1991 Argentine legislative election

none Argentina 1989 1993 130 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 80.41% 11 August – 1 December 1991 yes Justicialist Party 40.81 60 63 Radical Civic Union 28.87 52 43 Union of the Democratic Centre 6.24 5 5 Socialist–Intransigent–Humanist 5.63 1 3 Movement for Dignity and Independence 3.45 New 3 Independent Federalist Confederation es Confederación Federalista Independiente 3.12 1 3 Republican Force 1.80 New 2 Autonomist–Liberal–PDP 1.06 2 2 Democratic Progressive Party 0.85 1 1 Neuquén People's Movement 0.51 1 1 Renewal Crusade 0.49 0 1 Blockist Party of San Juan es Partido Bloquista de San Juan Blockist Alliance 0.47 1 1 Fuegian People's Movement 0.06 New 2 Mapa de las elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 1991.png 1 Results by province Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 11 August, 8 September, 27 October and 1 December 1991, with most of the voting taking place on 8 September. Voters chose their legislators and governors with a turnout of 80%. Background Amid sudden hyperinflation and riots, Governor Carlos Menem exhorted voters in May 1989 that "following me will not disappoint you!" Elected in a landslide, his administration had a rocky start marked by an early stabilization plan that had failed by December and a series of corruption scandals surrounding his freewheeling in-laws. After a tentative stability had been achieved by the end of 1990, a new currency crisis in January 1991 led President Menem to transfer his Foreign Minister, Domingo Cavallo, to the Economics Ministry. Cavallo, an unorthodox economist remembered for having rescinded the Central Bank's hated Circular 1050 and its crushing interest rate surcharges during a stint as Central Bank President in 1982, was entrusted to bring stability to Argentina's shredded currency, the austral, and to begin the repair of Argentina's nearly non-existent relations with its foreign creditors (owed arrears on billions of debt since 1988) and the country's own sizable upper class (who held well over US$50 billion in assets abroad).National Geographic Magazine. August 1986.Todo Argentina: Carlos Menem's first term es Backed partly by a then-record US$8 billion trade surplus in 1990 and partly by the assumption that Menem's free-market policies would encourage a wave of foreign direct investment, Cavallo's Convertibility Plan tied the Argentine currency to the U.S. dollar, leading a sharp drop in local interest rates and to a recovery in local deposits, lending and the depressed economy soon after the plan's March 27, 1991, introduction. Currency stability led particularly to lower inflation, which fell from 1,350% in 1990 to 84% in 1991; prices rose 1.3% in the month of August (the best showing since 1974) and the hitherto unpopular Menem saw his approval soar. Menem's turn against time-honored Justicialist Party tenets such as the support of labor laws and the encouragement of State enterprises (policies defined in the 1940s by the party's very founder, Juan Perón), led some in his party to run on splinter Peronist tickets, which did well - but came far from seriously challenging the official party ticket.Todo Argentina: 1991 es Menem's contentious divorce from his wife of 25 years, Zulema Yoma, reports of massive corruption surrounding his in-laws and the resignation under indictment of his Public Works Minister and privatizations guru, Roberto Dromi, could not overshadow the improving economic climate among the electorate at large. The Justicialist Party's victory in the 1991 mid-term elections was not so much absolute as it was relative: the party made no inroads into their large majorities in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies or among the nation's governors; indeed, they lost 3 of their 17 governors elected in 1987. They did, however, increase their difference over the UCR, whose leader, former President Raúl Alfonsín, resigned amid scorn over the shadow his chaotic 1983–89 tenure seemed to cast over these polls. The UCR, in two upsets, wrested governorships in Catamarca and Chubut Provinces, however. The paramount Buenos Aires Province gave Vice-President Eduardo Duhalde a 2-to-1 victory over the UCR's gray eminence, former Economy Minister Juan Carlos Pugliese; in the Greater Buenos Aires area, on the other hand, one-time mutineer Col. Aldo Rico was able to translate voters' anger in the over rising illegal immigration and crime rates into an unexpected 3 seats in Congress for his far-right MODIN. These elections helped consolidate the scandal-plagued Menem's tenuous grasp on the presidency, making them (in his words) "the day Menemism was born."Notícias. 14 September 1991. Results Won Total File:Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 1991.svg Justicialist Party 6418226 63 130 Radical Civic Union 4539967 43 85 Union of the Democratic Centre 981611 5 12 Socialist–Intransigent–Humanist 885057 3 3 Movement for Dignity and Independence 543375 3 3 Independent Federalist Confederation es Confederación Federalista Independiente 490099 3 6 United Left 341864 0 1 Republican Force 282478 2 4 Autonomist–Liberal–Democratic Progressive 167276 2 3 Popular Action for Liberation 138529 0 0 Democratic Progressive Party 133188 1 2 Democratic Party 100101 0 1 Neuquén People's Movement 80648 1 2 Renewal Crusade 77425 1 2 Blockist Party of San Juan es Partido Bloquista de San Juan Blockist Alliance 74603 1 1 Workers' Party 59731 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 58830 0 0 Labor and People's Party 60232 0 0 Authentic Formosa Party 30351 0 0 Integration and Development Movement 26552 0 0 Independent Call 24089 0 0 Neighborhood Party 23075 0 0 Constitutional Nationalist Party 22073 0 0 Popular Union 17947 0 0 Corrientes Action 14089 0 0 Renewal Party of the Province 13362 0 0 Chubut Action Party es Partido Acción Chubutense 11572 0 0 Río Negro Provincial Party es Partido Provincial Rionegrino 11444 0 0 Popular Action Movement 11163 0 0 Fuegian People's Movement 9704 2 2 Patriotic Liberation Movement 7211 0 0 Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires 6375 0 0 Santa Cruz Popular Movement 6270 0 0 Three Flags Renewal Party 6059 0 0 Call for the Reunion 4654 0 0 Buenos Aires Popular Movement 4237 0 0 Democratic Movement of Participation 4178 0 0 Republican Social Party 3919 0 0 Labor Party of Tucumán 3651 0 0 Center Party 3587 0 0 White Party of Retirees es Partido Blanco de los Jubilados 3191 0 0 Popular Action 2940 0 0 Social Justice 2868 0 0 Formosa Action - Formosa Integrative Force 2596 0 0 Middle Generation Party 2493 0 0 Provincial Action Front es Frente de Acción Provinciana 2158 0 0 Democratic Party of San Luis es Partido Demócrata de San Luis Liberal Democratic Party 2019 0 0 Labor and Solidarity Front 1776 0 0 Pampa Federalist Movement es Movimiento Federalista Pampeano 1572 0 0 Free Homeland (Argentina) es Corriente Patria Libre Free Homeland 1285 0 0 Autonomist Party 1121 0 0 Provincial Popular Movement 1061 0 0 Change and Justice 952 0 0 Provincial Defence–White Flag es Defensa Provincial-Bandera Blanca 656 0 0 Independence Party 630 0 0 Loyalty and Social Justice 605 0 0 Open Call for the Bases 469 0 0 Three Flags Party 454 0 0 People's Democracy - Social Front 149 0 0 Nationalist Movement 104 0 0 834407 127323 20817039 Ministry of the Interior,https://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1991.pdf Elecciones Nacionales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO 1991 Ministry of the Interior PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143640/http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1991.pdf 30 March 2018 DINEhttps://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados1991.html#/ Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 Dirección Nacional Electoral https://web.archive.org/web/20220618190753/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados1991.html#/ 18 June 2022 References Category:Legislative elections in Argentina Argentina Legislative Category:Presidency of Carlos Menem