Argentine presidential election, 1880

Argentine general election, 1880

← 1874 12 April 1880 1886 →
Nominee Julio Argentino Roca Carlos Tejedor Party National Autonomist Party Independent Home state Tucumán Buenos Aires Running mate Francisco Bernabé Madero Saturnino María Laspiur Electoral vote 155 70 Percentage 69% 31%
President before election Nicolás Avellaneda National Autonomist Party Elected President Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party

Nicolás Avellaneda
National Autonomist Party

Julio Argentino Roca
National Autonomist Party

The Argentine presidental election of 1880 was held on 12 April to choose the president of Argentina. Julio Argentino Roca was elected president.

A leader of the Conquest of the Desert, as well as of the suppression of Mitre's 1874 uprising and others, President Avellaneda had decided on General Julio Roca as his successor, early on. Memories of Mitre's defeat did not sit well with Buenos Aires separatists, and this faction nominated the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Carlos Tejedor. Roca's 11 April 1880, selection by the electoral college was followed by Tejedor's armed insurrection, and though the latter was defeated, Mitre brokered negotiations between Tejedor's separatists and the national government. These negotiations eventually result in the Federalization of Buenos Aires in September, stabilizing the powerful province's position within Argentina.

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