1993 Argentine legislative election

none Argentina 1991 1995 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 80.33% 3 October 1993 yes Justicialist Party 43.47 66 66 Radical Civic Union 30.23 42 41 Movement for Dignity and Independence 5.78 New 4 Broad Front 3.88 New 3 Union of the Democratic Centre 2.66 1 Socialist Unity 2.50 0 2 Republican Force 1.39 2 1 Democratic Progressive Party 1.32 1 Autonomist–Liberal Pact es Pacto Autonomista - Liberal 1.11 1 2 Chaco Action es Acción Chaqueña 0.77 0 1 Salta Renewal Party 0.74 1 Democratic Party 0.69 1 Neuquén People's Movement 0.34 1 1 Jujuy People's Movement es Movimiento Popular Jujeño 0.28 New 1 Fuegian People's Movement 0.05 0 1 Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 3 October. Voter turnout was 80%. Background Success during the 1991 mid-term elections had encouraged President Carlos Menem to approve accelerated plans for privatizations, business deregulation, and more flexible labor laws proposed by the man widely credited for his political "summer," Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo. 1992 was a banner year for the Argentine economy, which grew 9% amid a 40% jump in fixed investment and doubling of auto sales; indeed, it had been the first year since 1984 in which spending on construction and machinery exceeded depreciation (many Argentines bought their first automobile since at least then, as well).Argentina: From Insolvency to Growth. The World Bank Press, 1993.Panorama. November 1993. Storm clouds were never far from Menem's political summer skies, however. An exposé on growing corruption published by muckraking journalist Horacio Verbitsky led to the resignation of Menem's chief strategist, Interior Minister José Luis Manzano, and to that of a key ally, Buenos Aires Mayor Carlos Grosso. Continuing economic uncertainty in the United States, Europe and Japan helped lead to an unexpected crisis of confidence in Argentina, as well and, though the nation's healthy foreign exchange reserves easily thwarted a November 1992 run on the Argentine peso, the event helped trigger a sudden slowdown in Cavallo's "Argentine miracle."Todo Argentina: 1992 es This negative economic turn was made all the more inopportune by the coinciding wave of layoffs on the heels of mass privatizations of large employers, such as the state oil concern YPF and the nation's vast railways. Unemployment, which had remained at around 7% during the 1991-92 boom, leapt to nearly 10% by mid-1993.http://www.indec.mecon.gov.ar/ INDEC 2018-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20091228065618/http://www.indec.mecon.gov.ar/ 2009-12-28 dead Concern over layoffs, the future of the newly privatized companies and over reforms to the relatively generous adjustable pensions system inherited from populist leader Juan Perón's heyday dominated voters' issues ahead of the October 3, 1993, mid-term elections. Ultimately, fears of a recession during 1993 did not materialize and Menem quickly translated still-rising federal revenues (as well as US$3.5 billion in income from the sale of YPF stock) to increased spending on pensions and public works, helping calm protest. Sensing an opportunity to reform Argentina's arcane electoral system, the new Interior Minister, Gustavo Béliz, proposed a replacement of the nation's system of electoral lists for one resembling an Australian ballot. The proposed reform, which would lessen party leaders' influence over the process, helped result in his dismissal, however. President Menem's Justicialist Party enjoyed fourth-straight electoral victory, picking up several seats in Congress, though the struggling Radical Civic Union (UCR, which had held power during Raúl Alfonsín's difficult 1983-89 tenure), averted a trouncing and retained its Congressional strength. The UCR even made inroads in traditionally Peronist Santiago del Estero Province, where discontent with a political machinery long dominated by Justicialist Party strongman Carlos Juárez had led to riots.Todo Argentina:1993 es The results helped persuade both President Menem and UCR leader Alfonsín to negotiate towards a mutually beneficial arrangement, a month after the election. The victory encouraged Menem to pursue his goal of amending the 1853 Argentine Constitution to allow himself re-election. Alfonsín, whose party held the balance of power, accommodated the President, in exchange for increased representation in the Senate for the first runner-up (presumably the UCR) and the relinquishing of the Presidential right - enjoyed since 1880 - to appoint the Mayor of Buenos Aires (whose voters leaned towards the UCR). The consequent Olivos Pact made the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution along the agreed-upon lines a reality, making this the salient legacy of the 1993 legislative elections.Todo Argentina: Carlos Menem's first term es Results Won Total File:Elecciones legislativas de Argentina de 1993.svg Justicialist Party 7112922 66 129 Radical Civic Union 4946281 41 84 Movement for Dignity and Independence 946310 4 7 Broad Front 634720 3 3 Union of the Democratic Centre 435093 1 5 Socialist Unity 408517 2 5 Republican Force 227727 1 3 Democratic Progressive Party 216082 1 2 Autonomist–Liberal Pact es Pacto Autonomista - Liberal 181611 2 4 Chaco Action es Acción Chaqueña 125597 1 2 Workers' Party 124093 0 0 Salta Renewal Party 120669 1 3 Democratic Party 113528 1 1 Movimiento al Socialismo 58705 0 0 Neuquén People's Movement 55375 1 2 Federal Party 53235 0 0 Jujuy People's Movement es Movimiento Popular Jujeño 45369 1 2 Independent Christian Movement 45295 0 0 Blockist Party of San Juan es Partido Bloquista de San Juan 36533 0 1 People's Patagonian Movement es Movimiento Patagónico Popular 36071 0 0 White Party of Retirees es Partido Blanco de los Jubilados 35778 0 0 Integration and Development Movement 32431 0 0 Humanist Party 25580 0 0 Independent Call 24219 0 0 Labor and People's Party 22685 0 0 Constitutional Nationalist Party 22405 0 0 Free Homeland (Argentina) es Corriente Patria Libre Free Homeland 22320 0 0 Popular Alliance 20348 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 20267 0 0 Renewal Crusade 19793 0 1 Buenos Aires Alliance for Growth 15880 0 0 Homeland and People 15384 0 0 Bases Movement 13982 0 0 Chubut Action Party es Partido Acción Chubutense 12972 0 0 Independent Reformist Movement 12611 0 0 Buenos Aires Popular Movement 12474 0 0 Fuegian People's Movement 7972 1 3 Socialist Workers' Party 7332 0 0 Autonomist Party 6626 0 0 New Option 6245 0 0 Independent Federalist Confederation es Confederación Federalista Independiente 6216 0 0 Catamarca Unity Front 6162 0 0 Popular Action 5673 0 0 Río Negro Provincial Party es Partido Provincial Rionegrino 5536 0 0 Front for Advanced Democracy 5418 0 0 Order and Justice 5327 0 0 Participation Socialist Party 5275 0 0 Front for Justice and Solidarity 4807 0 0 New Party 3387 0 0 Broad Front of the North 3345 0 0 Ecologist Green Party 3102 0 0 Mendoza Participation Front 2991 0 0 Porteño Front 2861 0 0 Social Justice 2676 0 0 Corrientes Action 2588 0 0 Center Party 2453 0 0 Formosa Integrative Force 2403 0 0 Salta Regional Movement 2270 0 0 Democratic Change in Tucumán 1999 0 0 Anti-Imperialist Popular Democratic Movement 1805 0 0 Popular Line Movement es Movimiento Línea Popular 1730 0 0 United People Front 1298 0 0 Emancipatory Front 906 0 0 700565 180590 21463761 Ministry of the Interior,https://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1993.pdf Elecciones Nacionales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO 1993 Ministry of the Interior PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20130818144955/http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/asuntos_politicos_y_alectorales/dine/infogral/RESULTADOS%20HISTORICOS/1993.pdf 18 August 2013 DINEhttps://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados1993.html#/ Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 Dirección Nacional Electoral 2020-12-19 2019-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20190917142751/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados1993.html#/ dead References Category:Legislative elections in Argentina Argentina Legislative Category:Presidency of Carlos Menem