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Argentina Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ...
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| | | | | See also: History | | edit Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ...
(born 25 February 1950) is the current President of Argentina. ...
The National Congress ( Spanish: Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. ...
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. ...
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress, Argentinas parliament. ...
This article lists political parties in Argentina. ...
Peronism (also called justicialism) is an Argentine para-fascist political ideology based on the ideas and programs associated with former president Juan Perón. ...
Argentina held national parliamentary elections on Sunday, 23 October 2005. ...
The Supreme Court of Argentina (in Spanish, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación) is the highest court of law of the Argentine Republic. ...
Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago...
In recent years, Argentina has had a strong partnership with the United States. ...
This article is about the history of Argentina. ...
| This articles gives information on voting, elections and election results in Argentina. For details about government institutions and political parties, see Politics of Argentina. It has been suggested that ballot be merged into this article or section. ...
An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ...
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On the national level, Argentina elects a head of state (the President) and a legislature. Voting is mandatory for citizens between 18 and 70 years of age, with some exceptions. Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State of 16 countries including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand and the Bahamas, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ...
Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ...
A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ...
The President and the Vice-President are elected in one ballot, for a four-year term, by direct popular vote, using a runoff voting system: there must be a second round if no formula gets more than 45% of the affirmative valid votes, or more than 40% of the affirmative valid votes with a difference of 10 percentage points from the second formula, in quantity of affirmative valid votes. Before the 1995 election, the President and Vice-President were both elected by an Electoral College. Runoff voting is a voting system used in single-seat elections. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An electoral college is a set of electors who are empowered as a deliberative body to elect someone to a particular office. ...
The National Congress (Congreso Nacional) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación) has 257 members, elected for a four-year term in each electoral district (23 Provinces and the Federal Capital) by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method, with half of the seats renewed every two years in all districts. The Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación) has 72 members, elected for a six-year term in three-seat constituencies (23 provinces and the Federal Capital) for a six year term, with two seats awarded to the largest party or coalition and one seat to the second largest party or coalition. One-third of the constituencies are renewed every two years. In 2001 the whole senate was renewed. The National Congress ( Spanish: Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. ...
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress, Argentinas parliament. ...
Proportional representation, also known as full representation, is an electoral system in which the overall votes are reflected in the overall outcome of the body or bodies of representatives. ...
Real life example of DHondt method; vote and seat distribution in Finnish parliamentary election, 2003. ...
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. ...
A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...
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Elections and results
Latest parliamentary election - Main article: Elections in Argentina, 2005
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Summary of the 23 October 2005 Argentine National Congress election results | Coalitions and parties | Chamber of Deputies of the Nation:
127 out of 257 seats | Senate of the Nation:
24 out of 72 seats | | Votes | % | Deputies | Votes | % | Senators | | Front for Victory (Frente para la Victoria) | 5,071,094 | 29.9 | 50 | 3,572,361 | 45.1 | 14 | | Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical) | 1,514,653 | 8.9 | 10 | 597,730 | 7.5 | 2 | | Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Alternativa por una República de Iguales) | 1,227,726 | 7.2 | 8 | 549,208 | 6.9 | - | | Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista) | 1,142,522 | 6.7 | 9 | 58,485 | 0.7 | 1 | | Republican Initiative Alliance (Alianza Propuesta Republicana) | 1,046,020 | 6.2 | 9 | 492,892 | 6.2 | - | | Justicialist Front (Frente Justicialista) | 670,309 | 3.9 | 7 | 1,364,880 | 17.2 | 3 | | Progressive, Civic and Social Front (Frente Progresista Civico y Social) | 625,335 | 3.7 | 5 | | | | | Alliance Union of Cordoba (Alianza Union Cordoba) | 530,115 | 3.1 | 4 | | | | | Federalist Unity (Unidad Federalista) | 372,843 | 2.2 | 2 | | | | | Alliance New Front (Alianza Frente Nuevo) | 347,412 | 2.0 | 3 | | | | | Front of Everyone (Frente de Todos) | 316,294 | 1.9 | 6 | | | | | Front for the Renewal of Concordia (Frente Renovador de la Concordia) | 189,327 | 1.1 | 2 | 187,255 | 2.4 | 2 | | Civic Front for Santiago (Frente Civico por Santiago) | 185,733 | 1.1 | 3 | | | | | Neuquino People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Neuquino) | 85,700 | 0.5 | 2 | | | | | Front of Jujuy (Frente Jujeno) | | | | 78,051 | 1.0 | 1 | | Alliance Front of Production and Labour (Alianza Frente Produccion y Trabajo) | | | | 71,984 | 0.9 | 1 | | Others | 3,647,997 | 21.5 | 7 | 953,739 | 12.0 | - | | Total (turnout 70.9 % resp. 72.3 %) | 16,973,080 | | 127 | 7,926,585 | | 24 | | Registered voters | 26,098,546 | | | 12,081,098 | | | | Votes cast | 18,513,717 | | | 8,730,094 | | | | Invalid votes | 1,540,637 | 8.3 | | 803,509 | 9.2 | | Source: Adam Carrs Website
Be aware that parties operate under various labels and alliances in the diverse provinces. Argentina held national parliamentary elections on Sunday, 23 October 2005. ...
The National Congress ( Spanish: Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. ...
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress, Argentinas parliament. ...
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. ...
The Front for Victory (Spanish: Frente para la Victoria) is a peronist political front in Argentina. ...
The Radical Civic Union (Unión CÃvica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ...
The Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Spanish: Alternativa por una República de Iguales) is an Argentine political party. ...
Justicialist Party Coat of Arms The Justicialist Party (Spanish: Partido Justicialista, PJ) is a Peronist political party from Argentina. ...
The Republican Initiative Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Propuesta Republicana) is a political party in Argentina. ...
The Justicialist Front (Spanish: Frente Justicialista) is a peronist political party in Argentina. ...
The Progressive, Civic and Social Front (Spanish: Frente Progresista Civico y Social) is a provincial political party in Argentina. ...
The Alliance Union of Cordonba (Spanish: Alianza Union Cordoba) is a provincial political party in Argentina. ...
The Federalist Unity (Spanish: Unidad Federalista) is a political party in Argentina. ...
The Alliance New Front (Spanish: Alianza Frente Nuevo) is a political party in Argentina. ...
The Front for Everyone (Spanish: Frente de Todos) is a provincial political party in Argentina. ...
The Front for the Renewal of Concordia (Spanish: Frente Renovador de la Concordia) is a provincial political party in Argentina. ...
The Civic Front for Santiago (Spanish: Frente Civico por Santiago) is a provincial political party in Argentina. ...
The Neuquino Peoples Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Popular Neuquiño) is a provincial and liberal party in the province of Neuquén, Argentina. ...
The Front of Jujuy (Spanish: Frente Jujeno) is a provincial political party in Argentina. ...
The Alliance Front of Production and Labour (Spanish: Alianza Frente Produccion y Trabajo) is a political party in Argentina. ...
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Latest presidential election - Main article: Elections in Argentina, 2003
| Summary of the 27 April 2003 Argentine presidential election results | | Candidates | Nominating parties | Votes | % | | Carlos Saúl Menem | Front for Liberty | 4,740,907 | 19.4 | | Union of the Democratic Centre (Unión del Centro Democrático) | 5.0 | | Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoic | Front for Victory (Frente para la Victoria) | 4,312,517 | 22.0 | | Ricardo López Murphy | Recreate for Growth (Recrear para el Crecimiento) | 3,173,475 | 16.3 | | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá | Front of the Popular Movement (Frente Movimiento Popular) | 2,735,829 | 12.1 | | Union and Liberty Party (Partido Unión y Libertad) | 2.0 | | Elisa María Avelina Carrió | Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Alternativa para una República de Iguales) | 2,723,574 | 14.1 | | Leopoldo Raúl Guido Moreau | Radical Civic Union (Unión Civica Radical) | | 2.3 | | Patricia Walsh | United Left (Izquierda Unida) | | 1.8 | | Alfredo Bravo | Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) | | 1.1 | | Total positive votes | 19,387,895 | | | Total votes | 19,930,111 | | | Source: Ministerio del Interior | Argentina held a presidential election on Sunday, April 27, 2003. ...
Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from 8 July 1989 to 10 December 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). ...
The Union of the Democratic Centre (Spanish: Unión del Centro Democrático) is a political party in Argentina. ...
(born 25 February 1950) is the current President of Argentina. ...
The Front for Victory (Spanish: Frente para la Victoria) is a peronist political front in Argentina. ...
Ricardo Hipólito López Murphy (born 10 August 1951 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine economist and politician. ...
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Adolfo RodrÃguez Saá Páez Montero (born July 25, 1947) is an Argentine politician of Peronist beliefs. ...
The Front of the Popular Movement (Spanish: Frente Movimiento Popular) is a political party in Argentina. ...
The Union and Liberty Party (Spanish: Partido Unión y Libertad) is a political party in Argentina. ...
Elisa Carrió Elisa MarÃa Avelina Carrió (born 1956) is an Argentinian politician, founder of the center-left Alternative for a Republic of Equals party (ARI). ...
The Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Spanish: Alternativa por una República de Iguales) is an Argentine political party. ...
The Radical Civic Union (Unión CÃvica Radical, or UCR) is the foremost opposition party in Argentina. ...
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The Socialist Party of Argentina is a political party operating in Argentina. ...
Past elections The following is a list of national elections in Argentina since 1983, the year of the return to democracy after the last dictatorship. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dirty War. ...
- Elections in Argentina, 2001, parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1999, presidential and parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1997, parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1995, presidential and parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1993, parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1991, parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1989, presidential and parlaimentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1987, parliamnetary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1985, parliamentary.
- Elections in Argentina, 1983, presidential and parliamentary.
See also This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...
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