Elections in Argentina

At the national level, Argentina elects a head of state (the President) and a legislature. The franchise extends to all citizens aged 16 and over, and voting is mandatory (with a few exceptions) for all those who are between 18 and 70 years of age.

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The President and the Vice-President are elected in one ballot, for a four-year term, by direct popular vote, using a runoff voting system: a second vote is held if no party wins more than 45% of the votes, or more than 40% with also at least 10 percentage points more than the runner-up. Before the 1995 election, the president and vice-president were both elected by an electoral college.

The National Congress (Congreso Nacional) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación) has 257 members, elected for a four-year term in each electoral district (23 Provinces and the Autonomous city of Buenos Aires) by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method, with half of the seats renewed every two years in all districts. The Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación) has 72 members, elected for a six-year term in three-seat constituencies (23 provinces and the Autonomous city of Buenos Aires) for a six-year term, with two seats awarded to the largest party or coalition and one seat to the second largest party or coalition. One-third of the constituencies are renewed every two years. In 2001 the whole senate was renewed. A quota law lays down that at least a third of the candidates on the ballots presented by each party participating in legislative elections must be women.

Provincial elections

Provincial law and constitutions, controlled by provincial legislatures regulate elections at the provincial level and local level. Since the separation of powers applies to provinces as well as the federal government, provincial legislatures and the executive (the governor) are elected separately. Governors are elected in all provinces.

All members of provincial legislatures and territorial jurisdiction legislature are elected.

As a matter of convenience and cost-saving, elections for many of these provincial and local offices are held at the same time as the federal presidential elections. There is a handful of provinces, however, that instead hold their elections separately.

Schedule
Envelope to cast votes in during the general elections of 2015.

Election
Position20192020202120222023
Type Open Primaries[note 1] (August)
Presidential (October)
National Senate (October)
Chamber of Deputies (October)
Provincial (March–October)
Municipalities (March–October)		Municipalities
(no data)		Open Primaries (August)
National Senate (October)
Chamber of Deputies (October)
Provincial (TBA)
Municipalities (TBA)		Municipalities
(no data)		Open Primaries (August)
Presidential (October)
National Senate (October)
Chamber of Deputies (October)
Provincial (March–October)
Municipalities (March–October)
President and
Vice-president		 President and Vice-presidentNonePresident and Vice-president
National Senate Third[note 2]NoneThird[note 3]NoneThird[note 4]
Chamber of Deputies Half[note 5]NoneHalfNoneHalf
Provincial
(Governors and Legislatures)		 22 Provinces (G)[note 6]
23 Provinces (L)[note 7]		None2 Provinces (G)[note 8]
13 Provinces (L)[note 9]		None22 Provinces (G)[note 10]
23 Provinces (L)[note 11]
Municipalities
(Mayors and Councils)		 no datano datano datano datano data

Inauguration
Position20112012201320142015
Type Presidential (December)
National Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Provincial
Municipalities		MunicipalitiesNational Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Provincial
Municipalities		MunicipalitiesPresidential
National Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Provincial
Municipalities
President and
Vice-president		 10 DecemberNone10 December
National Senate 10 DecemberNone10 DecemberNone10 December
Chamber of Deputies 10 DecemberNone10 DecemberNone10 December
Provinces (Governors and Legislatures) DecemberNoneDecemberNoneDecember
Municipalities (Mayors and Councils) no datano datano datano datano data

Elections and results

Latest legislative elections
Main article: 2009 Argentine legislative election
 Summary of the 28 June 2009 Argentine National Congress election results
Coalitions and parties Chamber of Deputies of the Nation:

127 out of 257 seats

 Senate of the Nation:
24 out of 72 seats
Votes % Deputies Votes % Senators
Justicialist Party 2,778,326 14.50% 19
Front for Victory 1,679,084 8.80% 14
Justicialist Front 415,404 2.20% 6 -
Others 1,018,515 5.30% 8 -
Total Kirchnerist (Left-wing Peronist) 5,891,330 30.80% 47 8
Civic and Social Agreement 3,794,853 19.80% 28 -
Radical Civic Union 639,818 3.30% 4 -
Front for Everyone 381,067 2.00% 3 -
Others 734,009 3.84% 6
Total Civic and Social Agreement (Center-left radical) 5,549.,747 28.94% 41 14
Republican Proposal (Liberal-conservative and
right-wing factions opposed to Kirchner)		 3,391,391 17.70% 20 0
Proyecto Sur 437,634 2.30% 4
New Encounter 402,502 2.10% 2
Others 255,566 1.30% -
Total Left-wing (Socialist) 1,092,702 5.70% 6 0
Others parties 3,208,917 16.77% 13 2
Total 19,134,087 127 24
Registered voters 27,797,930
Votes cast 20,123,715
Invalid votes 989,628 4.90%
Sources: [1][2]

Be aware that parties operate under various labels and alliances in the provinces.

2011 presidential election
Main article: 2011 Argentine general election
 Summary of the 23 October 2011 Argentine presidential election results
Candidate Party or coalition Votes %
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Front for Victory–PJ 11,864,456 54.11%
Hermes Binner Broad Progressive Front–PS 3,684,595 16.80%
Ricardo Alfonsín Union for the Social Development–UCR 2,442,880 11.14%
Alberto Rodríguez Saá Federal Commitment–PJ 1,745,303 7.96%
Eduardo Duhalde Popular Front–PJ 1,285,783 5.86%
Jorge Altamira Workers Left Front–PO 503,342 2.30%
Elisa Carrió Civic Coalition–CC ARI 399,641 1.82%
Blank votes 678,724 3.03%
Null votes 206,030 0.92%
Challenged votes 23,921 0.11%
Turnout 78.89%
Source: elecciones2011.gov.ar

2015 presidential election
Main article: 2015 Argentine general election

2019 presidential election
Main article: 2019 Argentine general election
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Notes
  1. Simultaneous open primaries for all national candidatures, mandatory for every political party
  2. The following eight provinces renew all its three senators: Buenos Aires Province, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz
  3. The following eight provinces renew all its three senators:Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego
  4. The following eight provinces renew all its three senators: Catamarca, Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, La Pampa, Mendoza, Santa Fe and Tucumán
  5. All 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires renew half its deputies
  6. All Provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires except for Corrientes and Santiago del Estero
  7. All Provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires except for Santiago del Estero
  8. Corrientes and Santiago del Estero
  9. Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, San Luis and Santiago del Estero
  10. All Provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires except for Corrientes and Santiago del Estero
  11. All Provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires except for Santiago del Estero


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