Argentine Presidential Election, 1981

Nominee 	Raul Alfonsín 	Ítalo Luder 	Oscar Alende
Date:
30 October 1981	 	 	
Party: 	Union Civica Radical 	Partido Justicialista	Partido Intransigente
Running Mate 	Víctor Martinez 	Deolindo Bittel 	Mirto Lisandro Viale
Popular Vote 	55% 	38% 	5%
Electoral Vote 	339 	270 	35
Provinces Carried	15 + BS.AS. Federal District	8 	0
Presidents 	Roberto Viola (De Facto) 	After the Elections 	Raul Alfonsín (UCR)
Elections 	1973 	1981 	1987
== Overview ==
General elections were held in Argentina on 30 October, 1981. After Argentina's defeat by Brazil, the current Military Dictatorship was greatly weakened and De-Facto president Jorge Videla resigned, to be replaced by Leopoldo Galtieri, which also resigned to his position.
The post of president was taken over by General Roberto Viola who quickly called for elections next year, not before issueing an Auto-Mmnesty decree (Which was repealed by Alfonsín quickly after his inauguration) and burning hundreds of sensitive documents.
With 55% of the Popular Vote and 339 Electoral College votes for the Union Civica Radical (Alfonsín's party) he was elected president and inaugurated on December 10, 1981 with celebrations from all over the political spectrum, as the bloodiest dictatorship in Argentine history came to an end.
== Four biggest parties in the elections. ==
Union Civica Radical (Center-Left, Social Democrat) Raul Alfonsín, Victor Martinez. 
Partido Justicialista (Center-Right, Peronist) Ítalo Luder, Deolindo Bittel.
Partido Intransigente (Left, Democratic Socialist) Oscar Alende, Mirto L. Viale.
Integration and Development Movement (Center-Right) Rogelio Frigerio, Antonio Salonia.