1841 Gaúcho general election (Rags to Riches)

The 1841 Gaúcho general election was the first general election held in the newly independent Pampas Republic in order to elect its first president and its first Chamber of Deputies. The result was the unanimous election of Bento Gonçalves to the presidency and the formation of a one-party legislature. This election would be the starting point for a long period of de facto one-party rule, now known as the Liberal Consensus.