Presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina 2011
The 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections in Argentina took place on October 23 of that year. The president and vice-president were elected and, for the National Congress, half of the deputies and a third of the senators (three each in eight provinces ). For the first time, mandatory primaries were held in advance for all parties at the same time .
The incumbent President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won in the first ballot ; it received almost 54 percent of the votes cast. She was the first head of state in Latin America to be confirmed in office. Its center-left alliance Frente para la Victoria (FPV), which includes the left wing of the Peronists and several small parties, was also strengthened in Congress .
initial situation
The ruling FPV, to which the President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the left wing of the Partido Justicialista belong, suffered significant losses in the elections in June 2009 and, especially after the conflict with the agricultural associations in 2008 and further scandals, also lost its popularity, but remained the strongest Force in Congress. After the death of Néstor Kirchner in October 2010, surveys showed that the incumbent was very popular.
The FPV majority in Congress reformed the electoral law in 2009, including tightening the entry requirements for small parties to elections. According to the government, this should reduce the large number of parties in the country (over 700) and promote mergers at both provincial and federal levels. Oppositionists criticized that this would strengthen the Peronist Fernández de Kirchner party and the other traditional party, the Unión Cívica Radical , that Argentina was on the way to a de facto two-party system, and that the reform was passed rashly. After the reform, the number of nationally recognized parties was reduced to 37. Another important innovation was the general primaries , modeled on the province of Santa Fe , which take place two months before the election.
Before the primaries there had been numerous rifts in the opposition. Most of the candidates ran in the end for small parties or electoral alliances, only Carrió and the little-known politicians José Bonacci and Sergio Pastore for their actual party.
Primaries
The primaries covered both the presidential candidates and the provincial lists for Congress. They took place on August 14th and were compulsory for all eligible voters . According to the interpretation of the federal judge María Romilda Servini de Cubría, those who did not vote in the area code and did not officially excuse their non-participation (e.g. because of illness or a stay more than 500 kilometers from the voting location) should be excluded from the electoral roll in the actual election become.
At the end of the registration period on June 25, 2011, each party or alliance had entered exactly one candidate for the office of president. In contrast, there was some competition among the candidates for Congress, with competing lists running in many provinces, of which only the strongest was eligible to participate in the actual election in October. According to the new electoral laws, all candidates who can collect less than 1.5% of the votes were eliminated after this primary election, which is why the field of candidates was expected to be thinned out.
The area code was clearly won by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner , who received around 50% of the valid votes. Ricardo Alfonsín and Eduardo Duhalde each followed with around 12%, Hermes Binner with 10% and Alberto Rodríguez Saá with 8%. Elisa Carrió was only able to achieve a fraction of her share of the vote from 2007 (23%) with around 3%. While the lesser-known candidate Jorge Altamira surprisingly surmounted the threshold of 1.5%, the three candidates Alcira Argumedo , Sergio Pastore and José Bonacci failed , who were eliminated from the field. The turnout of over 78% was above expectations.
- Result of the primaries (President and Vice President)
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Presidential election
Candidates
Candidates for the presidential elections (in alphabetical order):
Candidate president | Candidate Vice President | Party alliance |
Remarks |
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Ricardo Alfonsin |
Javier González Fraga |
Unión Cívica Radical Unión para el Desarrollo Social |
The congressman and son of the former president Raúl Alfonsín was considered one of the most promising opposition candidates. He allied himself in advance with the right-wing peronist Francisco De Narváez . |
Jorge Altamira |
Christian Castillo |
Partido Obrero Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores |
The Trotskyist socialist had run for office in 1989, 1995, 1999 and 2003, but never received more than 1% of the vote. He was not given any chance of victory in advance. |
Hermes Binner |
Norma Morandini |
Partido Socialista Frente Amplio Progresista |
The governor of the economically important province of Santa Fe had negotiated a collaboration and a common formula with Ricardo Alfonsín at the beginning of 2011 , but after Alfonsín's collaboration with Francisco de Narváez, he terminated the collaboration and entered into an alliance with several left regional parties. |
Elisa Carrió |
Adrián Pérez |
Coalición Cívica ARI Coalición Cívica |
Carrió had already run as a candidate twice (2003 and 2007) and in 2007 came second. Nevertheless, in 2011 she was given little chance, and in surveys she was in one of the last places. |
Eduardo Duhalde |
Mario Das Neves |
Partido Justicialista , Unión Popular Frente Popular |
The Peronist led Argentina through the 2001/02 economic crisis as president. Originally he was supposed to run as the official candidate of the Peronismo Federal , the right wing of the PJ, but he rejected the post with the other aspirant, Alberto Rodríguez Saá, and ultimately stood for the small party Unión Popular . |
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
Amado Boudou |
Partido Justicialista Frente para la Victoria |
The incumbent president announced her candidacy in June. Since the death of her husband Néstor Kirchner, she has been a big favorite to win the election in the first round. Should a runoff election be necessary, the opposition candidate was given opportunities because of the polarized public opinion. |
Alberto Rodríguez Saá |
José María Vernet |
Partido Justicialista Compromiso Federal |
The governor of the province of San Luis and brother of the former president Adolfo Rodríguez Saá belongs to the conservative PJ wing Peronismo Federal , which is dissident with the Kirchner government. He started in 2007. His voters are regionally strongly concentrated in the small province of San Luis and its neighboring provinces, so that he was given little chance. |
Eliminated in the area code
Candidate president | Candidate Vice President | Party alliance |
Remarks |
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Alcira Argumedo |
Jorge Cardelli |
Proyecto Sur Movimiento Proyecto Sur |
The independent candidacy of Proyecto Sur came as a surprise because the party leader, the well-known film director Fernando E. Solanas , had initially appeared as a clear ally of Hermes Binner. Disagreements about the division of the lists led to the candidacy under the umbrella of a separate electoral alliance with several small left-wing parties. The sociologist Argumedo was given little chance of winning the election. |
José Bonacci | José Villena | Partido del Campo Popular | The little-known politician stood for the right-wing nationalist Partido del Campo Popular of the province of Santa Fe, which emerged from the MODIN . |
Sergio Pastore | Gilda Rodríguez | Partido de Acción Vecinal de Córdoba | The party is mainly active in the province of Córdoba and a split from the Partido Justicialista in the province of Córdoba ( Unión por Córdoba ). According to an interview with the almost unknown politician, the Syrian - Lebanese community in Argentina is said to be behind the candidate. |
Other politicians who considered running in 2011 but ultimately turned them down were the incumbent Vice-President Julio Cobos (UCR), the Mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri ( PRO ), the UCR President Ernesto Sanz and the film director Fernando "Pino" Solanas .
Result
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Opinion polls
Despite some clear differences, the incumbent president came in first place by a large margin in all surveys. The runner-up was mostly Alfonsín, followed by Duhalde, Rodríguez Saá, Binner and Carrió before the primaries. After the primaries, the opposition's mood was shifting away from Duhalde and Alfonsín to Hermes Binner as a potential runner-up, but Fernández de Kirchner's big lead consolidated as a result of her high result.
date | Polling institute | Kirchner | Alfonsin | Duhalde | Rodríguez Saá | Carrió | Binner | Altamira |
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Oct 2010 | OPSM | 35.7% | 16% | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 2010 | Ibarómetro | 44.5% | - | 8.1% | - | - | - | - |
Nov 2010 | Poliarquía Consultores | 48% | 19% | - | - | - | - | - |
Dec 2010 | Consultora Equis | 44% | 6.1% | 5.3% | - | - | - | - |
Dec 2010 | Consultora Analogías | 42.3% | 17% | - | - | - | - | - |
Jan. 2011 | OPSM | 34% | 14% | 5% | - | - | - | - |
Jan. 2011 | Ibarómetro | 40% | 12.1% | 10.4% | - | - | - | - |
Feb 2011 | Management & Fit | 27.1% | 6.6% | 4.3% | - | - | - | - |
Apr. 2011 | CEOP | 45.9% | 10.6% | 6.8% | - | 3.3% | - | - |
Apr. 2011 | OPSM | 37.2% | 14.3% | 6.6% | - | 7.2% | - | - |
May 2011 | Ricardo Rouvier y Asociados | 49.8% | 22.3% | 6.6% | 6% | 4.8% | - | - |
May 2011 | Ibarómetro | 44.6% | 12% | - | 9% | - | - | - |
Jun. 2011 | CEOP | 48.2% | 12.8% | 7.5% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 4.3% | - |
Jun. 2011 | Management & Fit | 33.4% | 15.3% | 5.8% | 7% | 4% | 5.1% | - |
Jun. 2011 | CEOP | 49.8% | 10.5% | 9.2% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 6.5% | - |
After the general area code | ||||||||
Aug 2011 | Consultora Equis | 52.1% | 8.2% | 7.6% | 9.9% | 1.4% | 13.4% | 1.7% |
Sep 2011 | Consultora Equis | 53.1% | 9.2% | 8.3% | 10.8% | 1.0% | 16.4% | 1.2% |
Sep 2011 | Nueva Comunicación | 51.7% | 7.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% | 1.5% | 15.8% | 1.7% |
Sep 2011 | Hugo Haime y Asociados | 53.1% | 12.6% | 10.5% | 5.6% | 1.6% | 15.2% | 1.5% |
Parliamentary elections
In the parliamentary elections, half of the members of the National Congress were renewed. The provinces were each considered to be electoral districts ; in each province the lists had to register individually. Several parties compete in different alliances in different provinces.
At the same time, the three senators in each of the provinces of Buenos Aires , Formosa , Jujuy , La Rioja , Misiones , San Juan , San Luis and Santa Cruz will be renewed. The victorious party has two seats and the largest minority party has one seat; however, if the election winner gets more than twice as many votes as the runner-up, he receives all three seats.
Result
In the parliamentary elections counted at the provincial level, as is customary in Argentina, the Frente para la Victoria prevailed in most provinces. Only in the province of San Luis was an opposition party able to achieve victory , as it did in the presidential elections, Compromiso Federal . In the other provinces where the FPV did not win, the election winners were allied with the government alliance: the regional alliance Frente Renovador de la Concordia in Misiones won with both the senators and the MPs, and in Santiago del Estero the federal government won -FPV affiliated UCR-led Frente Cívico por Santiago . In La Pampa, the Humanist Party won a cooperation partner of the FPV, which had only run for the presidential election there. In La Rioja, the FPV received a majority in the election to the House of Representatives, while the Frente Popular prevailed among the senators thanks to the former president Carlos Menem , who was still popular there.
Overall, the FPV was able to expand its majority, which had shrunk after the 2009 elections.
House of Representatives after the election
The new House of Representatives is composed as follows:
block | Chairman | MPs | Orientation or Alliance |
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Frente para la Victoria - PJ | Agustín O. Rossi | 115 | Left Peronists, independent Kirchnerists ( La Cámpora and others) |
Unión Cívica Radical | Ricardo R. Gil Lavedra | 38 | radicalism |
Front Peronista | Enrique L. Thomas | 21st | Dissident Peronists, Right Peronists |
PER | Federico Pinedo | 11 | Conservatives, business liberals |
Frente Cívico por Santiago | Daniel A. Brue | 7th | Radicales K (radicals close to Kirchnerismo) |
Coalición Cívica ARI | Alfonso de Prat Gay | 6th | Social democrats |
Partido Socialista | Juan C. Zabalza | 6th | Social Democrats (Frente Amplio Progresista) |
Frente Cívico - Cordoba | Ernesto F. Martínez | 5 | Social Democrats, Centrists (Frente Amplio Progresista) |
GENE | Margarita R. Stolbizer | 5 | Social Democrats (Frente Amplio Progresista) |
Unidad Popular | Claudio R. Lozano | 5 | Social Democrats (Frente Amplio Progresista) |
Nuevo Encuentro | Martín Sabbatella | 5 | Independent Kirchnerists |
Unión Peronista | Felipe C. Solá | 3 | Right peronists |
Proyecto Sur | Fernando E. Solanas | 3 | Socialists, Social Democrats |
Movimiento Popular Neuquino | Alicia M. Comelli | 3 | Regional alliance, centrists |
Partido Justicialista La Pampa | Roberto Robledo | 2 | Peronists |
Cordoba Federal | Francisco J. Fortuna | 2 | Right peronists |
Demócrata de Mendoza | Omar B. de Marchi | 2 | Centrists |
Frente Cívico y Social de Catamarca | Mariana Veaute | 2 | radicalism |
Sole representative note 1 | - | 14th | - |
Non-attached | - | 2 | - |
Total number | - | 257 | - |
Senate after the election
Party bloc | MPs |
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Frente para la Victoria | 32 |
Unión Cívica Radical | 14th |
Frente Cívico de la Provincia de Córdoba | 2 |
Frente Cívico y Social de Catamarca | 2 |
Justicialista San Luis | 2 |
Justicialista 8 De Octubre | 2 |
Nuevo Encuentro | 2 |
Partido Justicialista La Pampa | 2 |
Sole representative note 2 | 14th |
total | 72 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b final result ( memento of the original from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at elecciones2011.gov.ar (Spanish; accessed October 24, 2011).
- ↑ Argentina: President Cristina Kirchner celebrates landslide victory at Abendblatt.de, October 24, 2011 (accessed October 24, 2011).
- ↑ A Cristina le sienta bien el negro , El País , July 3, 2011, accessed July 11, 2011
- ↑ Récord histórico: en la Argentina ya hay más de 700 partidos políticos , La Nación , February 18, 2008, accessed on July 11, 2011
- ^ Alberto Fernández: “La reforma política trata de fortalecer el bipartidismo” , Info Región, 25 November 2009
- ^ Con críticas a la Casa Rosada, la oposición cuestiona un posible retorno al bipartidismo , La Nación, October 26, 2009
- ↑ Rechazo opositor a la reforma política , La Nación, October 27, 2009
- ↑ Partidos de órden nacional y sus distritos , publication by Cámara Electoral Nacional (PDF), February 2011. Link
- ↑ Servini de Cubría advirtió que quienes no voten en las primarias no podrán hacerlo en octubre , Ámbito Financiero , 6 July 2011
- ↑ Preliminary counting of the area code from the official portal of the Argentine government Primarias 2011 ( Memento of the original from 23 August 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 15, 2011)
- ^ Official final result (PDF) of the primaries, source: Argentine Ministry of Justice. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ↑ Funes tiene candidato a presidente , Funes Justicialista, June 29, 2011
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- ↑ a b Apareció el candidato cordobés a Presidente , La Voz del Interior, July 24, 2011, accessed on July 29, 2011
- ^ Néstor Kirchner con 78 puntos de buena imagen , Página / 12 , October 30, 2010
- ↑ La muerte de Néstor Kirchner revitalizó el kirchnerismo ( Memento of the original of May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 57 kB) Ibarómetro, October 29, 2010.
- ↑ Los números de las encuestas nacionales hoy ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , El Urbano, November 26, 2010.
- ↑ Para Equis Cristina K gana en la primera vuelta, con el 44% ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ramallo Ciudad, December 23, 2010.
- ↑ Cristina Kirchner en primera vuelta ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Diario1588, December 23, 2010.
- ↑ Cristina con amplias ventajas para quedarse con la Presidencia de la Nación Informe Corrientes, January 4, 2011.
- ↑ Cristina se impone como referente para resolver problemas que preocupan a la ciudadanía ( Memento of July 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Télam, January 12, 2011.
- ↑ Cristina Fernández lidera la intención de voto en Argentina, según un sondeo , El Mundo, February 18, 2011.
- ↑ Para las encuestas, ni siquiera hay campaña , Página / 12, April 4, 2011.
- ↑ Para las encuestas, ni siquiera hay campaña Página / 12, April 4, 2011.
- ↑ Cristina alcanza el 50 por ciento de intención de voto ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Argentina.ar, May 2011.
- ↑ "Cristina alcanza el 50 por ciento de intención de voto" ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Argentina.ar, May 2011.
- ↑ Donde la oposición aún no despega Página / 12 June 2011.
- ↑ CFK decae en el primer sondeo fuerte agenciacna.com, June 14, 2011.
- ↑ Intenciones de primera vuelta Página / 12, June 26, 2011.
- ^ Binner, segundo Página / 12, August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Con una diferencia que se consolida Página / 12, September 5th 2011th
- ↑ Elecciones 2011: Cristina crece y Hermes Binner está segundo en las encuestas ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Uno Santa Fe, September 9, 2011.
- ↑ Análisis y expectativas , Página / 12, September 11, 2011.
- ↑ Final results of the 2011 elections . Website of the Argentine Ministry of the Interior (PDF; 72 kB). Retrieved January 8, 2012
- ↑ Bloques , website of the Argentine House of Representatives. Retrieved January 8, 2012
- ↑ Bloques ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Argentine Senate, accessed March 15, 2012