Balbin, Radical Party Meeting, Buenos Aires, 1973 (b/w photo)

Balbin Buenos Aires Radical Party Meeting The 1973 elections in Argentina were the first elections “without proscription of majority sectors or serious restrictions on civil liberties” since 19461, when Juan Perón was elected. The presidential election was held on 11 March 1973, the Peronist movement having attracted a broad coalition around the Justicialist Front for National Liberation (FREJULI). Recognizing his poor chances in the face of the popularity of Peronism, the radical Balbín declared during the campaign: “Whoever wins rules and whoever loses the aid.”