2001 Argentine legislative election

none Argentina 14 October 2001 yes 1999 2003 Chamber of Deputies 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 75.47% yes Justicialist Party 38.48 50 66 Alliance for Work, Justice and Education 22.71 63 35 Support for an Egalitarian Republic 9.10 New 8 Social Pole (Free Homeland (Argentina) es Corriente Patria Libre PL–PDC) Free Homeland (Argentina) 4.12 New 4 United Left 3.63 0 1 Federalist Unity Party 2.08 New 2 Union Front for Buenos Aires (PJ+AR) Justicialist Party 1.09 New 2 Self-determination and Freedom 0.95 New 2 Democratic Party 0.89 2 1 Democratic Progressive Party 0.77 1 1 Republican Force 0.72 2 1 Salta Renewal Party 0.66 New 1 FISCAL 0.52 New 1 Neuquén People's Movement 0.43 1 2 yes Senate 1998 2003 All 72 seats in the Senate 75.49% yes Justicialist Party 38.96 39 42 Alliance for Work, Justice and Education 23.45 24 26 Republican Force 0.68 1 1 Salta Renewal Party 0.65 1 1 Neuquén People's Movement 0.42 2 2 Legislative elections were held 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. Nearly a quarter of the votes in the election were blank or spoiled ballots, expressing disillusionment with Argentine politicians.2002 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/17176 Journal of Democracy 13 1 180–183 10.1353/jod.2002.0006 subscription 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 an 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. Results Chamber of Deputies Won Total File:Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 2001.svg Justicialist Party 5499353 66 117 Alliance for Work, Justice and Education 3244891 35 97 Support for an Egalitarian Republic 1300438 8 8 Social Pole (Free Homeland (Argentina) es Corriente Patria Libre PL–PDC) 588424 4 4 United Left 518314 1 1 Humanist Party 384248 0 0 Federalist Unity Party 296804 2 3 Union of the Democratic Centre 287976 0 0 Workers' Party–Movimiento al Socialismo 243784 0 0 Action for the Republic 160832 0 9 Union Front for Buenos Aires (PJ+AR)1 seat for Justicialist Party and 1 seat for Action for the Republic. 156104 2 2 Self-determination and Freedom 135361 2 2 Democratic Party 126769 1 2 Democratic Progressive Party 109796 1 3 Socialist Workers' Party 105836 0 0 Neighborhood Action Movement 104427 0 0 Republican Force 103447 1 2 Salta Renewal Party 95001 1 2 Christian Democratic Party 81092 0 0 Front of Social Integration for a Change in Freedom 74002 1 1 Neuquén People's Movement 60852 2 3 People's Reconstruction Party 53580 0 0 Retirees in Action 53026 0 0 Corrientes Civic and Social Front 44954 0 1 Popular Renewal Front 42548 0 0 Movement for Dignity and Independence 45218 0 0 Constitutional Nationalist Party 34275 0 0 Integration and Development Movement 31134 0 0 Labor Party 30767 0 0 United People's Front 24016 0 0 Chubut Action Party es Partido Acción Chubutense 21891 0 0 Popular Movement for the Reconquest 20951 0 0 Buenos Aires Popular Movement 20741 0 0 Popular Action Movement 20312 0 0 Native Action 19506 0 0 Development and Justice Party 17193 0 0 Change Córdoba 15725 0 0 For a New Jujuy 14676 0 0 Civic Renewal Movement 13292 0 0 Río Negro Provincial Party es Partido Provincial Rionegrino 11891 0 0 People's Patagonian Movement es Movimiento Patagónico Popular 11589 0 0 Liberation Front 10788 0 0 Independent Democratic Movement 9659 0 0 Santa Cruz Federal Movement 6822 0 0 Social Democratic Party 6760 0 0 Memory and Participation 6432 0 0 Middle Generation Party 6395 0 0 Fuegian People's Movement 4660 0 0 Fuegian Federal Party 4433 0 0 United People 3331 0 0 Provincial Civic Action 2891 0 0 New Leadership 2811 0 0 New Front 90 0 0 2022587 2486296 24907838 Senate File:Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 2001 (Senado).svg 2001-03 2001-05 2001-07 Total Justicialist Party 5668523 14 16 12 42 Alliance for Work, Justice and Education 3412195 9 8 9 26 Support for an Egalitarian Republic 1304735 0 0 0 0 Social Pole (Free Homeland (Argentina) es Corriente Patria Libre PL–PDC) 630309 0 0 0 0 United Left 499932 0 0 0 0 Humanist Party 376376 0 0 0 0 Federalist Unity Party 321768 0 0 0 0 Union of the Democratic Centre 306365 0 0 0 0 Workers' Party–Movimiento al Socialismo 237670 0 0 0 0 Action for the Republic 159611 0 0 0 0 Union Front for Buenos Aires (PJ+AR) 150291 0 0 0 0 Democratic Party 127343 0 0 0 0 Socialist Workers' Party 105757 0 0 0 0 Democratic Progressive Party 104411 0 0 0 0 Republican Force 99408 1 0 0 1 Salta Renewal Party 94423 0 0 1 1 Self-determination and Freedom 92647 0 0 0 0 Front of Social Integration for a Change in Freedom 87354 0 0 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 67149 0 0 0 0 Neuquén People's Movement 61613 0 0 2 2 People's Reconstruction Party 53140 0 0 0 0 Retirees in Action 51975 0 0 0 0 Corrientes Civic and Social Front 46202 0 0 0 0 Movement for Dignity and Independence 44781 0 0 0 0 Popular Renewal Front 43349 0 0 0 0 Integration and Development Movement 35520 0 0 0 0 Labor Party 30634 0 0 0 0 Constitutional Nationalist Party 29294 0 0 0 0 Chubut Action Party es Partido Acción Chubutense 22379 0 0 0 0 Popular Action Movement 21146 0 0 0 0 Popular Movement for the Reconquest 21030 0 0 0 0 Buenos Aires Popular Movement 20793 0 0 0 0 Native Action 20333 0 0 0 0 United People's Front 19646 0 0 0 0 Development and Justice Party 18183 0 0 0 0 Social Progress Party 17348 0 0 0 0 For a New Jujuy 15871 0 0 0 0 Change Córdoba 15501 0 0 0 0 Popular Front 12896 0 0 0 0 Civic Renewal Movement 12518 0 0 0 0 Río Negro Provincial Party es Partido Provincial Rionegrino 11771 0 0 0 0 People's Patagonian Movement es Movimiento Patagónico Popular 11547 0 0 0 0 Liberation Front 10464 0 0 0 0 Independent Democratic Movement 10343 0 0 0 0 Santa Cruz Federal Movement 8514 0 0 0 0 Memory and Participation 6582 0 0 0 0 Social Democratic Party 6462 0 0 0 0 Fuegian Federal Party 6330 0 0 0 0 Middle Generation Party 6192 0 0 0 0 United People 3246 0 0 0 0 Provincial Civic Action 3182 0 0 0 0 New Leadership 2764 0 0 0 0 Fuegian People's Movement 2757 0 0 0 0 New Front 93 0 0 0 0 1732861 2519441 24907838 Notes References https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados2001.html#/ Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 - Diputados Nacionales Dirección Nacional Electoral https://web.archive.org/web/20220626141612/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados2001.html 26 June 2022 https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/senadores2001.html#/ Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 - Senadores Nacionales Dirección Nacional Electoral https://web.archive.org/web/20220626143103/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/senadores2001.html#/ 26 June 2022 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/BsAsTotDistr2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO BUENOS AIRES Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902190507/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/BsAsTotDistr2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/capfed2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CAPITAL FEDERAL Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902194549/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/capfed2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/catamarca2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CATAMARCA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902194927/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/catamarca2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Chaco2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CHACO Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902193410/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Chaco2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Chubut2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CHUBUT Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902182424/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Chubut2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/CORDOBA2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CÓRDOBA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902193713/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/CORDOBA2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Corrientes2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CORRIENTES Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902192514/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Corrientes2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 https://elecciones.corrientes.gob.ar/files/TotalProv_01.pdf Escrutinio Definitivo 2001 Provincia de Corrientes - Datos Históricos Elecciones PDF http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/ERIOS2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO ENTRE RÍOS Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902184243/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/ERIOS2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Formosa2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO FORMOSA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902190632/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Formosa2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/JUJUY2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO JUJUY Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902182504/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/JUJUY2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/LPampa2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO LA PAMPA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902183035/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/LPampa2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/larioja2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO LA RIOJA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902193430/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/larioja2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/mendoza2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO MENDOZA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902192305/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/mendoza2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/MISIONES2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO MISIONES Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902192639/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/MISIONES2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/neuquen2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO NEUQUÉN Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902192050/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/neuquen2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/RIONEGRO2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO RÍO NEGRO Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902183317/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/RIONEGRO2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/salta2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO SALTA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902183817/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/salta2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/sanjuan2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO SAN JUAN Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902193758/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/sanjuan2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/SLuis2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO SAN LUIS Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902185331/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/SLuis2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/scruz2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO SANTA CRUZ Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902193403/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/scruz2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Santafe2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO SANTA FE Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902185714/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Santafe2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/SEstero2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902192037/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/SEstero2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/tfuego2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO TIERRA DEL FUEGO Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902195014/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/tfuego2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Tucuman2001.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO TUCUMÁN Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902190233/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2001/Tucuman2001.pdf PDF 2 September 2011 Category:Legislative elections in Argentina Argentina Legislative Argentina