development Movement 6.01 5 New Intransigent Radical Civic Union 4.52 1 −21 Democratic Progressive Party 3.21 3 −3 Argentine Socialist Party 2.06 1 −2 Three Flags Party 1.65 2 +1 Provincial Action 1.17 2 New Mendoza Popular Action 1.09 1 New Blockist Radical Civic Union [es] 0.84 2 +1 White Party 0.51 1 +3 San Luis Popular Action 0.26 1 0 Neuquén People's Movement 0.24 2 0 National Unity Party 0.04 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 14 March 1965. Voters chose their legislators with a turnout of 84%.

The exiled populist leader,Juan Perón, continued to set the electoral agenda. The economy had recovered vigorously from the 1962-63 recession, and this only seemed to deprive voters and the media of a distraction away from speculation as to what steps Perón might take next to return to Argentina. This issue was highlighted by his failed December 1964 attempt to arrive in Buenos Aires - thwarted almost by accident. His still-sizablePeronist base, in turn, were divided between those who felt his return was critical to their political future, and those who sought alternatives. One of the most successful projects to these ends was thePopular Union (UP), a party founded within days of Perón's violent, September 1955 overthrow. Its founder,Juan Atilio Bramuglia, had been a close advisor of Perón's since the birth of the movement, in 1945. Bramuglia had been unable, however, to obtain support for the idea from Perón himself, who favored electoral alliances. Bramuglia died in 1962; but the failure of one such alliance in 1963 provided Popular Union supporters with their first realistic chance to represent the aging leader.^[1]

The president, Dr.Arturo Illia, faced immediate pressure from the military and other anti-peronists to bar the Popular Union from fielding any candidates; but the moderate Illia refused. The adoption of the UP mantle by Steelworkers' leaderAugusto Vandor defied Perón's call for open conflict with the Illia administration, moreover. The issue of the UP divided Vandor and his allies in the CGT from the CGT Secretary General,José Alonso, and his allies (includingAndrés Framini, who had run on the UP ticket in 1962 and won, only to have the elections annulled). Vandor's very prominence made him the UP's paramount figure, and by extension, the first viable Peronist alternative to Perón in the movement's twenty years of existence.^[2]

Despite fears this might trigger a coup, the elections proceeded on schedule. President Illia's centrist UCR did not benefit from economic growth, and they lost 4 seats. Former PresidentPedro Aramburu's anti-peronist UDELPA benefited even less from Perón's barely thwarted return, and they lost half their 14 seats. Former PresidentArturo Frondizi'sMID, which had been barred from running by conservative opposition in 1963, picked up 16 seats in its first electoral test. This was significant because the MID had bested his former party, theUCRI (with which he had parted ways in 1963). The UCRI was left with but 11 of its 40 seats, the result of losing both Frondizi's and Perón's erstwhile support. Most of these seats went to the Popular Union, which gained 44. Its leader, Dr. Rodolfo Tecera del Franco, was elected vice president of theArgentine Chamber of Deputies.^[3]

The 1965 elections were a notable accomplishment for President Illia, who had stopped military interference against them without it immediately costing him the presidency.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Total
	Popular Union	2,786,244	31.12	35	36
	People's Radical Civic Union [es]	2,660,937	29.72	34	69
	National Federation of Centre Parties [es] (PD–PLCo–PACo)	661,108	7.38	8	14
	Integration and Development Movement	538,057	6.01	5	6
	Intransigent Radical Civic Union	404,689	4.52	1	19
	Democratic Progressive Party	287,250	3.21	3	9
	Christian Democratic Party	241,764	2.70	0	4
	Argentine Socialist Party	184,023	2.06	1	4
	Union of the Argentine People	181,094	2.02	0	8
	Democratic Socialist Party	170,362	1.90	0	2
	Three Flags Party	148,067	1.65	2	4
	Provincial Action	104,835	1.17	2	2
	Mendoza Popular Movement	97,705	1.09	1	1
	Blockist Radical Civic Union [es]	75,225	0.84	2	2
	National Reconstruction Party	50,979	0.57	0	0
	White Party	46,013	0.51	1	4
	Social Justice Party	41,727	0.47	0	0
	People's Party	40,393	0.45	0	0
	Las Flores–Luján Line Movement	37,435	0.42	0	0
	Labour Party	25,900	0.29	0	2
	Renewal Crusade Radical Civic Union	24,431	0.27	0	0
	Argentine Reconstruction Party	23,646	0.26	0	0
	San Luis Popular Action	23,297	0.26	1	1
	Argentine Popular Action	22,366	0.25	0	0
	Neuquén People's Movement	21,052	0.24	2	2
	Provincial Defence–White Flag [es]	12,163	0.14	0	1
	Provincial Party of Santiago del Estero	7,922	0.09	0	0
	National Independent Party	5,974	0.07	0	0
	Party of the Liberating Revolution	5,396	0.06	0	0
	Provincial Party of Chubut	5,125	0.06	0	0
	Argentine Retirees Union	5,052	0.06	0	0
	Union Force	3,959	0.04	0	0
	National Unity Party	3,273	0.04	1	1
	Federal Social Movement	2,784	0.03	0	0
	National Union Party	2,085	0.02	0	0
	Neighborhood Party	625	0.01	0	0
	Popular Workers Party	544	0.01	0	0
	Santa Cruz Popular Movement	415	0.00	0	0
	Defense of Labour	333	0.00	0	0
	Democratic Federal Movement			–	1
Total		8,954,249	100.00	99	192
Valid votes		8,954,249	95.77
Invalid votes		37,708	0.40
Blank votes		357,871	3.83
Total votes		9,349,828	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,168,564	83.72
Source: Cantón,[4] Nohlen[5]

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