2007 Argentine general election

2007 Argentine general election
	Presidential election
← 2003 28 October 2007 2011 →
Registered	27,137,719
Turnout	76.20%
	Most voted party by province and department.
President before election; Néstor Kirchner; FPV-PJ	Elected President ; Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; FPV-PJ
	Legislative election
← 2005 28 October 2007 2009 →
	130 of 254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies; 27 of 75 seats in the Senate
Turnout	76.21% (Deputies); 73.93% (Senate)
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
	Chamber of Deputies results by province

Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 28 October 2007, and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year. For the national elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts. Voter turnout was 76.2%. Buenos Aires Province Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won the election by 45.28% of votes against Elisa Carrió of Civic Coalition ARI, making her the second female president of Argentina and the first female president to be directly elected. She broke the 40 percent barrier and won in the first round. Elisa Carrió won in the city of Buenos Aires and came second with more than 20 percent of the votes. Third was Roberto Lavagna, who won in Córdoba.^[1]

Background

Elections for a successor to President Néstor Kirchner were held in October. Kirchner, although not term-limited, had declined to run for a second term. Kirchner's wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, ran instead to succeed him. To enhance his wife's electoral prospects, Kirchner pressured the national statistics agency to manipulate economic numbers to make the economy appear stronger than it was.^[2]

In addition to the President, each district elected a number of members of the Lower House (the Chamber of Deputies) roughly proportional to their population, and eight districts elected members to the Argentine Senate, where each district is entitled to three senators (two for the majority, one for the largest minority party). In most provinces, the national elections were conducted in parallel with local ones, whereby a number of municipalities elect legislative officials (concejales) and in some cases also a mayor (or the equivalent executive post). Each provincial election follows local regulations and some, such as Tucumán, hold municipal elections on other dates in the year.

According to the rules for elections in Argentina, to win the presidential election without needing a "ballotage" round, a candidate needs either more than 45% of the valid votes, or more than 40% of the valid votes with a margin of 10 points from the runner-up. Following months of speculation, and despite high approval ratings, President Kirchner confirmed his decision to forfeit the 2007 race, and the ruling Front for Victory (FpV), a center-left Peronist Party, nominated the First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, on July 19.^[3] Acknowledging the support of a growing number of UCR figures ("K Radicals") to the populist policies advanced by Kirchnerism, the FpV nominated Mendoza Province Governor Julio Cobos as her running mate.^[4]

The ideologically diverse field also included former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna (who broke with Kirchner in late 2005, obtained the endorsement of the UCR, and ran slightly to the right of the FpV), Elisa Carrió (a center-left Congresswoman close to the Catholic Church),^[5] and numerous conservatives and socialists; in all, fourteen candidates registered for the election. The UCR, for the first time since it first ran in a presidential campaign in 1892, joined a coalition (Lavagna's UNA) rather than nominate its own candidate.

The President, who had maintained high approval ratings throughout his term on the heels of a strong recovery in the Argentine economy, was beset by controversies during 2007, including Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno's firing of Graciela Bevacqua (the INDEC statistician overseeing inflation data), allegations of Planning Minister Julio de Vido's involvement in a Skanska bribery case, and the "suitcase scandal." These controversies, however, did not ultimately overshadow positive consumer sentiment and a generally high presidential job approval.^[6]

The Front for Victory's candidate, Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, maintained a comfortable lead in polling during the campaign. Her opponents focused on forcing her into a ballotage. However, with 13 challengers splitting the vote, Fernández won a decisive first-round victory with 45.3% of the valid votes, more than 22 points ahead of runner-up Carrió. She won in every province or district except San Luis (won by Alberto Rodríguez Saá), Córdoba (won by Lavagna), and the City of Buenos Aires (won by Carrió). Carrió, who obtained 23%, made history as the first runner-up to another woman in a national election in the Americas.^[5]

Presidential candidates

A total of 14 candidates were on the presidential ballot, although only 3 or 4 garnered statistically significant amounts of support in polls. The candidates were as follows:

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: A center-left Peronist, wife of then-president Néstor Kirchner and his chosen successor, since he declined to run for reelection. She won the presidency in the first round with about 45% of the vote.
Elisa Carrió: A former Radical Civic Union lawmaker who left the party after President Fernando de la Rúa abandoned his left-wing allies. She participated in the 2003 election and reached fifth place. Close to the influential Catholic Church, she ran a center-left platform with running mate Rubén Héctor Giustiniani and came in second with about 23% of the vote.
Roberto Lavagna: Former Minister of Economy under Néstor Kirchner, who broke ranks with the president in late 2005. He received support from moderate Peronists and was endorsed by the centrist Radical Civic Union, in lieu of putting forth a candidate themselves. He ran on a platform described as "center-progressive" and came in third, with 17% of the vote. His running mate was Gerardo Rubén Morales.
Alberto Rodríguez Saá: Governor of San Luis Province. He represented conservative Peronists opposed to Néstor Kirchner. His running mate was Héctor María Maya.
Fernando Solanas: The renowned film maker represented the Authentic Socialist Party. Running mate: Ángel Francisco Cadelli.
Jorge Omar Sobisch: Governor of Neuquén Province. Representing various conservative regional parties. Running mate: Jorge Asís.
Ricardo López Murphy: Representing the center-right Recreate for Growth party, in alliance with the Republican Proposal party of newly elected Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri. He previously ran in the 2003 election, reaching third place. Running mate: Esteban Bullrich.
Vilma Ripoll: Running mate: Héctor Bidonde, both longtime Socialists.
Néstor Pitrola: Representing the Trotskyist Workers' Party. Running mate: Gabriela Adriana Arroyo.
José Alberto Montes: A Trotskyist who opposed privatizations under Carlos Menem. His running mate was Héctor Antonio Heberling.
Luis Alberto Ammann: Representing the Humanist Party-led Broad Front Towards Latin American Unity Alliance. Running mate: Rogelio Deleonardi.
Raúl Castells: A piquetero (poverty activist) who participated in various incidents. His running mate was his wife, Nina Pelozo.
Gustavo Luis Breide Obeid: A right-wing nationalist who participated in a failed coup against Carlos Menem in 1990. Running mate: Héctor Raúl Vergara.
Juan Ricardo Mussa: Perennial candidate and self-styled "traditional" Peronist. Running mate: Bernardo Nespral.

Kirchner
Carrió
Lavagna
Rodríguez Saá
Solanas

Results

President


Candidate		Running mate	Party or alliance			Votes	%
	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner	Julio Cobos	Front for Victory			8,652,293	45.28
	Elisa Carrió	Rubén Giustiniani	Civic Coalition			4,403,642	23.05
	Roberto Lavagna	Gerardo Morales	Consensus for an Advanced Nation [es]			3,230,236	16.91
	Alberto Rodríguez Saá	Héctor María Maya [es]	Justice, Union and Freedom Front [es]			1,459,174	7.64
	Fernando Solanas	Ángel Cadelli	Authentic Socialist Party			301,543	1.58
	Ricardo López Murphy	Esteban Bullrich	Recreate for Growth			273,406	1.43
	Jorge Sobisch	Jorge Asís	United Provinces Movement		United Provinces Movement	152,448	0.80
					Popular Union	69,126	0.36
					Neighbourhood Action Movement	36,831	0.19
					Movement for Dignity and Independence	9,987	0.05
					Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed [es]	3	0.00
				Total		268,395	1.40
	Vilma Ripoll	Héctor Bidonde	Workers' Socialist Movement			142,528	0.75
	Néstor Pitrola	Gabriela Arroyo	Workers' Party			116,688	0.61
	José Montes	Héctor Heberling	Left and Workers Front for Socialism			84,694	0.44
	Luis Ammann [es]	Rogelio de Leonardi	Broad Front towards Latin American Unity			69,787	0.37
	Raúl Castells	Nina Pelozo [es]	Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed [es]			48,878	0.26
	Gustavo Breide Obeid [es]	Héctor Vergara	People's Reconstruction Party			45,318	0.24
	Juan Ricardo Mussa	Bernardo Nespral	Popular Loyalty Confederation			10,558	0.06
Total						19,107,140	100.00

Valid votes						19,107,140	92.40
Invalid votes						241,176	1.17
Blank votes						1,331,010	6.44
Total votes						20,679,326	100.00
Registered voters/turnout						27,137,719	76.20
Source: DINE,^[7] Ministry of the Interior^[8]

Chamber of Deputies



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Won	Total
	Front for Victory		Front for Victory	5,942,286	32.85	53	–
			Justicialist Party Alliance	264,495	1.46	3	–
			Party for Citizen Consensus	236,211	1.31	2	–
			Chaco Deserves More	232,851	1.29	2	–
			Front for Victory–Salta Renewal Party	190,067	1.05	2	–
			Civic Front for Santiago	172,727	0.95	4	–
			Front for the Renewal of Concord	165,151	0.91	2	–
			Dialogue for Buenos Aires	159,134	0.88	1	–
			Justicialist Party	147,737	0.82	2	–
			FdT–PACo	139,111	0.77	2	–
			Broad Front–New Córdoba Front	138,596	0.77	1	–
			Justicialist Party–Front for Victory	118,158	0.65	3	–
			Federalist Unity Party	103,043	0.57	1	–
			La Rioja People's Front	81,856	0.45	3	–
			Consensus for Development [es]	74,480	0.41	1	–
			Jujuy First Front	54,220	0.30	1	–
			Front for Change	48,286	0.27	0	–
			Civic and Social Front of Catamarca	44,732	0.25	1	–
			Viable Santiago Movement	33,372	0.18	0	–
			A New Option	32,383	0.18	0	–
			Christian Democratic Party	32,042	0.18	0	–
			Plural Consensus	28,810	0.16	0	–
			Justicialist Front (Catamarca)	24,023	0.13	0	–
			Party for Social Justice	19,179	0.11	0	–
			Union for Jujuy–Plural Consensus	13,502	0.07	0	–
			Renewal Current Party	12,794	0.07	0	–
			Life and Commitment Movement	8,220	0.05	0	–
			Commitment K	5,126	0.03	0	–
			Justice, Democracy and Homeland	2,105	0.01	0	–
			Intransigent Party	2	0.00	0	–
		Total		8,524,699	47.12	84	154
	Civic Coalition		Civic Coalition	1,798,752	9.94	12	–
			Socialist Party	1,009,491	5.58	8	–
			Support for an Egalitarian Republic	501,921	2.77	3	–
			ARI–PS	69,057	0.38	0	–
			Jujuy Change	12,521	0.07	0	–
			Christian Democratic Party (Santiago del Estero)	9,109	0.05	0	–
			Open Politics for Social Integrity [es]	5,989	0.03	0	–
		Total		3,406,840	18.83	23	36
	Consensus for an Advanced Nation [es]		Radical Civic Union	1,183,568	6.54	6	–
			Fair Society	253,870	1.40	0	–
			Consensus for an Advanced Nation [es]	504,158	2.79	2	–
			Democratic Progressive Party	181,026	1.00	0	–
			Frente de Todos	163,055	0.90	1	–
			Integration and Development Movement	92,889	0.51	0	–
			Democratic Party	71,792	0.40	0	–
			Radical Civic Union–Corrientes Front	65,157	0.36	1	–
			Jujuy Front	62,411	0.34	1	–
			La Pampa Civic and Social Front	54,300	0.30	1	–
			Let's Change to Grow Front	24,722	0.14	0	–
			Civic and Social Front of La Rioja	24,263	0.13	0	–
			Together for San Luis Front	19,684	0.11	0	–
			Citizen Dignity	17,202	0.10	0	–
			Salta Proposal	13,608	0.08	0	–
			Constitutional Nationalist Party	10,138	0.06	0	–
		Total		2,741,843	15.16	12	31
	Republican Proposal [es]		PRO Union [es]	628,025	3.47	4	–
			Republican Proposal	275,601	1.52	2	–
			Recreate for Growth	146,717	0.81	0	–
			New Proposal (PANU–Recrear)	23,196	0.13	0	–
			PRO–Recrear	18,397	0.10	0	–
			Republican Alternative Proposal	7,136	0.04	0	–
			Commitment to Change	2,963	0.02	0	–
		Total		1,102,035	6.09	6	15
	Justice, Union and Freedom Front [es]		Justice, Union and Freedom Front [es]	313,590	1.73	0	–
			Union of the Democratic Centre	225,032	1.24	0	–
			Justicialist Front (San Luis)	137,343	0.76	2	–
			Action for the Republic	126,650	0.70	1	–
			Live Entre Ríos	58,952	0.33	0	–
			Unity and Liberty Party	31,026	0.17	0	–
			Autonomist Party	30,075	0.17	0	–
			Popular Loyalty	15,910	0.09	0	–
			Renewal Crusade	15,781	0.09	0	–
			Retiree's Front–Conservative People's Party	8,721	0.05	0	–
			Popular Action Movement	3,462	0.02	0	–
			Federal Confederation	2,734	0.02	0	–
			Salta Popular Movement	1,545	0.01	0	–
			Solidarity and Organization for Liberation	990	0.01	0	–
			Loyalty and Dignity [es]	580	0.00	0	–
		Total		972,391	5.37	3	14
	Proyecto Sur		Authentic Socialist Party	189,154	1.05	0	0
			Proyecto Sur	133,411	0.74	1	1
			Popular Unity Movement	30,001	0.17	0	0
		Total		352,566	1.95	1	1
	United Provinces Movement		Let's Go	57,949	0.32	0	0
			Popular Union	62,406	0.34	0	0
			PAIS [es]–MPU	26,076	0.14	0	0
			United Provinces Movement	22,569	0.12	0	0
			Popular Union–MODIN–FIC	8,030	0.04	0	0
			Movement for Dignity and Independence	7,395	0.04	0	0
			Federal Party	6,337	0.04	0	0
			New Generation	2,846	0.02	0	0
			Neighbourhood Action Movement	1,022	0.01	0	0
			Independent Front of the North	781	0.00	0	0
			New People	598	0.00	0	0
		Total		196,009	1.08	0	0
	Workers' Socialist Movement–New Left			159,336	0.88	0	0
	Workers' Party			126,729	0.70	0	0
	Left and Workers Front for Socialism		Left and Workers Front for Socialism	69,448	0.38	0	0
			Socialist Workers' Party	13,883	0.08	0	0
			Socialist Left	2,915	0.02	0	0
		Total		86,246	0.48	0	0
	Broad Front towards Latin American Unity		Broad Front towards Latin American Unity	57,385	0.32	0	0
			Humanist Party	9,527	0.05	0	0
			Communist Party	5,001	0.03	0	0
			La Rioja Popular Encounter	3,278	0.02	0	0
		Total		75,191	0.42	0	0
	Neuquén People's Movement			50,676	0.28	1	3
	Porteño Consensus			50,432	0.28	0	0
	Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed [es]			34,405	0.19	0	0
	People's Reconstruction Party			27,800	0.15	0	0
	Socialist Convergence			20,201	0.11	0	0
	Federal Retirees Movement			15,667	0.09	0	0
	Front for Peace and Justice			12,889	0.07	0	0
	Call for Citizen Integration			12,265	0.07	0	0
	Emancipatory Front			10,717	0.06	0	0
	Popular Movement for the Reconquest			9,271	0.05	0	0
	Renewal Party of the Province of Buenos Aires			7,206	0.04	0	0
	Entre Ríos Broad Encounter			7,141	0.04	0	0
	Popular Concentration			6,881	0.04	0	0
	Buenos Aires Independent Solidary Action			6,618	0.04	0	0
	Front of Self-Convened Political Groups			6,363	0.04	0	0
	Movement of Work			6,242	0.03	0	0
	Patriotic Movement			6,073	0.03	0	0
	Corrientes First Front			5,814	0.03	0	0
	Objective Will to Serve			4,833	0.03	0	0
	Revolutionary Socialist League			4,724	0.03	0	0
	Chubut Action Party [es]			4,601	0.03	0	0
	Popular Sovereignty Front			4,277	0.02	0	0
	Popular Participation Party			3,119	0.02	0	0
	Popular Consensus			3,031	0.02	0	0
	Citizen Action			2,778	0.02	0	0
	Popular Assemblies			2,700	0.01	0	0
	Independent Party of Chubut			2,255	0.01	0	0
	Broad Popular Encounter			2,227	0.01	0	0
	Fuegian People's Movement			2,216	0.01	0	0
	Autonomist Party of Catamarca			2,204	0.01	0	0
	Provincial Action			2,142	0.01	0	0
	Future Republic Movement			1,896	0.01	0	0
	Authentic Fuegian Party			1,830	0.01	0	0
	United People			1,434	0.01	0	0
	Provincial Defence–White Flag [es]			1,405	0.01	0	0
	Fuegian Action Front			1,241	0.01	0	0
	Pampa Federalist Movement [es]			895	0.00	0	0
	Union for La Rioja			562	0.00	0	0
	The Movement			184	0.00	0	0
	People's Party of Neuquén			2	0.00	0	0
	New Front					–	3
Total				18,091,102	100.00	130	257

Valid votes				18,091,102	87.48
Invalid votes				228,594	1.11
Blank votes				2,360,967	11.42
Total votes				20,680,663	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				27,137,536	76.21
Source: DINE,^[9] Ministry of the Interior^[8]

Results by province

Province	FPV			CC			UNA			PRO			FREJULI			Others
Province	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Buenos Aires	3,015,087	44.48	20	1,986,438	26.48	9	671,435	9.92	2	734,706	10.85	4	252,318	3.73	—	511,302	7.55	—
Buenos Aires City	396,765	21.69	3	535,580	29.28	5	253,296	13.85	1	245,578	13.42	2	116,843	6.39	—	281,318	15.38	1
Catamarca	98,357	68.73	2	14,598	10.20	—	14,975	10.46	—	—	—	—	9,747	6.81	—	5,431	3.80	—
Chaco	232,851	49.33	2	81,165	17.20	—	131,275	27.81	1	—	—	—	15,910	3.37	—	10,784	2.28	—
Chubut	144,901	65.34	3	38,054	17.16	—	28,283	12.75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10,527	4.75	—
Córdoba	396,072	25.27	3	281,175	17.94	2	542,780	34.63	3	18,397	1.17	—	219,045	13.98	1	109,818	7.01	—
Corrientes	227,676	55.48	3	51,448	12.54	—	69,606	16.96	1	30,332	7.39	—	12,935	3.15	—	18,370	4.48	—
Entre Ríos	296,771	47.68	2	114,763	18.44	1	115,223	18.51	1	11,786	1.89	—	59,571	9.57	—	24,294	3.90	—
Formosa	156,881	75.70	3	10,831	5.23	—	33,979	16.40	—	—	—	—	3,724	1.80	—	1,836	0.89	—
Jujuy	167,824	63.17	2	12,521	4.71	—	62,411	23.49	1	—	—	—	3,462	1.30	—	19,443	7.32	—
La Pampa	87,878	55.17	1	9,078	5.70	—	54,300	34.09	1	1,937	1.22	—	—	—	—	6,085	3.82	—
La Rioja	81,856	72.88	3	—	—	—	24,263	21.60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6,203	5.52	—
Mendoza	500,706	65.59	5	73,895	9.68	—	141,933	18.59	—	4,225	0.55	—	21,195	2.78	—	21,402	2.80	—
Misiones	297,356	69.75	4	15,194	3.56	—	55,655	13.05	—	—	—	—	2,432	0.57	—	55,679	13.06	—
Neuquén	72,181	36.69	1	44,071	22.40	—	16,565	8.42	—	4,037	2.05	—	—	—	—	59,881	30.44	1
Río Negro	155,493	64.31	3	44,877	18.56	—	27,751	11.48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13,671	5.65	—
Salta	415,880	87.75	4	7,577	1.60	—	26,574	5.61	—	1,664	0.35	—	1,545	0.33	—	20,671	4.36	—
San Juan	194,693	64.86	3	18,084	6.02	—	55,474	18.48	—	2,892	0.96	—	23,978	7.99	—	5,071	1.69	—
San Luis	17,128	8.56	—	24,296	12.14	—	19,684	9.84	—	—	—	—	137,343	68.65	2	1,623	0.81	—
Santa Cruz	58,973	67.84	2	—	—	—	24,722	28.44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3,235	3.72	—
Santa Fe	586,623	36.28	5	547,783	33.88	5	262,154	16.21	—	22,884	1.42	—	87,300	5.40	—	110,324	6.82	—
Santiago del Estero	290,134	88.00	4	17,088	5.18	—	6,208	1.88	—	4,247	1.29	—	3,409	1.03	—	8,609	2.61	—
Tierra del Fuego	23,235	46.83	2	12,321	24.83	1	3,256	6.56	—	2,963	5.97	—	1,634	3.29	—	6,208	12.51	—
Tucumán	409,378	65.68	4	66,003	10.59	—	100,041	16.05	1	16,387	2.63	—	—	—	—	31,509	5.06	—
Total	8,524,699	47.12	84	3,406,840	18.83	23	2,741,843	15.16	12	1,102,035	6.09	6	972,391	5.37	3	1,343,294	7.43	2

Senate


Party		Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats
	Total Front for Victory (FPV)	1,927,701	45.33	17	47
	Front for Victory (FPV)	1,125,906	26.47	9	—
	Chaco Deserves More	229,186	5.39	2	—
	Front for Victory – Salta Renewal Party	190,539	4.48	1	—
	Civic Front for Santiago	179,136	4.21	2	—
	Consensus for Development	81,200	1.91	1	—
	Viable Santiago Movement	35,459	0.83	1	—
	A New Option	33,041	0.78	—	—
	Christian Democratic Party (PDC)	26,962	0.63	—	—
	Renewal Current Party	13,564	0.32	—	—
	Federalist Unity Party (PAUFE)	7,550	0.18	1	—
	Commitment K	5,158	0.12	—	—
	Total Civic Coalition (CC)	839,235	19.74	4	5
	Civic Coalition (CC)	537,705	12.64	2	—
	Socialist Party (PS)	139,431	3.28	—	—
	Support for an Egalitarian Republic (ARI)	115,695	2.72	2	—
	Support for an Egalitarian Republic – Socialist Party	43,671	1.03	—	—
	Open Policy for Social Integrity (PAIS)	2,733	0.06	—	—
	Total Consensus for an Advanced Nation (UNA)	608,251	14.30	2	11
	Radical Civic Union (UCR)	239,748	5.64	1	—
	Everyone's Front	147,491	3.47	1	—
	Consensus for an Advanced Nation (UNA)	106,239	2.50	—	—
	Democratic Progressive Party (PDP)	78,547	1.85	—	—
	Integration and Development Movement (MID)	22,873	0.54	—	—
	Salta Proposal	13,353	0.31	—	—
	Total Recreate for Growth / Republican Proposal	275,555	6.48	—	1
	Republican Proposal (PRO)	253,706	5.97	—	—
	Recreate for Growth (Recrear)	17,047	0.40	—	—
	Commitment to Change	4,802	0.11	—	—
	Total Justice, Union and Freedom Front (FREJULI)	196,989	4.63	—	4
	Live Entre Ríos	59,557	1.40	—	—
	Justice, Union and Freedom Front (FREJULI)	50,968	1.20	—	—
	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCEDE)	41,274	0.97	—	—
	Autonomist Party	26,308	0.62	—	—
	Popular Loyalty	15,310	0.36	—	—
	Salta Popular Movement	1,518	0.04	—	—
	Unity and Liberty Party (PUL)	1,455	0.03	—	—
	Action for the Republic	599	0.01	—	—
	Project South	126,859	2.98	—	—
	Neuquén People's Movement (MPN)	51,451	1.21	1	1
	Porteño Consensus	45,464	1.07	—	—
	Workers' Socialist Movement-New Left (MST)	43,776	1.03	—	—
	Workers' Party (PO)	34,480	0.81	—	—
	Total The United Provinces Movement	25,309	0.60	—	—
	The United Provinces Movement	15,860	0.37	—	—
	Popular Union – MODIN – Center Independent Force	7,392	0.17	—	—
	New Generation	2,057	0.05	—	—
	Total Broad Front towards Latin American Unity (FRAL)	16,664	0.39	—	—
	Broad Front towards Latin American Unity (FRAL)	14,184	0.33	—	—
	Humanist Party (PH)	1,710	0.04	—	—
	Communist Party (PC)	770	0.02	—	—
	People's Reconstruction Party (PPR)	10,651	0.25	—	—
	Total Left and Workers Front for Socialism	9,366	0.22	—	—
	Left and Workers Front for Socialism	7,472	0.18	—	—
	Socialist Workers' Party (PTS)	1,894	0.04	—	—
	Entre Ríos Broad Encounter	7,615	0.18	—	—
	Independent Movement of Retirees and Unemployed (MIJD)	6,503	0.15	—	—
	Revolutionary Socialist League	4,538	0.11	—	—
	Popular Sovereignty Front	3,589	0.08	—	—
	Socialist Convergence	3,413	0.08	—	—
	Citizen Action	2,668	0.06	—	—
	Popular Assemblies	2,537	0.06	—	—
	Future Republic Movement	2,267	0.05	—	—
	Fuegian Action Front	1,935	0.05	—	—
	Broad Popular Encounter	1,782	0.04	—	—
	Fueguian People's Movement (MOPOF)	1,585	0.04	—	—
	Authentic Fuegian Party	1,344	0.03	—	—
	Call for Citizen Integration	653	0.02	—	—
	The Movement	155	0.00	—	—
	Popular Party	3	0.00	—	—
	Republican Force (FR)	did not run		—	2
	New Front	did not run		—	1
Total		4,252,338	100	24	72

Positive votes		4,252,338	91.00
Blank votes		364,388	7.80
Invalid votes		56,066	1.20
Total votes		4,672,792	100
Registered voters/turnout		6,320,953	73.93
Sources:^[10]^[8]

Results by province

Province	FPV			CC			UNA			PRO			FREJULI			Others
Province	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Buenos Aires City	412,012	22.41	1	530,304	28.84	2	268,997	14.63	—	248,881	13.54	—	115,152	6.26	—	263,416	14.33	—
Chaco	229,186	47.75	2	78,075	16.27	—	147,491	30.73	1	—	—	—	15,310	3.19	—	9,868	2.06	—
Entre Ríos	297,770	47.65	2	116,495	18.64	—	114,499	18.32	1	11,503	1.84	—	60,156	9.63	—	24,452	3.91	—
Neuquén	72,911	36.95	2	43,671	22.13	—	16,742	8.49	—	3,891	1.97	—	—	—	—	60,095	30.46	1
Río Negro	165,092	67.02	3	43,901	17.82	—	23,949	9.72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13,402	5.44	—
Salta	420,442	87.98	3	7,401	1.55	—	26,524	5.55	—	1,653	0.35	—	1,518	0.32	—	20,334	4.26	—
Santiago del Estero	306,717	91.19	3	7,815	2.32	—	6,131	1.82	—	4,825	1.43	—	3,398	1.01	—	7,464	2.22	—
Tierra del Fuego	23,571	46.31	1	11,573	22.74	2	3,918	7.70	—	4,802	9.44	—	1,455	2.86	—	5,576	10.96	—
Total	1,927,701	45.33	17	839,235	19.74	4	608,251	14.30	2	275,555	6.48	0	196,989	4.63	0	404,607	9.51	1

Governors

The elections for governors took place in ten provinces in September, which were won in six provinces by Kirchner's Front for Victory. Hermes Binner was elected governor of Santa Fe, defeating Peronist Rafael Bielsa, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pres. Néstor Kirchner. Binner thus became the first Socialist governor in Argentina's history and the first non-Justicialist elected governor of that province. Center-left Fabiana Ríos (ARI) became the first woman elected governor in Argentina, winning an upset in Tierra del Fuego Province, while the moderately conservative Mauricio Macri was elected Mayor of Buenos Aires (an office similar to governor) in June 2007.^[11]

Corrientes Province and Santiago del Estero Province did not have elections for governors in 2007, as they had already taken place in 2005.

District	Elected Governor	Party	%	Runner-up	Party	%
Buenos Aires	Daniel Scioli	Front for Victory (FPV)	48.2	Margarita Stolbizer	Civic Coalition	16.6
Catamarca	Eduardo Brizuela del Moral	Civic Social Front – FPV	52.6	Luis Barrionuevo	Justicialist Party (JP)	37.6
Chaco	Jorge Capitanich	Justicialist	46.8	Ángel Rozas ^L	Front for All (UCR)	46.6
Chubut	Mario Das Neves	Justicialist	76.7	Raúl Barneche	UCR	13.5
City of Buenos Aires	Mauricio Macri	PRO	60.9	Daniel Filmus ^L	Front for Victory (FPV)	39.1
Córdoba¹	Juan Schiaretti	Justicialist	37.2	Luis Juez	Social and Civic Agreement	36.0
Entre Ríos	Sergio Urribarri	FPV	47.0	Gustavo Cusinato	UCR	19.9
Formosa	Gildo Insfrán ^R	Justicialist	76.0	Gabriel Hernández	UCR	19.2
Jujuy	Walter Barrionuevo	FPV	36.0	Carlos Snopek	Jujuy First Alliance	30.0
La Pampa	Oscar Jorge	Justicialist	53.5	Juan Carlos Marino	Social and Civic Agreement	36.6
La Rioja	Luis Beder Herrera ^R	La Rioja People's Front	42.6	Ricardo Quintela	FPV	27.8
Mendoza	Celso Jaque	Justicialist	37.9	César Biffi	Citizen's Alliance	30.0
Misiones	Maurice Closs	Front for the Renewal of Concord	38.4	Pablo Tschirsch	FPV	28.6
Neuquén	Jorge Sapag	Neuquén People's Movement	48.3	Horacio Quiroga	FPV – UCR Alliance	35.0
Río Negro	Miguel Saiz	UCR	47.3	Miguel Ángel Pichetto	FPV	40.8
Salta	Juan Manuel Urtubey	Salta Renewal Party – FPV Alliance	46.3	Walter Wayar	Justicialist	45.3
San Juan	José Luis Gioja	FPV	61.2	Roberto Basualdo	Front for Change	24.5
San Luis	Alberto Rodríguez Saá ^R	Justicialist	86.3	Roque Palma	Popular Socialist	9.8
Santa Cruz	Daniel Peralta	FPV	58.1	Eduardo Costa	UCR	38.8
Santa Fe	Hermes Binner	Progressive, Civic and Social Front	52.7	Rafael Bielsa	FPV	41.9
Santiago del Estero²	Gerardo Zamora ^R	Civic Front for Santiago	85.1	Marcelo Lugones	Popular Unity Force (UCR)	5.0
Tierra del Fuego	Fabiana Ríos	ARI	52.4	Hugo Cóccaro	FPV	47.6
Tucumán	José Alperovich ^R	FPV	78.2	Ricardo Bussi	Republican Force	5.3
Sources: Clarín, September 3, 2007. National Electoral Direction, Ministry of Interior. 1: Civic and Social Front candidate Luis Juez, who lost by 1.1%, accused Justicialist candidate Juan Schiaretti of electoral fraud; the Argentine Supreme Court certified the results in October.^[12] 2: Election held November 30, 2008. R: Reelected. L: Incumbent lost.

References

^ "Página/12 :: El país :: Kirchner, presidenta con "A" final".
^ Kiernan, Paul (2025). "What Happens When Politicians Meddle With Economic Data: Argentina's Example". WSJ.
^ La Nación (in Spanish)
^ Página/12 (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Con perfume de mujer (in Spanish) El Espectador
^ Reuters (5/30?2007)
^ "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 – Presidenciales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Elecciones Generales 28 DE OCTUBRE DE 2007" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2012.
^ "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 – Diputados Nacionales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 – Senadores Nacionales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ Pour la première fois, un socialiste est élu gouverneur d'une province argentine, Le Monde, September 4, 2007 (in French)
^ "Córdoba: la Justicia confirmó su triunfo y Schiaretti ya es gobernador electo". Clarín. October 19, 2007.

External links

(in Spanish) National Electoral Direction – Ministry of Interior of Argentina
(in Spanish and English) Argentina Elections
(in Spanish) Official Election Results

[1] "Página/12 :: El país :: Kirchner, presidenta con "A" final".

[2] Kiernan, Paul (2025). "What Happens When Politicians Meddle With Economic Data: Argentina's Example". WSJ.

[3] La Nación (in Spanish)

[4] Página/12 (in Spanish)

[eles-5] Con perfume de mujer (in Spanish) El Espectador

[6] Reuters (5/30?2007)

[7] "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 – Presidenciales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

[results-8] "Elecciones Generales 28 DE OCTUBRE DE 2007" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2012.

[9] "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 – Diputados Nacionales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[10] "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 – Senadores Nacionales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[Mde-11] Pour la première fois, un socialiste est élu gouverneur d'une province argentine, Le Monde, September 4, 2007 (in French)

[12] "Córdoba: la Justicia confirmó su triunfo y Schiaretti ya es gobernador electo". Clarín. October 19, 2007.

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