Argentina: Senate, 29 October 2017

At stake in this election:

• 24 seats in the Argentinian Senate (Senado)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Mauricio MACRI (since 10 December 2015)
• Head of Government: President Mauricio MACRI (since 10 December 2015)
• Assembly: Bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) consisting of the Senate with 72 seats and the Chamber of Deputies with 257 seats

Description of electoral system:

• The 72 members of the Senate are directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by a simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms. One-third of the membership is elected every 2 years.

Last Election:

• The last election for the Senate (Senado) occurred in 2015. The provinces of Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Chubut, La Pampa, Mendoza, Santa Fe, and Tucuman each elected 3 senators.

Main candidates in the election:​

• Let’s Change / Cambiemos
  • Leader: Mauricio MACRI
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Citizen’s Unity / Unidad Ciudadana
  • Leader: Cristina FERNANDEZ
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Justicialist Party / Partido Justicialista
  • Leader: Jose Luis GIOJA
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Front for the Renewal of Concord / Frente Renovador de la Concordia
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• United for a New Alternative / Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa
  • Leader: Sergio MASSA
  • Seats won in last election: 1

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 44,293,293
• Registered Voters: 32,130,853

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 22,370,350
• Is Argentina a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
• Has Argentina ratified CEDAW: Yes (15 July 1985)
• Gender Quota: Yes
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 130
• Human Development Index Position: 45
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low

Disability Data:

• Is Argentina a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has Argentina ratified CRPD: Yes (2 September 2008)
• Population with a disability: 6,514,783