2009 Argentine legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Argentina for half the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a third (24) of the seats in the Senate on 28 June 2009, as well as for the legislature of the City of Buenos Aires and other municipalities.^[1][2]

2009 Argentine legislative election

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Chamber of Deputies
127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	74.35%
Party Vote % Seats +/– Social and Civic Agreement 30.21 42 +7 Front for Victory 29.89 42 −41 Federal Peronism / PRO Union 27.26 34 +24 Proyecto Sur 2.86 4 +3 New Encounter 2.12 2 +2 Neuquén People's Movement 0.40 2 +1 Fuegian Federal Party 0.06 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
24 of the 72 seats in the Senate
Turnout	74.18%
Party Vote % Seats +/– Social and Civic Agreement 45.09 14 +8 Federal Peronism / PRO Union 25.36 4 +4 Front for Victory 20.01 6 −11 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chamber of Deputies results by province

Background

The elections were due to have been held on 25 October 2009. In March 2009, the Mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, moved to bring forward the date of elections to the Buenos Aires City Legislature to June 28, saying that it would increase transparency and democratic quality.^[3] Opposition figures criticised the decision, suggesting Macri was attempting to consolidate his power in the city, and building the career of his deputy, Gabriela Michetti, expected to head the list for Macri's coalition in the election.^[4] Similar changes to the election date had been introduced in the provinces of Santa Fe and Catamarca (March 2009).^[5][6]

Despite the criticism by politicians from Government ranks that Macri had abused the process by unilaterally changing the election date, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that she too would be introducing legislation to move the date of national elections forward by four months, to June 28. Despite great debate and the defections of some Peronist legislators, the proposal passed its Congressional stages quickly and the date was successfully changed.^[2] The Government claimed it would allow politicians to leave behind campaigning priorities and focus on tackling the ongoing local effect of the international financial crisis. Equally controversial was a decision by Front for Victory leader Néstor Kirchner (the current President's husband and predecessor) to advance stand-in candidates - prominent local lawmakers (notably Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli, as well as 15 Greater Buenos Aires-area mayors) who, after the election, would be likely to cede their new seats to down-ticket names.^[7]

The elections resulted in a setback for the governing, center-left Front for Victory and its allies, which lost their absolute majorities in both houses of Congress.^[8] Former President Néstor Kirchner stood as head of his party list in the important Buenos Aires Province. Kirchner's list was defeated, however, by the center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) list headed by businessman Francisco de Narváez; the loss in Buenos Aires Province, though narrow, is significant as the province has been considered a Peronist stronghold and had helped maintain Kirchnerism as the dominant force in Argentine politics since 2003. Buenos Aires Vice Mayor Gabriela Michetti stood as head of the PRO list for the Lower House, and defeated four other prominent parties; the evening's surprise in Buenos Aires, however, was that of filmmaker Fernando Solanas' left-wing Proyecto Sur, which obtained second place.^[9][10]

The Kirchners' leading opposition on the center-left, the Civic Coalition, also made significant gains – particularly in the Senate, where they gained 7 seats. The Front for Victory had already lost 16 Lower House members and 4 Senators on the heels of the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector over a proposed rise in export tariffs. The crisis was defused by Vice President Julio Cobos' surprise, tie-breaking vote against them on July 16, 2008; but fallout from the controversy led to the President's distancing from Cobos (who successfully supported his own party list in his native Mendoza Province), a sharp drop in presidential approval ratings, and the aforementioned congressional defections. One especially successful ex-Kirchnerist was Santa Fe Province Senator Carlos Reutemann, who after the agrarian conflict formed Santa Fe Federal. His new party narrowly bested local Socialist Party leader Rubén Giustiniani, who would garner one of Santa Fe's three Senate seats.^[11] The Front for Victory retained a plurality in both houses, however (they will, with two allies, be one seat short of an absolute majority in the Senate).^[10]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Social and Civic Agreement		Social and Civic Agreement	3,049,255	15.54	23	77
			Progressive, Civic and Social Front	672,351	3.43	4
			Radical Civic Union	650,138	3.31	4
			Civic Front of Córdoba	468,918	2.39	3
			Civic Federal Front	423,022	2.16	3
			Frente de Todos	154,873	0.79	1
			Socialist Party	147,373	0.75	0
			Encuentro por Corrientes [es]	142,086	0.72	1
			Civic Coalition ARI	82,711	0.42	0
			Consensus for Development [es]	76,133	0.39	1
			Let's Change to Grow	53,209	0.27	2
			Progressive Project	5,769	0.03	0
			La Rioja Civic Front	1,070	0.01	0
		Total		5,926,908	30.21	42
	Front for Victory		Front for Victory	4,215,047	21.49	26	125
			Justicialist Party	247,385	1.26	3
			Justicialist Front	384,385	1.96	3
			Chaco Deserves More	257,147	1.31	2
			Front for the Renewal of Concord	212,621	1.08	2
			Civic Front for Santiago	194,537	0.99	3
			Integration Front	132,818	0.68	2
			Corrientes for Change Front	111,508	0.57	1
			Salta Renewal Party	32,342	0.16	0
			Union of Neuquinos – Broad Front	24,496	0.12	0
			More San Luis Vocation	24,327	0.12	0
			Union for Jujuy	6,214	0.03	0
			Broad Front (Frente Amplio)	5,900	0.03	0
			Federalist Unity Party	5,025	0.03	0
			Broad Front (Frente Grande)	4,910	0.03	0
			Life and Commitment Movement	4,138	0.02	0
			Plural Consensus	621	0.00	0
			Intransigent Party	468	0.00	0
		Total		5,863,889	29.89	42
	Federal Peronism–PRO Union		PRO Union	2,948,458	15.03	15	44
			Federal Santa Fe	673,382	3.43	4
			Republican Proposal	567,695	2.89	5
			Union for Córdoba	428,902	2.19	2
			Frente Es Posible [es]	199,153	1.02	3
			Federal Front	115,395	0.59	1
			We are All Salta	83,270	0.42	1
			Justicialist Party (La Pampa)	67,071	0.34	2
			Union for San Juan	60,796	0.31	1
			Dissident Popular Front	50,553	0.26	0
			Jujuy First Front	45,873	0.23	0
			Popular Action Movement	26,779	0.14	0
			Tucumán Labor Party	23,212	0.12	0
			Live Entre Ríos	11,677	0.06	0
			Lealtad y Dignidad [es]	11,478	0.06	0
			Union for Santiago Front	9,611	0.05	0
			Popular Action Movement	7,253	0.04	0
			Partido Es Posible [es]	6,772	0.03	0
			Proposal for Change	5,917	0.03	0
			Federal Catamarca Front	4,591	0.02	0
		Total		5,347,838	27.26	34
	Proyecto Sur		Proyecto Sur	448,711	2.29	4	5
			Authentic Socialist Party	67,280	0.34	0
			Freemen of the South Movement	44,112	0.22	0
		Total		560,103	2.86	4
	New Encounter			415,961	2.12	2	2
	Workers' Party			230,274	1.17	0	0
	Workers' Left Front		Workers' Left Front	149,994	0.76	0	0
			Socialist Workers' Party	26,524	0.14	0
			Popular Left Consensus	11,376	0.06	0
			Socialist Left	1,367	0.01	0
		Total		189,261	0.96	0
	MST–MIJD		Workers' Socialist Movement	77,170	0.39	0	0
			Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed	39,976	0.20	0
		Total		117,146	0.60	0
	Neuquén People's Movement			78,703	0.40	2	3
	Federal Movement of Retirees – Popular Movement for Reconquest			61,651	0.31	0	0
	Integration and Development Movement		Front for Change	16,699	0.09	0	0
			Unity for Change Front	16,005	0.08	0
			Hope Front	15,493	0.08	0
			Integration and Development Movement	9,582	0.05	0
		Total		57,779	0.29	0
	Dialogue for the City			57,577	0.29	0	0
	Republican Force			57,520	0.29	0	0
	PCP–UNIR–MODIN		PCP–UNIR–MODIN	37,850	0.19	0	0
			People's Countryside Party	5,573	0.03	0
			MODIN – Communal Party	3,509	0.02	0
			Federal Independent Coalition – Federal Encounter for Unity	3,192	0.02	0
			Porteño Consensus – Idear	2,589	0.01	0
		Total		117,146	0.60	0
	PH–PC		Humanist Party	16,824	0.09	0	0
			Communist Party	16,350	0.08	0
			Popular and Social Front	9,925	0.05	0
			Popular Front	3,775	0.02	0
			Popular Encounter	5,616	0.03	0
		Total		117,146	0.60	0
	People's Reconstruction Party			43,188	0.22	0	0
	Self-determination and Freedom			37,507	0.19	0	0
	Retirees in Action			29,491	0.15	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party		Christian Democratic Party	16,898	0.09	0	0
			Popular Civic Front	10,877	0.06	0
		Total		27,775	0.14	0
	New Civic Union [es]			27,561	0.14	0	0
	Call for Citizen Integration			26,079	0.13	0	0
	Autonomist Party of Corrientes			25,260	0.13	0	0
	Open Policy for Social Integrity [es]			24,448	0.12	0	0
	New People			22,307	0.11	0	0
	Encounter for Córdoba			20,114	0.10	0	0
	United People's Front			19,660	0.10	0	0
	Chubut Action Party [es]			19,088	0.10	0	0
	Renewal Party			18,633	0.09	0	0
	Alliance with Consciousness – Solidary Will			18,351	0.09	0	0
	Fuegian Federal Party			12,653	0.06	1	1
	Christians' Authentic Party			12,613	0.06	0	0
	Retirees Front			12,416	0.06	0	0
	Citizen Dignity			11,762	0.06	0	0
	Citizen Encounter			9,355	0.05	0	0
	Everybody for Neuquén			9,141	0.05	0	0
	Popular Party			8,100	0.04	0	0
	Green Initiative for Buenos Aires			8,072	0.04	0	0
	Popular Unity Movement			7,787	0.04	0	0
	Autonomist Party			7,523	0.04	0	0
	Democratic Party of Córdoba [es]			7,353	0.04	0	0
	Mendoza Deserves More			6,576	0.03	0	0
	Popular Concentration			6,397	0.03	0	0
	Independent Renewal Movement			6,392	0.03	0	0
	United Left			5,699	0.03	0	0
	Together for Mendoza			5,534	0.03	0	0
	Do for Tierra del Fuego			5,078	0.03	0	0
	Socialist Convergence			4,195	0.02	0	0
	Party for Independent Solidarity Action in Buenos Aires			4,081	0.02	0	0
	United People			3,626	0.02	0	0
	Will for Integration and Authentic Development			3,576	0.02	0	0
	Union of the Democratic Centre			3,262	0.02	0	0
	Party of the City			3,259	0.02	0	0
	Movimiento Federalista Pampeano [es]			3,205	0.02	0	0
	Social Vanguard			3,203	0.02	0	0
	New Generation			2,782	0.01	0	0
	United Provinces Movement			2,723	0.01	0	0
	Federal Party			2,578	0.01	0	0
	Social Alternative			2,567	0.01	0	0
	Fueguian People's Movement			2,242	0.01	0	0
	People's Assembly for Socialism and Freedom			1,972	0.01	0	0
	Provincial Renewal Commitment			976	0.00	0	0
	Total Space			728	0.00	0	0
Total				19,616,701	100.00	127	257
Valid votes				19,616,701	94.43
Invalid votes				352,549	1.70
Blank votes				805,090	3.88
Total votes				20,774,340	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				27,942,194	74.35
Source: DINE,[12] Ministry of the Interior[13]

Results by province

Province	ACyS			FPV			Federal Peronism/PRO			Others
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Buenos Aires	1,613,037	21.46	8	2,418,725	32.18	12	2,667,127	35.49	13	816,404	10.86	2
Buenos Aires City	391,206	21.50	3	211,277	11.61	1	572,085	31.43	5	645,339	35.46	4
Catamarca	58,758	38.96	2	50,489	33.47	1	31,370	20.80	—	10,217	6.77	—
Chaco	229,045	44.48	2	257,147	49.93	2	—	—	—	28,789	5.59	—
Chubut	59,948	25.18	—	132,818	55.80	2	—	—	—	45,272	19.02	—
Córdoba	954,014	57.09	6	151,753	9.08	1	448,544	26.84	2	116,805	6.99	—
Corrientes	296,959	68.47	2	111,508	25.71	1	—	—	—	25,260	5.82	—
Entre Ríos	268,210	40.62	3	231,899	35.12	2	125,740	19.04	—	34,406	5.21	—
Formosa	81,126	35.67	1	146,328	64.33	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jujuy	87,081	30.94	1	118,233	42.00	2	45,873	16.30	—	30,297	10.76	—
La Pampa	63,156	35.53	1	5,900	3.32	—	79,548	44.75	2	29,138	16.39	—
La Rioja	51,598	32.90	1	84,028	53.57	1	17,395	11.09	—	3,832	2.44	—
Mendoza	454,315	52.17	3	234,441	26.92	1	131,846	15.14	1	50,170	5.76	—
Misiones	51,867	11.74	—	286,104	64.76	2	81,186	18.38	1	22,653	5.13	—
Neuquén	82,224	30.82	1	59,293	22.22	—	9,457	3.54	—	115,815	43.41	2
Río Negro	163,295	58.99	1	86,957	31.41	1	—	—	—	26,566	9.60	—
Salta	23,763	4.85	—	206,625	42.14	1	198,665	40.52	2	61,229	12.49	—
San Juan	48,529	15.11	—	184,912	57.56	2	60,796	18.93	1	26,994	8.40	—
San Luis	53,539	27.66	—	30,969	16.00	—	102,149	52.76	3	6,939	3.58	—
Santa Cruz	53,209	42.57	2	51,427	41.14	1	—	—	—	20,360	16.29	—
Santa Fe	672,351	39.81	4	162,615	9.63	1	673,382	39.87	4	180,647	10.70	—
Santiago del Estero	42,623	13.66	—	243,488	78.04	3	9,611	3.08	—	16,275	5.22	—
Tierra del Fuego	14,873	24.42	—	15,844	26.01	1	—	—	—	30,197	49.57	1
Tucumán	112,182	15.56	1	381,109	52.87	3	93,064	12.91	—	134,462	18.65	—
Total	5,926,908	30.21	42	5,863,889	29.89	42	5,347,838	27.26	34	2,478,066	12.63	9

Senate

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Social and Civic Agreement		Progressive, Civic and Social Front	693,766	11.59	1	23
			Civic Front of Córdoba	512,306	8.56	2
			Radical Civic Union	488,324	8.16	2
			Civic Federal Front	422,524	7.06	2
			Social and Civic Agreement	237,904	3.97	4
			Frente de Todos	152,854	2.55	2
			Encuentro por Corrientes [es]	146,810	2.45	1
			Socialist Party – The Coalition	28,886	0.48	0
			Civic Coalition ARI	16,625	0.28	0
		Total		2,699,999	45.09	14
	Federal Peronism / PRO Union		Federal Santa Fe	724,066	12.09	2	9
			Union for Córdoba	436,940	7.30	0
			Democratic–PRO Union Front	122,907	2.05	0
			Federal PRO Union Front	71,846	1.20	0
			Justicialist Party	69,616	1.16	2
			Frente Es Posible [es]	30,320	0.51	0
			Popular Action Movement	27,125	0.45	0
			Tucumán Labor Party	24,646	0.41	0
			Partido Es Posible [es]	6,801	0.11	0
			Federal Catamarca Front	4,447	0.07	0
		Total		1,518,714	25.36	4
	Front for Victory		Front for Victory	947,878	15.83	4	39
			Integration Front	133,758	2.23	2
			Corrientes for Change Front	110,857	1.85	0
			Broad Front (Frente Amplio)	5,546	0.09	0
		Total		1,198,039	20.01	6
	Proyecto Sur		Authentic Socialist Party	50,745	0.85	0	0
			Freemen of the South Movement	13,111	0.22	0
		Total		63,856	1.07	0
	Workers' Party			59,683	1.00	0	0
	Republican Force			58,300	0.97	0	0
	Workers' Left Front		Workers' Left Front	33,430	0.56	0	0
			Socialist Workers' Party	17,522	0.29	0
		Total		50,952	0.85	0
	People's Countryside Party–UNIR–MODIN			36,655	0.61	0	0
	Workers' Socialist Movement			36,094	0.60	0	0
	Autonomist Party of Corrientes			27,855	0.47	0	0
	New People			23,840	0.40	0	0
	Open Policy for Social Integrity [es]			22,489	0.38	0	0
	Integration and Development Movement		Unity for Change Front	14,262	0.24	0	0
			Integration and Development Movement	7,613	0.13	0
		Total		21,875	0.37	0
	Encounter for Córdoba			20,329	0.34	0	0
	Chubut Action Party [es]			19,494	0.33	0	0
	United People's Front			18,865	0.32	0	0
	Alliance with Consciousness – Solidary Will			18,109	0.30	0	0
	Retirees Front			11,904	0.20	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party			11,459	0.19	0	0
	Democratic Party of Córdoba [es]			7,490	0.13	0	0
	Popular Unity Movement			7,479	0.12	0	0
	Autonomist Party			7,397	0.12	0	0
	Mendoza Deserves More			7,201	0.12	0	0
	Independent Renewal Movement			6,109	0.10	0	0
	Popular Concentration			5,957	0.10	0	0
	Together for Mendoza			5,504	0.09	0	0
	United Left			5,386	0.09	0	0
	Humanist Party			4,807	0.08	0	0
	United People			3,494	0.06	0	0
	Movimiento Federalista Pampeano [es]			3,071	0.05	0	0
	Independence Party			2,792	0.05	0	0
	Federal Party			2,492	0.04	0	0
	Neuquén People's Movement						1
Total				5,987,690	100.00	24	72
Valid votes				5,987,690	95.01
Invalid votes				123,862	1.97
Blank votes				190,510	3.02
Total votes				6,302,062	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,495,430	74.18
Source: DINE,[14] Ministry of Interior[13]

Results by province

Province	ACyS			Federal Peronism/PRO			FPV			Others
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Catamarca	58,917	38.97	2	31,572	20.88	—	50,650	33.50	1	10,037	6.64	—
Chubut	59,101	24.73	1	—	—	—	133,758	55.98	2	46,099	19.29	—
Córdoba	958,154	57.32	3	455,537	27.25	—	146,163	8.74	—	111,713	6.68	—
Corrientes	299,664	68.36	3	—	—	—	110,857	25.29	—	27,855	6.35	—
La Pampa	62,550	34.78	1	81,339	45.23	2	5,546	3.08	—	30,405	16.91	—
Mendoza	451,410	52.12	2	129,708	14.98	—	235,962	27.25	1	48,961	5.65	—
Santa Fe	693,766	40.57	1	724,066	42.34	2	132,935	7.77	—	159,488	9.33	—
Tucumán	116,437	15.92	1	96,492	13.19	—	382,168	52.25	2	136,380	18.64	—
Total	2,699,999	45.09	14	1,518,714	25.36	4	1,198,039	20.01	6	570,938	9.54	0

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