Argentine legislative election, 2001

October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)

127 of the 257 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 129 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	75.6%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Justicialist	Alliance	ARI
Last election	101	126	new party
Seats won	121	80	16
Seat change	20	46	new party
Popular vote	5,267,136	3,250,396	1,014,470
Percentage	37.4%	23.1%	7.2%

An Argentine legislative election took place on Sunday, 14 October 2001 to elect 127 of the 257 seats in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, and all 72 seats in the Argentine Senate. The elections were held during the second year of the administration of President Fernando de la Rúa. Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held using staggered elections, with only 127 of the 257 seats in that chamber being up for grabs.

In the event, the opposition Justicialist Party took control of both chambers of the legislature, severely limiting the power of the administration of De la Rúa. His government was supported by the Radical Civic Union, the Broad Front and the Front for a Country in Solidarity, who contested the election jointly under the banner of the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education.

The Argentine Senate faced its first elections since 1995, and in accordance with an agreement crafted following the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution, all 72 seats would be renewed, and three classes of senators elected in 2001 would serve for two, four, or six-years in their first term afterwards. Senators, save for the City of Buenos Aires, had previously been elected by their respective provincial legislatures, but would now be popularly elected.

Background

In 1999, Fernando de la Rúa had been elected President of Argentina in that year's elections. De la Rúa had inherited an economy in recession, and in the midst of a economic crisis. In the end, the 2001 legislative elections were seen as a rebuke for De la Rúa and his handling of the crisis, which was at that point in its fourth year. The Justicialist Party, which had suffered a defeat in 1999, staged a comeback in this election, benefiting from its role as the principal opposition party. Elections in Argentina are compulsory, meaning that those who fail to turn out potentially could face a fine or other punishment. Despite this, roughly a quarter (24.4%) of Argentines eligible to vote, chose to stay at home. The blank votes additionally made up a major share of all votes cast.^[1]

Results

Summary of the 14 October 2001 legislative election
Parties		Votes		Seats
		#	%	Elected	Not up	Total
		#	%	Elected	Not up	#	±
	Justicialist Party	5,267,136	37.4	66	55	121 / 257	20
	Alliance for Work, Justice and Education	3,250,396	23.1	35	45	80 / 257	46
	Argentines for a Republic of Equals	1,014,470	7.2	8	8	16 / 257	?
	Social Pole	578,554	4.1	4	0	4 / 257	?
	United Left	515,335	3.7	1	0	1 / 257	?
	Union of the Democratic Center	419,732	3.0	0	0	0 / 257	?
	Humanist Party	372,799	2.7	0	0	0 / 257	?
	Federalist Unity Party	286,708	2.0	2	0	2 / 257	?
	Action for the Republic	173,455	1.3	2	0	2 / 257	?
	Parties with less than 1.0% of the vote	2,183,882	15.5	9	22	31 / 257	?
Totals (Turnout 75.6%)^[2]		14,062,467	100.0	127	130	257 / 257	0

References

Elections and referendums in Argentina

Presidential elections	1854 1860 1862 1868 1874 1880 1886 1892 1898 1904 1910 1916 1922 1928 1931 1937 1946 1951 1958 1963 1973 (Mar) 1973 (Sep) 1983 1989 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Parliamentary elections	1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1946 1948 (Mar) 1948 (Dec) 1951 1954 1957 1958 1960 1962 1963 1965 1973 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1994 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

Provincial elections	1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1936 1937 1938 1940 1942 1946 1948 1951 1954 1957 1958 1960 1962 1963 1965 1973 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2019

Referendums	1984

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.