 During the 1946 Argentine elections, the ALN was the largest "Nacionalista" movement but only gained 25,000 votes in a few areas in which it fielded candidates.This coincided with the election of Juan Perón as President of Argentina.Following the 1946 election, ALN members attacked the headquarters of several liberal and leftist newspapers, including "La Hora", the Communist Party newspaper, as well as attacking a bar in downtown Buenos Aires that was frequented by Spanish republican refugeees.