1880 Adamantine presidential election

1880 Adamantine presidential election

October 9, 1880
228 members of the Electoral College 58 votes needed to win
Turnout	74.6%
Nominee Aleandro Fabiani Simone Fanelli Party Federal Democratic Party Conservative Civic Union Running mate Terenzio Morgillo Donatello Machir Electoral vote 71 51 Popular vote 156,377 131,611 Percentage 54.3% 45.7%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes provinces won by Federal Democratic candidate Aleandro Fabiani, purple denotes provinces won by Conservative Civic Union candidate Simone Fanelli.
President before election Nicolás Avellaneda National Autonomist Party Elected President Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party

The Adamantine presidential election of 1880 was held on October October 9 to chose the President of Adamantina. It was the first presidential election where the general public elected the electoral college that selected the chief executive. Aleandro Fabiani, of the Federal Democratic Party was victorious over Simone Fanelli of the Conservative Civic Union. Roughly 18.2% of the total population was eligible to vote, with approximately 74.6% of all those eligible voting in the election.