Presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina 2019

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Alberto Ángel Fernández, winner of the 2019 presidential election

The presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina took place on October 27, 2019. The president and vice-president of Argentina ( presidential election ) and 130 of the 257 MPs in the Argentine lower house ( Cámara de Diputados ) and 24 of the 72 senators ( Senado ) ( parliamentary elections ) were elected.

background

In the previous presidential elections in 2015 , Mauricio Macri ( PRO ) won the first time after the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, a candidate who belonged neither to the Judicialist Party ( PJ; Peronists ) nor to the Unión Cívica Radical , even if he had entered into the Cambiemos alliance with the latter . Domestically, the government was under pressure ahead of the presidential elections: gross domestic product had shrunk several times in recent years (2016 and 2018) and inflation reached almost 50% in 2018. The critical economic situation was accompanied by massive social protests against the government in 2019.

Presidential election

Election mode

In primaries (the so-called PASO : primarias, abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias = open, simultaneous, mandatory primaries) on August 11, 2019, the candidates for the presidential election were elected, provided they received 1.5% of the vote. The electoral formula consisting of the presidential and vice-presidential candidate stood for election.

In order to prevail in the decisive presidential election on October 27, 2019, the winner needs a relative majority of 45% of the vote or a relative majority of 40% of the vote if the second-placed candidate receives at least ten percentage points less. If no candidate achieves the required quorum in the first round, a runoff election will take place between the two winners.

Voting is compulsory for voters between 18 and 70 years of age registered in Argentina. This does not exist for older people and voters between 16 and 18 years of age.

According to the constitution, incumbent Mauricio Macri was able to run for a second term.

Candidates

The following candidates stood for the primaries:

Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate Party
electoral alliance 		annotation
Presidente Macri en el Sillon de Rivadavia (cropped) .jpg Maurico Macri M. Pichetto.jpg Miguel Ángel Pichetto Juntos por el Cambio The electoral alliance Cambiemos (“Let's change”), which was victorious in 2015 , was renamed Juntos por el Cambio (“Together for Change”) in 2019 and continues to unite the parties Propuesta Republicana , Coalición Cívica-ARI and Unión Cívica Radical . The alliance agreed on incumbent Mauricio Macri (PRO) as a candidate. New is the Peronist vice-presidential candidate Miguel Ángel Pichetto (PJ). The electoral alliance is considered conservative, liberal or neo-liberal.
AFernandez.jpg Alberto Ángel Fernández Cristina fernandez de kirchner cropped 2007-04-25.JPG Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Frente de Todos The current dominant in recent years within the judicialist party (the so-called Kirchnerismo , who with Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kircher was the presidents from 2003 to 2015) and the Frente Renovador joined the electoral alliance Frente de Todos (" Front of all " ) together. Other Peronist currents followed. Contrary to expectations, the former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner withdrew her ambitions to run for president again and ran for the Frente a Todos under Alberto Fernández as a vice-presidential candidate. A political classification of this alliance has not yet taken place. In the past, Alberto Fernández tended to be Christian-conservative, Cristina Kirchner was left-wing populist.
Lavagna01.png Roberto Lavagna Urtubey en Quinta de Olivos (cropped) .jpg Juan Manuel Urtubey Consenso Federal 2030 The electoral alliance Consenso Federal 2030 is led by the electoral formula of the former PJ member and Minister of Economics under Eduardo Duhalde and Néstor Kirchner, Roberto Lavagna.
Jose Luis Espert en TN.png José Luis Espert Luis Rosales Frente Despertar The Frente Despertar competed with José Luis Espert and Luis Rosales. She advocates a liberal policy.
Nicolás del Caño.png Nicolás del Caño Romina del Plá.png Romina del Plá Frente de Izquierda y de Trabajadores Unidad The alliance, made up of left and socialist parties, entered into with the election formula Nicolás del Caño / Romina del Plá.
BiondiniEnSalto.png Alejandro Biondini Enrique Venturino Frente Patriota The nationalist Frente Patriota started with the formula Alejandro Biondini / Enrique Venturino.
Manuela Castañeira (cropped) .jpg Manuela Castañeira Eduardo Mulhall New Movimento al Socialismo (MAS) The Nuevo Movimiento al Socialismo started with the formula Manuela Castañeira / Eduardo Mullhal.
Juan José Gómez Centurión (cropped) .jpg Juan José Gómez Centurión Cynthia Hotton.jpg Cynthia Hotton Nos The electoral alliance Nos entered with the formula Juan José Gómez Centurión / Cynthia Hotton.
José Antonio Romero Feris (cropped) .jpg José Romero Feris Guillermo Sueldo Partido Autonomista Nacional José Romero Feris and Guillermo Sueldo competed for the Partido Autonomista Nacional party .
Raúl Albarracín Sergio Pastore Movimiento de Acción Vecinal Raúl Albarracín and Sergio Pastore competed for the Movimiento de Acción Vecinal party .

Forecasts

The first forecasts after the announcement of the candidate lists at the end of June 2019 saw a duel between challenger Fernández (32% - 40%) and incumbent Macri (29% - 36%). No clear favorite could be named for a possible runoff between these two candidates before the primaries. The other candidates were far behind.

Results

Primaries

In the primary elections (PASO) on August 11, 2019, the ten voting formulas received the following proportions of votes. Any formulas that received more than 1.5% of the vote were eligible for the presidential election on October 27th.

Election formula Party / electoral alliance %
president Vice President
Alberto Fernández Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Frente de Todos 47.65
Mauricio Macri Miguel Ángel Pichetto Juntos por el Cambio 32.08
Roberto Lavagna Juan Manuel Urtubey Consenso Federal 2030 8.22
Nicolás del Caño Romina Del Plá Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores 2.86
Juan José Gómez Centurión Cynthia Hotton Front NOS 2.63
José Luis Espert Luis Rosales Unite por la Libertad y la Dignidad 2.18
Manuela Castañeira Eduardo Mulhall Movimiento al Socialismo 0.71
Alejandro Biondini Enrique Venturino Frente Patriota 0.24
Raúl Albarracín Sergio Pastore Movimiento de Acción Vecinal 0.14
José Antonio Romero Feris Guillermo Sueldo Partido Autonomista Nacional 0.13

Presidential election

Interim result announced on October 28, 2019 after the counting of 97.13% of the votes cast. The turnout was 80.86%:

Election formula Party or electoral alliance be right %
President Vice President
Alberto Fernández Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Frente de Todos 12.473.709 48.10%
Mauricio Macri Miguel Ángel Pichetto Juntos por el Cambio 10,470,607 40.37%
Roberto Lavagna Juan Manuel Urtubey Federal Consensus 1,599,707 6.16%
Nicolás del Caño Romina Del Plá Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores 561.214 2.16%
Juan José Gómez Centurión Cynthia Hotton Front NOS 443.507 1.71%
José Luis Espert Luis Rosales Unite por la Libertad y la Dignidad 382.820 1.47%

Fernández took office on December 10, 2019.

Parliamentary elections

Elections to the Cámara de Diputados

On October 27, 130 of the 257 MPs in the Argentine House of Commons ( Cámara de Diputados ) were elected. The elections took place in all provinces. The Judicialist Party (PJ) also emerged victorious from these elections and won 68 seats (+ 0), Cambiemos won 56 seats (+ 9), and other groups got 6 seats (- 9).

Elections to the Senado

On October 27, 24 of the 72 senators were elected. The elections took place in the following eight provinces:  Ciudad de Buenos Aires , Chaco , Entre Ríos , Neuquén , Río Negro , Salta , Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego . Each province sends 3 senators, with the winning party receiving two seats and the second-placed party receiving one seat. The winner of the election was the Judicialist Party (PJ) with 15 seats (+ 3), followed by Cambiemos with 8 seats (+ 0). Other parties got a seat (-3).

See also

Web links

Commons : Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Argentina 2019  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

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