1997 Argentine legislative election

1997 Argentine legislative election

← 1995 26 October 1997 1999 →
127 of 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	79.63%
Party Vote % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies Alliance for Work, Justice and Education 46.94% 63 +12 Justicialist Party 36.37% 50 −18 Action for the Republic 3.84% 3 +3 Republican Force 1.43% 2 +1 Democratic Party of Mendoza 1.32% 2 +1 New Party 1.30% 2 +2 Democratic Progressive Party 0.92% 1 +1 Others 7.91% 4 −5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by province

Argentina held national legislative elections on 26 October 1997. This election was the second time of the peronist Justicialist Party defeated since 1985, while Justicialist Party maintained control of the Congress.