The World - News from Nov. 5, 1985
Argentine President Raul Alfonsin hailed the victory of his Radical Civic Union party in parliamentary elections as “a great day” for democracy. The party increased its slim majority by one seat, giving it 130 seats in the 254-member lower house of Congress, according to nearly complete returns from Sunday’s elections. The opposition Peronist party lost seven seats, leaving it with 104 seats. The remaining 20 seats were split by small parties.
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