since Alvear's harsh character - labeled as dictatorial by some leaders - led to the abandonment of internal critics. Radicalism managed to win in the provincial elections of November 1935, and in the elections of March of the following year, in which eighty-two seats of deputies were renewed, Alvear went out to campaign in the provinces of the coast and north of Argentina. In those of Santa Fe, Mendoza, Salta and Buenos Aires (the latter to a lesser extent) the elections were victims again of the same vices, although in the remaining elections the elections were carried out relatively normally; thus, radicalism managed to win in the provinces of Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Entre Ríos. On 12 February 1937 Alvear met with President Justo with the idea that he would guarantee him an electoral act clean of fraud; It was the first time they had seen each other since 1931. The following day, the Interior Minister called Alvear and told him that some points of the interview would be fulfilled, a fact that did not happen, since the Santa Fe elections were signed by the same vices. On 28 May 1937, the presidential binomial was voted on at the Coliseo theater. Among the vice presidential candidates were Mosca, Pueyrredón, Güemes and Laurencena. Alvear unanimously won the candidacy for the presidency, while Mosca won the candidacy for the vice-presidency by 145 votes compared to the 24, 8 and 4 that Laurencena, Pueyrredón and Güemes obtained, respectively. On 5 September 1937, an enthusiastic crowd gathered at Luna Park, acclaimed his name as a candidate for the presidency of the Nation. He was 69 years old. The presidential elections were held, in which the candidate of the Concordance Roberto M. Ortiz, a radical antipersonnel who had been Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Alvear, triumphed; this managed to gather almost 42% of the votes, although it only obtained 127 voters against 245 for Ortiz. The radicalism made several denunciations of electoral fraud in most of the provinces, but Ortiz was proclaimed president. He was defeated in the elections, which were not free elections, but the result of pressure and fraud; but he did not faint from frustration and continued fighting for the Constitution and democracy. The fact that Alvear and Ortiz died respectively in March and July 1942 meant that neither of the two main candidates in the election