2005 Argentine legislative election

none January 2013 July 2024 Argentina 2003 2007 23 October 2005 yes Chamber of Deputies 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 73.33% yes Front for Victory 39.46 68 63 Radical Civic Union 10.24 17 14 Federal Peronism 8.09 1 12 Support for an Egalitarian Republic 8.00 10 9 Republican Proposal Alliance 7.44 4 10 Socialist Party–Radical Civic Union 5.18 7 7 Federalist Unity Party 2.29 3 2 New Front 2.02 3 3 Frente de Todos 1.63 3 3 Salta Renewal Party 0.58 1 1 Neuquén People's Movement 0.50 2 2 Civic Front for Victory (PJ + UCR) Justicialist Party 0.36 1 1 yes Senate 24 of the 72 seats in the Senate 76.41% yes Front for Victory 47.70 13 16 Federal Peronism 19.51 5 Radical Civic Union 9.10 6 3 Legislative elections were held in Argentina on Sunday, 23 October 2005. The 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires were used as electoral districts. Each district elected a number of members of the Lower House (the Argentine Chamber of Deputies) roughly proportional to their population. Eight districts (Buenos Aires, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, San Juan, San Luis, and Santa Cruz) also elected members to the Upper House of Congress (the Argentine Senate); as usual, three senators were elected (two for the majority, one for the first minority). In most provinces, the national elections were conducted in parallel with local ones, whereby a number of municipalities elected legislative officials (concejales) and in some cases also a mayor (or the equivalent executive post). Each provincial election followed local regulations. A number of districts had held primary elections beforehand. In most cases, primary elections are optional and can be called for by the local political parties as needed; in Santa Fe, however, the primaries were universal and compulsory due to a recent law that repealed the much-criticized Ley de Lemas. Background The main parties and coalitions competing in these elections were: President Kirchner's faction of Peronism, called Frente para la Victoria (FV, "Front for Victory") and its allies. Other factions of Peronism, under the usual name Partido Justicialista (PJ, "Justicialist Party"), often led by their respective provincial party leaders (notably Eduardo Duhalde in Buenos Aires Province). Unión Cívica Radical (UCR, "Radical Civic Union"). Afirmación Para Una República Igualitaria (ARI, "Support for an Egalitarian Republic"), led by Elisa Carrió. Recrear para el Crecimiento (Recreate for Growth, usually shortened to Recrear) and its allies within the Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal, PRO) front. Partido Socialista (PS, Socialist Party). In some districts, different factions of the Justicialist Party (PJ) presented candidates separately. In Buenos Aires Province and the city of Buenos Aires, the main intra-party division of the PJ was between the center-right, traditional Peronist faction led by Hilda González de Duhalde (wife of former governor and interim president Eduardo Duhalde), and the more center-left "heterodox" faction with candidates that answer to President Néstor Kirchner. These included his own wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and Minister of Foreign Relations, Rafael Bielsa. In the Province of Buenos Aires, this split was protested by other parties, on the grounds that the PJ (taken as a whole) would most likely win the three senatorial benches available (as it finally occurred). Kirchner took a prominent role in the campaign for "his" candidates of the Front for Victory (Frente para la Victoria, FV) in most provinces, explicitly stating that these elections were a referendum on his administration. Kirchner also campaigned against former President Carlos Menem, a leading conservative Peronist, in La Rioja Province, where the latter was ultimately elected to the Senate for the third (minority party) seat. The opening and closing campaign meetings of the FV were both held in Rosario, a typically progressive city that, since 1987, had been governed successfully by a Socialist local government. This party changed the traditional electoral paradigm in the Province of Santa Fe, largely displacing Peronism and the UCR in that district. Results thumb|225px|President Néstor Kirchner (left) confers with Buenos Aires Province Governor Felipe Solá. Their opposition to powerbroker Eduardo Duhalde dominated the 2005 races. Buoyed by a strong recovery in the Argentine economy, candidates endorsed by Kirchner (mainly on the Front for Victory ticket) obtained an overwhelming triumph. Of the 127 deputies elected, the FV won 69 seats (54%); the UCR only got 19. The rest of the Justicialist Party obtained 11 seats; Recrear got 9, the ARI got 8, and the Socialist Party got 5. Only the three most voted in this list have an established national structure; Recrear and the ARI are relatively recent offshoots of the UCR (to the right- and left-wing side of the political spectrum, respectively), and the Socialist Party's five deputies all belong to the province of Santa Fe, the only district where the PS is strong. As explained above, eight provinces were also scheduled to renew their senators (the Senate is renewed by thirds every two years). The Front for Victory won 17 of the 24 senatorial seats. The other factions of Peronism got 4 senators. The UCR got the remaining 3 seats. Among the remarkable results were the victory of First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, the largest in the country, beating former First Lady Hilda González de Duhalde by about 25% of the votes; and the defeat of Carlos Menem in his home district, La Rioja (though he won the first minority seat). Chamber of Deputies Won Total Front for Victory 6806891 63 110 Radical Civic Union 1765951 14 35 Federal Peronism 1395014 12 38 Support for an Egalitarian Republic 1380330 9 19 Republican Proposal Alliance 1282503 10 14 Socialist Party–Radical Civic Union4 seats for Socialist Party and 3 seats for Radical Civic Union 893115 7 7 Federalist Unity Party 395102 2 5 United Left 366259 0 0 New Front 349112 3 6 Frente de Todos2 seats for Justicialist Party-Front for Victory and 1 seat for Radical Civic Union 281077 3 3 Humanist Party 233889 0 0 Workers' Party 224868 0 0 Socialist Party 144734 0 3 Neighborhood Confederation 134531 0 0 Salta Renewal Party 100686 1 2 Neuquén People's Movement 86610 2 4 Movimiento al Socialismo–Socialist Workers' Party 78320 0 0 Self-determination and Freedom 63320 0 2 Civic Front for Victory (PJ + UCR)1 seat for Justicialist Party–Front for Victory 62262 1 1 Front for Justice and Social Progress 61803 0 0 Authentic Socialist Party 60992 0 0 United for Corrientes Front 60642 0 1 People's Reconstruction Party 54430 0 0 United People's Front 50302 0 0 Democratic Progressive Party 48731 0 0 People First – Neighborhood Union of Córdoba 46277 0 0 Republican Force 40982 0 2 Anticorruption Front 40922 0 0 Union for Liberty es Unión por la Libertad Union for Everyone 40630 0 0 Everyone – Political Movement for the Defence of Civil and Social Rights 36536 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 34234 0 0 Centre Federal Movement 33713 0 0 Integration and Development Movement 32030 0 0 Popular Union 30405 0 0 Intransigent Party 28528 0 0 Open Politics for Social Integrity es Política Abierta para la Integridad Social 28405 0 0 Chubut Action Party es Partido Acción Chubutense 26773 0 0 Popular Action Movement 26002 0 0 Unity and Liberty Party 24224 0 0 Corrientes Project 23907 0 1 Socialist Convergence 22095 0 0 Provincial Neighborhood Movement 20737 0 0 Blocist Unity 19866 0 0 Movement for Dignity and Independence 19448 0 0 Independent Movement of Justice and Dignity es Movimiento Independiente de Justicia y Dignidad Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed 19025 0 0 Popular Loyalty 16897 0 0 Federal Democratic Alliance 13991 0 0 Front Party 13944 0 0 Authentic Popular Front 11542 0 4 Front for the New Majority 11069 0 0 Freedom and Responsible Democracy 10979 0 0 Río Negro Provincial Party es Partido Provincial Rionegrino 10675 0 0 Fuegian People's Movement 9447 0 0 Porteña Hope 9269 0 0 Santiado del Estero Crusade 9224 0 0 Constitutional Nationalist Party 8751 0 0 Party for Independent Solidarity Action in Buenos Aires 8742 0 0 Network for Buenos Aires 8548 0 0 Citizen Dignity 7367 0 0 Popular Sovereignty Front 7069 0 0 Together for Mendoza 6954 0 0 San Luis Front of Victory 6818 0 0 Front of Self-Convened Political Groups 6656 0 0 Service and Community 6479 0 0 Independent Citizens 6218 0 0 Front Unity for Change 5810 0 0 Retirees in Action 5700 0 0 Salta Popular Movement 5153 0 0 Popular Unity Movement 4950 0 0 May 25 Party 4508 0 0 Republican Union 3895 0 0 Popular Unity 3727 0 0 Citizen Action 3386 0 0 People's Assemblies Party 3361 0 0 New Generation 3361 0 0 Autonomist Party (Argentina) es Partido Autonomista (Argentina) Autonomist Party 3344 0 0 Emancipatory Front 3140 0 0 Popular Participation Party 3107 0 0 Public Call 2885 0 0 Free in Motion 2700 0 0 New Leadership 2489 0 0 Open Space 2193 0 0 Fuegian Federal Party 1993 0 0 United Neighbors 1949 0 0 Provincial Defence–White Flag es Defensa Provincial-Bandera Blanca 1569 0 0 Third Millennium 1542 0 0 Independent Party of Chubut 1392 0 0 Independence Party 1386 0 0 Transformative Action 1382 0 0 Middle Generation Party 1359 0 0 Autonomous Power 1261 0 0 Provincial Action 975 0 0 Conservative People's Party 877 0 0 New Party of Buenos Aires 792 0 0 Federal Renewal Party 597 0 0 Citizen Integration Call 557 0 0 1466367 454007 26140766 Senate Won Total Front for Victory 3938766 16 41 Federal Peronism 1611214 5 5 Radical Civic Union 751112 3 18 Support for an Egalitarian Republic 575263 0 0 Republican Proposal Alliance 509756 0 0 United Left 188782 0 0 Neighborhood Confederation 137634 0 0 Humanist Party 116314 0 0 Workers' Party 108420 0 0 Movimiento al Socialismo–Socialist Workers' Party 42619 0 0 Socialist Party 38468 0 1 Popular Action Movement 29785 0 0 People's Reconstruction Party 27820 0 0 Blocist Unity 22243 0 0 Socialist Convergence 21860 0 0 Popular Front 20418 0 0 Independent Movement of Justice and Dignity es Movimiento Independiente de Justicia y Dignidad Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed 18595 0 0 Integration and Development Movement 14196 0 0 Front for the New Majority 12587 0 0 Authentic Popular Front 11445 0 0 Freedom and Responsible Democracy 10854 0 0 Party for Independent Solidarity Action in Buenos Aires 8743 0 0 Citizen Dignity 8637 0 0 San Luis Front of Victory 7276 0 0 Unity for Change Front 5877 0 0 May 25 Party 4932 0 0 Popular Unity 3191 0 0 Free in Motion 2706 0 0 New Leadership 2467 0 0 New Generation 2362 0 0 Unity and Liberty Party 1924 0 0 Movement for Dignity and Independence 666 0 0 Neuquén People's Movement 2 Republican Force 2 Salta Renewal Party 1 New Party 1 New Front 1 828944 150189 12088122 Notes References https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados2005.html#/ Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 - Diputados Nacionales Dirección Nacional Electoral 2021-01-24 2021-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20210131143109/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/diputados2005.html#/ dead https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/senadores2005.html#/ Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 - Senadores Nacionales Dirección Nacional Electoral 2021-01-24 2022-06-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20220626143521/https://recorriendo.elecciones.gob.ar/senadores2005.html#/ dead http://www.elecciones.gob.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/BSAS_TOTAL_23_Oct_2005.pdf Elecciones Generales BUENOS AIRES ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902191750/http://www.elecciones.gob.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/BSAS_TOTAL_23_Oct_2005.pdf 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gob.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/Capital_Federal_23_Oct_2005.pdf Elecciones Generales CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20110902192046/http://www.elecciones.gob.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/Capital_Federal_23_Oct_2005.pdf 2 September 2011 http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/catamarca_elecciones_nacionales_2005.pdf Elecciones Nacionales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CATAMARCA Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20160916180201/http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/catamarca_elecciones_nacionales_2005.pdf 16 September 2016 http://www.elecciones.gob.ar/estadistica/archivos/2005/Chaco_23_Oct_2005.pdf Elecciones Generales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO CHACO Ministry of the Interior 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