Argentine general election, 1999

Argentina held presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, 24 October 1999. The winning candidate for the presidency was Fernando de la Rúa, of the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education, with Carlos "Chacho" Álvarez as vice-president.

Each of the electoral districts of the country (23 provinces plus the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires) also elected candidates for the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, mostly in parallel with the presidential elections; four districts (Neuquén, San Luis, La Rioja and Misiones) had separate legislative elections prior to that (in August and September).

Presidential election

The Alliance, formed by the Radical Civic Union (UCR) and the Front for a Country in Solidarity (FrePaSo), carried Fernando de la Rúa and Carlos Álvarez as presidential candidates. They beat Eduardo Duhalde and Ramón Ortega, of the Justicialist Party, for about 10% of the popular vote. They were followed far behind by the former Menem administration members Domingo Cavallo and Armando Caro Figueroa. Since the Alliance obtained 48% of the total vote, it won on the first round, without forcing a runoff election. The Alliance was ahead in the presidential election in 20 districts out of 24.

Results

-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Candidates!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Nominating parties!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
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align=left|Fernando De la Rúa - Carlos Álvarez
align=left|Alliance for Work, Justice and Education ("Alianza por el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación")
align="right" |9,167,404
align="right" |48.37
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align=left|Eduardo Duhalde - Ramón Ortega
align=left|Justicialist Party ("Partido Justicialista")
align="right" |7,254,417
align="right" |38.27
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align=left|Domingo Cavallo - José Armando Caro Figueroa
align=left|Action for the Republic ("Acción por la República")
align="right" |1,937,565
align="right" |10.22
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align=left|Patricia Walsh - Rogelio de Leonardi
align=left|United Left ("Izquierda Unida")
align="right" |151,276
align="right" |0.80
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align=left|Lía Mendez - Jorge Pompei
align=left|Humanist Party ("Partido Humanista")
align="right" |131,811
align="right" |0.70
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align=left|Jorge Altamira - Pablo Rieznik
align=left|Worker's Party ("Partido Obrero")
align="right" |113,916
align="right" |0.60
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align=left|Jorge Moccia - Gabriel Reyna
align=left|Resistance Front ("Frente de la Resistencia")
align="right" |57,134
align="right" |0.30
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align=left|Juan Ricardo Mussa - Irene Herrera
align=left|Social-Christian Alliance ("Alianza Social Cristiana")
align="right" |53.145
align="right" |0.28
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align=left|José Montes - Oscar Hernández
align=left|Socialist Workers' Party ("Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas")
align="right" |43.911
align="right" |0.23
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align=left|Domingo Quarracino - Amelia Rearte
align=left|Authentic Socialist Party ("Partido Socialista Auténtico")
align="right" |43.147
align="right" |0.23
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align=left colspan=2|Total positive votes
align=right|18,953,456|
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align=left colspan=4|Source: [http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/elecciones/ Ministerio del Interior]

Candidates for President

* Chief of Government Fernando de la Rúa of Capital Federal
* Governor Eduardo Duhalde of Buenos Aires
* Former Minister of Economy Domingo Cavallo of Córdoba

Legislative elections

The 1999 legislative elections renewed about half of the Chamber of Deputies (130 seats). The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education obtained 63 seats; the Justicialist Party got 51, and Domingo Cavallo's Action for the Republic got 7. Despite the triumph, the Alliance was left with 124 deputies, 5 less than quorum, while the Justicialist Party had 99, which would later make it difficult for De la Rúa's administration to pass important laws.

See also

* Politics of Argentina
* List of political parties in Argentina

External links

* [http://www.towsa.com/andy/ Andy Tow's Election Atlas] : Presidential, Legislative and Gubernatorial elections in Argentina since 1983.
* Inter-Parliamentary Union. [http://www.ipu.org/english/parline/reports/arc/2011%5F99.htm Argentina - ELECTIONS HELD IN 1999] .