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"These figures suggest that the Union Democratica anticipation of victory was not without foundation. A shift of only 140,500 votes away from Peron would have given Tamborini the popular majority. *More to the point, a shift of only 37,350 votes in five electoral districts would have given him a majority in the electoral college.* " [my emphasis--DT] https://books.google.com/books?id=oIWpDxJH1PkC...&pg=PA45
"What would have happened in Argentina had the figures been reversed and Dr. Tamborini emerged victorious is beyond the historian's obligation to discuss. Interviews with Peronist Army officers a quarter century later, however, produced unanimous agreement that the Army would have upheld the electorate's decision. This, of course, was the declared position of the armed forces at the time, but fortunately or unfortunately, depending on one's viewpoint, it never had to be put to the test..." But would it necessarily have been the case if Peron had won the popular, but not the electoral, vote?