2011 Argentine general election

General elections were held in Argentina on Sunday, 23 October 2011. Incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won in a landslide, with 54.11% of the vote, securing a second term in office. The Front for Victory won just over half of the seats in the National Congress.

2011 Argentine general election
Presidential election
23 October 2011
Registered28,916,183
Turnout79.39%
 
Nominee Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Hermes Binner Ricardo Alfonsín
Party PJ Socialist Party UCR
Alliance FPV-PJ FAP UDESO
Running mate Amado Boudou Norma Morandini Javier González Fraga
Popular vote 11,865,055 3,684,970 2,443,016
Percentage 54.11% 16.81% 11.14%
 
Nominee Alberto Rodríguez Saá Eduardo Duhalde
Party EP PJ
Alliance CF Federal Peronism
Running mate José María Vernet Mario das Neves
Popular vote 1,745,354 1,285,830
Percentage 7.96% 5.86%
Results by province and department.
President before election

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
FPV-PJ

 Elected President

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
FPV-PJ

Chamber of Deputies
23 October 2011
130 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout79.39%
Party % Seats +/–
Front for Victory 52.22 85 +41
Union for Social Development 13.55 16 −14
Broad Progressive Front 13.50 14 +8
Federal Commitment 6.21 6 −15
Popular Front 5.45 2 +2
Civic Coalition ARI 3.00 1 −6
Republican Proposal 2.07 3 −6
Neuquén People's Movement 0.43 1 −1
Rioja Popular Front 0.21 1 +1
Fueguian People's Movement 0.07 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
23 October 2011
24 of the 72 seats in the Senate
Turnout81.75%
Party % Seats +/–
Front for Victory 57.28 15 +7
Union for Social Development 11.96 3 −8
Broad Progressive Front 11.31 1 −2
Federal Commitment 6.91 3 +3
Rioja Popular Front 0.56 2 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies results by province

Mercosur Parliamentarians were also popularly elected for the first time. Another novelty was the introduction of open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries. These took place 14 August 2011 to select the candidates of each political party or coalition.

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