2019 Argentine general election explained

Country:Argentina
Election Date:27 October 2019[1]
Opinion Polls:Opinion polling for the 2019 Argentine general election
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Election Name:Presidential election
Type:presidential
Previous Election:2015 Argentine general election
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2023 Argentine general election
Next Year:2023
Registered:34,231,895
Turnout:80.41%
Image1:Alberto Fernandez 2020.jpg
Nominee1:Alberto Fernández
Running Mate1:Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Party1:Justicialist Party
Alliance1:Frente de Todos
Popular Vote1:12,946,037
Percentage1:48.24%
Running Mate2:Miguel Ángel Pichetto
Party2:Republican Proposal
Alliance2:Juntos por el Cambio
Popular Vote2:10,811,586
Percentage2:40.28%
Image3:Roberto Lavagna (cropped).png
Running Mate3:Juan Manuel Urtubey
Party3:Independent politician
Alliance3:Federal Consensus
Popular Vote3:1,649,322
Percentage3:6.15%
President
Before Party:JxCPRO
After Party:FDTPJ
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Election Name:Chamber of Deputies
Next Election:2021
Seats For Election:130 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout:80.37%
Noleader:yes
First Election:yes
Percentage1:45.26
Seats1:64
Percentage2:40.36
Seats2:56
Percentage3:5.85
Seats3:3
Percentage4:1.47
Seats4:1
Party5:Civic Front for Santiago
Percentage5:1.27
Seats5:3
Percentage6:0.75
Seats6:1
Percentage7:0.47
Seats7:1
Percentage8:0.07
Seats8:1
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Election Name:Senate
Next Election:2021
Seats For Election:24 of the 72 seats in the Senate
Turnout:78.27%
Noleader:yes
First Election:yes
Percentage1:40.16
Seats1:13
Percentage10:39.22
Seats10:8
Party11:Civic Front for Santiago
Percentage11:5.83
Seats11:2
Percentage12:2.72
Seats12:1

General elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2019, to elect the president of Argentina, members of the national congress and the governors of most provinces.[2]

The Peronist, left-wing Frente de Todos ticket of Alberto Fernández, former Chief Cabinet, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, National Senator and former president, defeated the center-right Juntos por el Cambio ticket of incumbent president Mauricio Macri and conservative Peronist National Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, exceeding the threshold to win the presidency in a single round. Macri became the first incumbent president in Argentine history to be defeated in his reelection bid.

Electoral system

The election of the president was conducted under the ballotage system, a modified version of the two-round system. A candidate can win the presidency in a single round by either winning 45% of the vote, or if they win 40% of the vote while finishing 10 percentage points ahead of the second-place candidate. If no candidate meets either threshold, a runoff takes place between the top two candidates.[3] Voting is compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years old. Suffrage was also extended to 16- and 17-year-olds, though without compulsory voting.[4]

There are a total of 257 seats of the Chamber of Deputies. They are elected from 24 electoral districts–the 23 provinces, plus the federal district of Buenos Aires, which elects its own executive and legislature and is represented in the national Congress like all other provinces.[5] The number of seats are distributed in relation to the population of the province. One-third of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies are reserved for women. The 130 seats of the Chamber of Deputies up for election were elected from 24 multi-member constituencies based on the 23 provinces and Buenos Aires. Seats were allocated using the D'Hondt method of proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 3%.[6]

The 24 seats in the Senate up for election were elected in three-seat constituencies using the closed list system. Each district is represented by three senatorial seats. Each party is allowed to register up to two candidates; one of those registered must be female. The party receiving the most votes wins two seats, and the second-placed party wins one.[7] The third senatorial seat was established in the Constitution of 1994 in order to better represent the largest minority in each district.

Congress

Chamber of Deputies

The 257 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by proportional representation in 24 multi-member constituencies based on the provinces (plus the City of Buenos Aires). Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with a 3% electoral threshold. In this election, 130 of the 257 seats are up for renewal for a 4-year term.

ProvinceTotal
seats
Seats
at stake
Buenos Aires7035
Buenos Aires City2512
Catamarca52
Chaco73
Chubut53
Córdoba189
Corrientes74
Entre Ríos94
Formosa53
Jujuy63
La Pampa52
La Rioja53
Mendoza105
Misiones74
Neuquén52
Río Negro53
Salta74
San Juan63
San Luis52
Santa Cruz52
Santa Fe1910
Santiago del Estero74
Tierra del Fuego53
Tucumán95
Total257130

Senate

The 72 members of the Senate are elected in the same 24 constituencies, with three seats in each. The party receiving the most votes in each constituency wins two seats, with the third seat awarded to the second-placed party. The 2019 elections will see one-third of senators renewed, with eight provinces electing three senators for a 6-year term; Buenos Aires City, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego.

Candidates

The following candidates successfully registered their nominations before the limit date of 22 June 2019, and went on to compete in the Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primaries (PASO) on 11 August 2019.[8] [9]

Presidential candidate
(political party)
Vice-presidential candidate
(political party)
CoalitionCoalition partiesPresidential candidate prior political offices
Alberto Fernández
(PJ)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
(PJ)
Mauricio Macri
(PRO)
Miguel Ángel Pichetto
(PJ)
Roberto Lavagna
(Independent)
Juan Manuel Urtubey
(PJ)
Nicolás del Caño
(PTS)
Romina Del Plá
(PO)
  • Unified Socialist Workers' Party
  • People's Power
José Luis Espert
(PL)
Luis Rosales
(PL)
None (economist and professor)
Alejandro Biondini
(BV)
Enrique Venturino
(BV)
  • People's Countryside Party
  • People's Party
  • Neighborhood Flag
None (founder and president of Bandera Vecinal)
Manuela Castañeira
(Nuevo MAS)
Eduardo Mulhall
(Nuevo MAS)
None (sociologist)
Juan José Gómez Centurión
(NOS)
Cynthia Hotton
(Valores para mi País)
José Antonio Romero Feris
(PAN)
Guillermo Sueldo
(PAN)
Raúl Humberto Albarracín
(Neighbourhood Action Movement)
Sergio Darío Pastore
(Neighbourhood Action Movement)

Opinion polls

See main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Argentine general election.

Results

Primary elections

Open primary elections for the presidency were held nationwide on 11 August. With this system, all parties run primary elections on a single ballot. All parties must take part in it, both the parties with internal factions and parties with a single candidate list. Citizens may vote for any candidate of any party, but may only cast a single vote. The most voted candidate of parties gaining 1.5% or higher of the valid votes advances to the general election.[10]

Fernández came top with 47.8% of the vote, with Macri trailing behind with 31.8%. Lavagna, del Caño, Gómez Centurión and Espert all received enough valid votes to participate in the general election.[11] [12]

President

Fernández owed his victory mostly to Buenos Aires Province swinging over dramatically to support him; he carried it by over 1.6 million votes over Macri, accounting for almost all of his nationwide margin of 2.1 million votes. By comparison, Daniel Scioli only carried the province by 219,000 votes in 2015.

Results by district

ProvinceFernández/Kirchner
(FdT)
Macri/Pichetto
(JxC)
Lavagna/Urtubey
(CF)
Del Caño/del Plá
(FIT–U)
G. Centurión/Hotton
(NOS)
Espert/Rosales
(UNITE)
Blanks/InvalidTurnoutMargin
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Buenos Aires5,294,87952.203,640,55235.89638,9906.30273,4952.70150,0671.48145,7431.43230,7672.2210,374,49382.191,654,32716.31
Buenos Aires City719,65535.461,068,13452.64130,4756.4359,0662.9113,8630.6838,0131.8746,2282.232,075,43476.85-348,479-17.18
Catamarca132,59056.6679,56834.0013,1975.643,5081.502,1360.913,0111.2924,9419.63258,95181.0453,02222.66
Chaco404,75855.73258,43235.5827,6363.816,9860.9620,6172.847,8561.0811,3701.54737,65577.61146,32620.15
Chubut174,72652.4297,83729.3525,3577.6113,1173.9414,2534.288,0292.4014,2894.11347,60877.7876,88923.07
Córdoba666,44529.311,394,10461.31113,7345.0037,6121.6531,8691.4030,2131.3368,4892.932,342,46679.01-727,659-32.00
Corrientes354,96851.19290,69041.9221,6583.126,5220.9412,5151.807,0441.0213,4271.90706,82480.7564,2789.27
Entre Ríos390,58744.37391,49544.4755,0306.2514,5041.6514,6471.6614,1111.6014,5761.63894,95080.59-908-0.10
Formosa229,77465.21100,28028.4611,0573.143,1120.885,3341.512,7970.795,1371.44357,49177.75129,49436.75
Jujuy207,12046.19186,10441.5026,8355.989,2142.0510,5122.348,6171.928,7141.91457,11681.7921,0164.69
La Pampa115,09550.0786,74437.7415,1376.594,7272.064,6762.033,4711.513,6651.57233,51581.2528,35112.33
La Rioja85,77947.3780,46244.437,8444.332,1271.172,0871.152,8011.5552,96422.63234,06480.785,3172.94
Mendoza435,31337.83576,49350.1075,4486.5626,3152.2922,7151.9714,3701.2523,9022.031,174,55681.10-141,180-12.27
Misiones417,75257.71245,25433.8824,4513.386,7040.9321,2392.938,5371.1818,5512.50742,48879.90172,49823.83
Neuquén194,20547.73151,93937.3425,6286.3015,2093.7411,7432.898,1672.0120,0184.72426,90983.9442,26610.39
Río Negro247,66457.23123,67428.5827,4836.3511,2522.6014,1733.288,4821.9619,4314.30452,15980.35123,99028.65
Salta374,36948.82266,40634.7482,35810.7413,6251.7816,6352.1713,3781.7417,6082.24784,37976.11107,96314.08
San Juan242,06053.01160,44935.1433,0047.236,9281.528,3881.845,7591.268,3411.79464,92982.4481,61117.87
San Luis129,11841.68139,47945.0320,9546.767,1712.327,6832.485,3541.738,0762.54317,83581.53-10,361-3.35
Santa Cruz108,32359.7751,18328.249,1235.036,0323.335,1712.851,4020.777,6494.05188,88374.7357,14031.53
Santa Fe920,20242.68937,61143.49193,6038.9830,8621.4333,2471.5440,3531.8743,6621.992,199,54079.48-17,409-0.81
Santiago del Estero451,08274.95110,52518.3720,1033.345,7550.969,2201.535,1230.859,9241.62611,73280.45340,55756.58
Tierra del Fuego57,88756.9326,52926.097,7857.662,7602.713,9253.862,8032.763,2083.06104,89775.8831,35830.84
Tucumán591,68657.76347,64233.9442,4324.1412,5981.2321,2412.078,7730.8617,8011.711,042,17382.84244,04423.82
Total12,946,03748.2410,811,58640.281,649,3226.14579,2282.16457,9561.71394,2071.47686,7672.5227,525,10380.412,134,5017.96

Chamber of Deputies

Results by province

ProvinceFdTJxCCFOthers
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
scope=rowBuenos Airesbgcolor=lightblue5,113,359bgcolor=lightblue52.64bgcolor=lightblue align=center193,668,58037.7714583,6996.012348,5013.59
scope=rowBuenos Aires City641,05432.054bgcolor=khaki1,060,404bgcolor=khaki53.02bgcolor=khaki align=center8114,9685.75183,6659.18
scope=rowCatamarcabgcolor=lightblue133,327bgcolor=lightblue61.32bgcolor=lightblue align=center173,57833.84110,5164.84
scope=rowChacobgcolor=lightblue397,472bgcolor=lightblue56.70bgcolor=lightblue align=center2255,52836.45126,7783.8221,1733.02
scope=rowChubutbgcolor=lightblue160,996bgcolor=lightblue53.45bgcolor=lightblue align=center297,24532.29122,6367.5220,3276.75
scope=rowCórdoba495,82322.312bgcolor=khaki1,140,338bgcolor=khaki51.32bgcolor=khaki align=center679,0983.56506,73222.811
scope=rowCorrientesbgcolor=lightblue336,448bgcolor=lightblue50.98bgcolor=lightblue align=center2290,46344.01220,1203.0512,9761.97
scope=rowEntre Ríos380,61445.202bgcolor=khaki384,968bgcolor=khaki45.72bgcolor=khaki align=center256,7866.7419,6712.34
scope=rowFormosabgcolor=lightblue225,608bgcolor=lightblue67.01bgcolor=lightblue align=center299,30529.49111,7803.50
scope=rowJujuybgcolor=lightblue189,305bgcolor=lightblue45.40bgcolor=lightblue align=center2180,87743.38129,0306.9617,7214.25
scope=rowLa Pampabgcolor=lightblue114,079bgcolor=lightblue51.63bgcolor=lightblue align=center187,04939.40114,6276.625,1972.35
scope=rowLa Riojabgcolor=lightblue70,564bgcolor=lightblue52.18bgcolor=lightblue align=center260,49844.7314,1793.09
scope=rowMendoza423,00237.992bgcolor=khaki583,897bgcolor=khaki52.44bgcolor=khaki align=center374,1386.6632,3432.90
scope=rowMisionesbgcolor=lightblue234,404bgcolor=lightblue34.94bgcolor=lightblue align=center2225,23233.58119,3062.88191,87628.601
scope=rowNeuquénbgcolor=lightblue137,285bgcolor=lightblue36.39bgcolor=lightblue align=center1123,38632.70117,6024.6799,02526.25
scope=rowRío Negrobgcolor=lightblue170,935bgcolor=lightblue45.10bgcolor=lightblue align=center271,94918.98136,10735.911
scope=rowSaltabgcolor=lightblue328,966bgcolor=lightblue46.68bgcolor=lightblue align=center2244,22534.65283,63311.8747,9206.80
scope=rowSan Juanbgcolor=lightblue239,426bgcolor=lightblue54.79bgcolor=lightblue align=center2167,67238.37129,8676.84
scope=rowSan Luis126,59243.871bgcolor=khaki134,668bgcolor=khaki46.67bgcolor=khaki align=center118,6226.458,7013.02
scope=rowSanta Cruzbgcolor=lightblue96,658bgcolor=lightblue62.13bgcolor=lightblue align=center245,58629.306,8584.416,4744.16
scope=rowSanta Fe890,56142.264bgcolor=khaki912,407bgcolor=khaki43.30bgcolor=khaki align=center5210,77310.00193,3584.43
scope=rowSantiago del Estero125,60921.881103,41118.0118,5853.24bgcolor=Plum326,566bgcolor=Plum56.88bgcolor=Plum align=center3
scope=rowTierra del Fuegobgcolor=lightblue33,878bgcolor=lightblue38.67bgcolor=lightblue align=center120,74723.6816,6247.5626,37030.101
scope=rowTucumánbgcolor=lightblue540,446bgcolor=lightblue55.25bgcolor=lightblue align=center3315,59232.26244,3964.5477,7957.95
Total11,606,41145.266410,347,60540.36561,500,4425.8532,186,6778.537

Senate

Results by province

ProvinceFdTJxCCFOthers
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
scope=rowBuenos Aires City679,56934.081bgcolor=khaki1,076,452bgcolor=khaki53.99bgcolor=khaki align=center2114,9075.76122,8926.16
scope=rowChacobgcolor=lightblue400,188bgcolor=lightblue56.98bgcolor=lightblue align=center2254,21536.19126,7663.8121,1913.02
scope=rowEntre Ríos383,23845.471bgcolor=khaki384,300bgcolor=khaki45.59bgcolor=khaki align=center256,6066.7218,7182.22
scope=rowNeuquénbgcolor=lightblue136,350bgcolor=lightblue35.66bgcolor=lightblue align=center2123,49032.30117,5984.60104,93627.44
scope=rowRío Negrobgcolor=lightblue169,726bgcolor=lightblue50.38bgcolor=lightblue align=center2167,18149.621
scope=rowSaltabgcolor=lightblue330,324bgcolor=lightblue46.55bgcolor=lightblue align=center2247,69934.91185,60112.0646,0136.48
scope=rowSantiago del Estero126,41321.911103,58117.9518,3443.18bgcolor=Plum328,627bgcolor=Plum56.96bgcolor=Plum align=center2
scope=rowTierra del Fuegobgcolor=lightblue37,413bgcolor=lightblue41.12bgcolor=lightblue align=center220,57322.6118,1448.9524,85127.31
Total2,263,22140.16132,210,31039.228327,9665.820834,40914.813

Provincial elections

DateDistrictOfficesWinnerRunner-up
10 MarchNeuquénGovernorVice Governor

35 provincial deputies

Omar Gutiérrez - Marcos Koopmann(Neuquén People's Movement)

(40,19 %)

Ramón Rioseco - Darío Martínez(Neuquin Front–Citizens' Unity)

(25,93 %)

7 AprilRío NegroGovernorVice Governor

46 provincial deputies

Arabela Carreras - Alejandro Palmieri(Together We Are Río Negro)

(52,63 %)

Martín Soria - Magdalena Odarda(Front for Victory)

(34,97 %)

12 MayCórdobaGovernorVice Governor

70 provincial deputies

Juan Schiaretti - Manuel Calvo(We Do for Córdoba)

(57,38 %)

Mario Negri - Héctor Baldassi(Córdoba Changes)

(18,85 %)

19 MayLa PampaGovernorVice Governor

30 provincial deputies

Sergio Ziliotto - Mariano Fernández(La Pampa Justicialist Front)

(52,68 %)

Daniel Kroneberger - Luis Evangelista(Cambiemos La Pampa)

(31,80 %)

2 JuneMisionesGovernorVice Governor

20 provincial deputies

Oscar Herrera Ahuad - Carlos Omar Arce(Front for the Renewal of Concord)

(72,81 %)

Humberto Schiavoni - Luis Mario Pastori(Together for Change)

(17,59 %)

San JuanGovernorVice Governor

36 provincial deputies

Sergio Uñac - Roberto Gattoni(Everyone Front)

(55,84 %)

Marcelo Orrego - Susana Laciar(Front with You)

(33,91 %)

9 JuneChubutGovernorVice Governor

27 provincial deputies

Mariano Arcioni - Ricardo Sastre(Chubut Ahead)

(41,35 %)

Carlos Linares - Claudia Bard(Chubut Patriotic Front)

(33,97 %)

Entre RíosGovernorVice Governor

34 provincial deputies

17 provincial senators

Gustavo Bordet - María Laura Stratta(Believe Entre Ríos)

(57,43 %)

Atilio Benedetti - Gustavo Hein(Cambiemos)

(35,57 %)

JujuyGovernorVice Governor

24 provincial deputies

Gerardo Morales - Carlos Haquim(Change Jujuy)

(43,76 %)

Julio Ferreyra - Adrián Mendieta(Justicialist Front)

(32,77 %)

TucumánGovernorVice Governor

49 provincial deputies

Juan Luis Manzur - Osvaldo Jaldo(Justicialist Front for Tucumán)

(51,86 %)

Silvia Elías de Pérez - José Manuel Paz(Let's Go Tucumán)

(20,41 %)

16 JuneFormosaGovernorVice Governor

15 provincial deputies

Gildo Insfrán - Eber Wilson Solís(Justicialist Party)

(70,66 %)

Adrián Bogado - Iván Nicolás Kaluk(Formosan Broad Front)

(28,89 %)

San LuisGovernorVice Governor

21 provincial deputies

5 provincial senators

Alberto Rodríguez Saá - Eduardo Mones Ruiz(Justicialist Unity)

(42,34 %)

Claudio Poggi - Enrique Ariel Ponce(United San Luis)

(34,54 %)

Santa FeGovernorVice Governor

50 provincial deputies

19 provincial senators

Omar Perotti - Alejandra Rodenas(Together Front)

(42,31 %)

Antonio Bonfatti - María Victoria Tejeda(Progressive, Civic and Social Front)

(37,91 %)

Tierra del FuegoGovernorVice Governor

15 provincial deputies

Gustavo Melella - Mónica Urquiza(FORJA)

(55,03 %)

Rosana Bertone - Juan Carlos Arcando(Fueguin Unity)

(40,86 %)

11 AugustSanta CruzGovernorVice Governor

24 provincial deputies

Alicia Kirchner - Eugenio Quiroga (Santacruzean Accord)

(58,59%)

Eduardo Costa - Liliana Andrade (To get out ahead)

(32,03%)

29 SeptemberMendozaGovernorVice Governor

24 provincial deputies

19 provincial senators

Rodolfo Suárez - Mario Abed (Change Mendoza)

(51,63%)

Anabel Fernández Sagasti - Jorge Tanus (Choose Mendoza)

(36,21%)

13 OctoberChacoGovernorVice Governor

16 provincial deputies

Jorge Capitanich - Analía Rach Quiroga (Chaqueño Front)

(49,32%)

Carim Peche - Roy Nikisch (We Are All Chaco)

(31,40%)

27 OctoberBuenos Aires(in detail)GovernorVice Governor

46 provincial deputies

23 provincial senators

Axel Kicillof - Verónica Magario(Everyone's Front)

(52,28%)

María Eugenia Vidal - Daniel Salvador (Together for Change)

(38,39%)

CatamarcaGovernorVice Governor

20 provincial deputies

8 provincial senators

Raúl Jalil - Rubén Dusso (Everyone's Front)

(60,40%)

Roberto Gómez - Lía Quiroga (Together for Change)

(33,46%)

Buenos Aires CityChief of GovernmentVice Chief of Government

30 legislators

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta - Diego Santilli (Together for Change)

(55,90%)

Matías Lammens - Gisela Marziotta (Everyone's Front)

(35,06%)

La RiojaGovernorVice Governor

18 provincial deputies

Ricardo Quintela - Florencia López(Everyone's Front)

(40,84%)

Julio Martínez - Teresita Luna (Together for La Rioja)

(27,90%)

10 NovemberSaltaGovernorVice Governor

30 provincial deputies

11 provincial senators

Gustavo Sáenz - Antonio Marocco (Sáenz Governor Front)

(53,85%)

Sergio Leavy - Emiliano Estrada (Everyone's Front)

(26,00%)

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: Argentina elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system. David Hodari. 23 October 2015. The Guardian. 3 November 2015.
  4. http://www.electoral.gov.ar/votaralos16.php Voto de los Jóvenes de 16 y 17 años0
  5. Web site: CSIS Hemisphere Focus. Regúnaga. Carlos. 22 October 2007. The Argentine Elections: Systems and Candidates. 22 April 2016. 1 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150501031702/http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/hf_v15_05.pdf. dead.
  6. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2011_B.htm Chamber of Deputies: Electoral system
  7. http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2472/ Argentine Republic: Election for Senado (Senate)
  8. News: Cierre de listas electorales: todos los candidatos para las elecciones 2019. La Nación. es. 24 June 2019.
  9. Web site: Mirá las boletas de los principales candidatos en Argentina. es. Infobae. 23 June 2019. 24 June 2019.
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  11. News: Victoria abrumadora del peronismo en las primarias argentinas. El País. González. Enric. 12 August 2019. 29 December 2020. es.
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