2003 Argentine general election

2003 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← 1999
  • 27 April 2003
  • 18 May 2003 (planned second round, cancelled)
2007 →
Registered25,481,410
Turnout78.22%
 
Nominee Carlos Menem Néstor Kirchner Ricardo López Murphy
Party PJ PJ Recreate
Alliance Front for Loyalty - UCEDE FPV Federal Movement Recreate
Running mate Juan Carlos Romero Daniel Scioli Ricardo Gómez Diez
States carried 12 8 CABA
Popular vote 4,741,200 4,313,131 3,173,584
Percentage 24.45% 22.25% 16.37%

 
Nominee Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Elisa Carrió
Party PJ ARI
Alliance FMP - PUL
States carried 3 0
Popular vote 2,736,091 2,723,207
Percentage 14.11% 14.08%

First round results by province and department.

President before election

Eduardo Duhalde
PJ

Elected President

Néstor Kirchner
FPV-PJ

Legislative election
← 2001 27 April 2003 to 23 November 2003 2005 →

130 of 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
24 of 72 seats in the Senate
Turnout71.88% (Deputies)
69.17% (Senate)
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
Justicialist Party

39.74% 65 +3
Radical Civic Union

13.48% 19 −15
Alternative for a Republic of Equals

9.74% 11 +5
Recreate for Growth

4.02% 2 +1
Commitment to Change Front

3.88% 5 0
Buenos Aires Popular Front

3.86% 5 +5
Socialist Party

2.92% 3 +2
Federalist Action for Buenos Aires

2.76% 3 +1
New Front

2.61% 3 +3
Self-determination and Freedom

1.32% 2 0
Republican Force

0.80% 2 +1
Others

15.01% 9 −3
Senate
Justicialist Party

40.51% 12 +1
Radical Civic Union

15.60% 5 −3
Socialist Party

9.42% 1 +1
New Front

7.62% 1 +1
Republican Force

3.12% 2 +2
New Party

2.25% 1 +1
Front of Everyone (Corrientes)

2.74% 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Argentina held a presidential election on Sunday, 27 April 2003. Turnout was 78.2%. No one presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright, but the scheduled runoff was cancelled when former president and first-round winner Carlos Menem pulled out just 4 days before the planned runoff on 18 May, handing the presidency to runner-up, Santa Cruz Province Governor Néstor Kirchner of the Front for Victory. Legislative elections were held on 12 dates, 27 April, 24 August, 31 August, 7 September, 14 September, 28 September, 5 October, 19 October, 26 October, 9 November, 16 November and 23 November. As of 2023, this marked the last time that both the president-elect and vice president-elect ticket were both men.