Recent elections

         Presidential, Parliamentary and Federal Election

                                        28th October, 2007

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Description of Electoral System:

(Courtesy of IFES election guide, Argentina’s Constitution and Argentinean Electoral Code)                                  

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4 year term. In the Senate (Senado de la Nación) 72 members are elected by direct vote. In the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) 257 members are elected by direct vote. One-third of the members are elected every two years to serve a six-year term. Half of the members are elected every two years to serve a four-year term.The type of the electoral system  is a proportional representation.

Presidential elections are done with a unique ballot (boleta única) with a direct vote. The candidate that obtains 45% or more of the valid votes, or 40% with a distance of 10% of the following one, will win the election. In the second round, it will be simple majority. For the election of deputies they use the D´hondt method and for the elections of the senators the majority system with incomplete list.

The elections are organized by the Executive Brunch (Dirección Nacional Electoral- National Electoral Direction) but controlled and watched over by an independent organ (Cámara Nacional Electoral – Electoral National Chamber).

The CNE (Electoral National Chamber) is part of electoral national justice and is composed by 24 federal courts of First instance with competition in each one of the electoral districts of the country (23 provinces and City of Buenos Aires).

The Juntas Electorales Nacionales (JEN) are temporal organs of administrative nature that are constituted 60 days before each election and are in charge of  solving administrative questions of the elections, operations of definitive scrutiny, validating an election and proclaiming  the elected candidates.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Recent elections

(Courtesy of the National Electoral Direction- Dirección Nacional Electoral )

Corrientes

30th September, 2007

In the province of Corrientes, the Elections for Provincial Legislative Senates and Deputies was held.

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Cordova| Santa Fe

2th September, 2007

In the Provinces of Santa Fe and Cordova, the elections for governor and vice-governor have been realized.

See more about the provinces elections in Argentina:

• Cordova federal elections here

• Santa Fe federal elections here

Cordova Polemic Electoral Results

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Santa Fe Electoral Results

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Chaco | Chubut

16th September, 2007

In the provinces of Chaco and Chubut elections for governor and vice-governor held. Also, they where elected Senates and Deputies of the Province Legislative.

See more about the electoral process and electoral results for Chaco and Chubut.

On October 28th of 2007, presidential and legislative elections will be realized in Argentina. In addition, each district will be elect members of the Lower House (the Argentine Chamber of Deputies) roughly proportional to their population. Eight districts (Tierra del Fuego, Entre Rios, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Salta, Río Negro, Neuquén and Buenos Aires City) will also elect members to the Upper House of Congress (the Argentine Senate); as usual, three senators will be elected (two for the majority, one for the first minority).

Also, in that date Governors will be elected in Catamarca, La Rioja and San Luis, Córdoba, Tucumán and Tierra del Fuego, Buenos Aires  and Río Negro, Santa Fe, Jujuy, Buenos Aires Province, Chaco, Corrientes, Neuquén, Misiones and Santa Cruz, San Juan, Mendoza, La Pampa and Formosa, Chubut, Salta and Entre Rios.

In most provinces, the presidential and legislative elections will be conducted in parallel with the local ones, whereby a number of municipalities will elect councillors (concejales) and in some cases also a mayor. Some provincial election, such as Tucumán, will hold municipal elections on other dates in the year.                                                                      

The upcoming elections in Argentina will take place in the following dates of 2007:

September:

16th The provinces of Chaco and Chubut will elect a governor and a vice-governor each one.  Also, those provinces will elect 16 and 27 province deputies respectively. In the national order, the province of Chaco will be elect 3 national senators and 3 national deputies, the province of Chubut will elect 3 national senators and 3 national deputies.

30th The province of Corrientes will elect 13 province deputies and 5 province senators.

October:

28^Th Will take place Presidential, Parliamentary and Senate Elections.

28^Th Will take place the Federal Elections. The provinces of Buenos Aires, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Santa Cruz and Salta elect a governor and vice-governor.  In the case of the province of Buenos Aires, they will elect 46 province deputies and 23 province senators. The province of Formosa will elect 15 province deputies. In Jujuy they also will elect 24 province deputies and in La Pampa 26 province deputies.  In the province of Mendoza they will elect 24 province deputies and 19 province senators. In the case of Misiones and Santa Cruz they will elect 20 and 24 deputies respectively. And finally for Salta, the election will be for elect 30 deputies and 11 senators.

In the national order, the province of Buenos Aires will elect 35 national deputies and the province of Formosa 3 national deputies. For the case of the province of Jujuy they elect 3 national deputies. The province of La Pampa elects 2 national deputies. In the same line, the province of Mendoza will elect 5 national deputies, also the province of Misiones will elect 4 national deputies. For the case of Salta, they will elect 3 national senators and 4 national deputies. In the province of Santa Cruz they will elect 2 national deputies. Also in the province of Santiago del Estero will elect 3 national senators and 2 national deputies.

November:

25^Th Second Round Election

Other important Information

(Courtesy of the National Electoral Direction- Dirección Nacional Electoral )

Following the Argentina’s electoral calendar, next we present the most important activities to be made during the electoral process to the date in an electoral chronogram of 2007.

On September 8^th will finish the term for the registry of candidates and the lists. On September 26^Th the campaign by mass media will begun. In September 28^th this register will be of public access and distributed.

Also, on October 21^Th all acts related to publicity of political authorities are restricted. The election´s day is in October 28^Th. In addition, in November 9^Th the term for the scrutiny in the provincial bodies finalizes. If the case occurs, on November 25^th the second round election will be take place.