Parliamentary elections in Argentina 2009
The parliamentary elections in Argentina in 2009 took place on June 28th of that year.
Half of the seats in the House of Representatives (128 of 256 seats) and a third of the seats in the Senate (24 of 72 seats) were renewed. While the House of Representatives elections were held nationwide and at the same time, the Senate elections were only held in eight provinces, which completely renewed their Senate seats according to a rotating pattern determined by lot in 2001.
The elections had been brought forward by the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner government from the third week of October to June 28, cited as the reason for the financial crisis from 2007 , which also affected Argentina. The country should not be affected by a long, sprawling election campaign, said Fernández de Kirchner. The two chambers of Congress had approved the move.
initial situation
The congress in its composition between 2007 and 2009 was determined by the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) Fernández de Kirchners, which, if one counts all allies of the broad alliance, constituted an absolute majority. However, over the course of 2008 and 2009, some of the former allies turned to the opposition.
Election campaign
The election campaign was mainly characterized by clashes between the ruling Peronists of the FPV and the two strongest opposition blocs: the Propuesta Republicana (conservative-liberal), which under the abbreviation Union Pro together with part of the right wing of the Peronists, the Unión Celeste y Blanco under the leadership of Francisco de Narváez , and the Acuerdo Cívico y Social , an alliance of ARI , socialists and UCR . There was only very limited cooperation between the two blocks.
Result
The ruling electoral alliance FPV suffered heavy losses in the election. From a starting value of 45 percent in 2007, it fell to 31 percent in 2009 and thus remained only just the strongest force. The election results are not completely comparable, however, as some regional divisions of the PJ that were previously allied with the FPV joined the opposition bloc Unión-PRO and the dissident PJ in 2009. In 2007, the FPV also benefited from the support of some regional divisions of the UCR, which in 2009 again positioned themselves as clearly oppositional.
Chamber of Deputies
| Party / electoral alliance | Result in% |
|---|---|
| Frente para la Victoria | 31.2 |
| Acuerdo Cívico y Social (UCR, ARI, PS ) | 30.7 |
| Unión-PRO | 18.7 |
| Dissident PJ (except Unión Celeste y Blanco) | 8.0 |
| Other center-left parties | 5.2 |
| Left parties | 1.7 |
| Other | 4.5 |
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Seats in the Chamber of Deputies A total of 257 seats |
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| block | Total before 2009 | To be renewed in 2009 | Re-elected in 2009 | Total from 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frente para la Victoria - PJ | 116 | 60 | 31 | 87 |
| Unión Cívica Radical | 30th | 12 | 25th | 43 |
| Coalición Cívica | 18th | 3 | 4th | 19th |
| Partido Socialista | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6th |
| Propuesta Republicana Unión Celeste y Blanco |
9 4 |
5 2 |
7 0 |
11 2 |
| Solidaridad e Igualdad (SI) - Proyecto Progresista Proyecto Sur |
9 1 |
6 0 |
0 4 |
3 5 |
| Nuevo Encuentro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Source: Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress | ||||
senate
| Results in the Senate | ||
|---|---|---|
| Political party | Changes in 2009 | Total seats |
| Frente para la Victoria | −4 | 36 |
| Acuerdo Cívico y Social | +7 | 23 |
| Unión-Pro | 0 | 7th |
| other PJ groupings | 0 | 2 |
| Others | −4 | 23 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cristina oficializó el adelantamiento de las elecciones , perfil.com , March 13, 2009
- ↑ a b National election results , according to clarin.com , June 30, 2009
- ^ Alliance between Propuesta Republicana and the PJ spin-off Unión Celeste y Blanco of the Province of Buenos Aires
- ↑ a b c The UCR, the Coalición Cívica and the Partido Socialista presented themselves in some districts as part of the electoral alliance Acuerdo Cívico y Social , in others they competed separately.
- ↑ Incorporated into Unión Pro .
