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.

Argentina
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Argentina
Executive
Legislative
Judiciary
Law
Administrative divisions
Recent elections
Foreign relations
 Argentina portal

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

Latest elections
Main article: 2019 Argentine general election
Presidential
candidate		 Vice Presidential
candidate		 Party Votes %
Alberto Fernández Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Everyone's Front (FdT) 12,946,037 48.24
Mauricio Macri Miguel Ángel Pichetto Together for Change (JxC) 10,811,586 40.28
Roberto Lavagna Juan Manuel Urtubey Federal Consensus (CF) 1,649,322 6.14
Nicolás del Caño Romina Del Plá Left and Worker's Front-Unity (FIT-U) 579,228 2.16
Juan José Gómez Centurión Cynthia Hotton NOS Front (NOS) 457,956 1.71
José Luis Espert Luis Rosales Unite for Liberty and Dignity (Unite) 394,207 1.47
Total 26,838,336 100
Positive votes 26,838,336 97.50
Blank votes 434,379 1.58
Invalid votes 252,388 0.92
Total votes 27,525,103 100
Registered voters/turnout 34,231,895 80.41
Source:[1]

See also

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


  1. "Consulta de Escrutinios Definitivos". www.padron.gob.ar.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.