2019 Argentine general election

election in Argentina

General elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2019, to elect the president of Argentina, members of the national congress and the governors of most provinces.[2]

2019 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← 2015 27 October 2019[1] 2023 →
Opinion polls
Registered34,231,895
Turnout80.41%
 
Nominee Alberto Fernández Mauricio Macri Roberto Lavagna
Party PJ PRO Independent
Alliance FdT JxC Federal Consensus
Running mate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Miguel Ángel Pichetto Manuel Urtubey
States carried 18 5 + CABA 0
Popular vote 12,946,037 10,811,586 1,649,322
Percentage 48.24% 40.28% 6.14%

Most voted party by province (left) and department (right).

President before election

Mauricio Macri
Cambiemos-PRO

Elected President

Alberto Fernández
FDT-PJ

Legislative election

← 2017 27 October 2019 2021 →

130 of 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
24 of 72 seats in the Senate
Turnout80.37% (Deputies)
78,27% (Senate)
Party Leader % Seats ±
Chamber of Deputies
Everyone's Front 45.26% 64
Together for Change 40.36% 56
Federal Consensus 5.85% 3
We Do for Córdoba 1.47% 1
Civic Front for Santiago 1.27% 3
Front for the Renewal of Concord 0.75% 1
Together We Are Río Negro 0.47% 1
Let's All Live Better 0.07% 1
Senate
Everyone's Front 40,16% 13
Together for Change 39,22% 8
Civic Front for Santiago 5,83% 2
Together We Are Río Negro 2,72% 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map showing the seats won by each party in each province.

Former Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernández of the Justicialist Party won the presidency, and incumbent president Mauricio Macri lost his re-election bid for a second term. Macri became the first incumbent president in Argentine history to be defeated in his reelection bid.

References change

  1. "Calendario electoral 2019: las fechas del cronograma, provincia por provincia". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "Reuters TV - Live". Reuters TV. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved Oct 29, 2019.