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Argentine Senate
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The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Senators are elected by direct election on a provincial basis, with the party with the most votes being awarded two of the province's senate seats and the second-place party receiving the third seat. Currently one-third of the members are elected every two years to a six-year term: in other words, one-third of the provinces hold senatorial elections every two years. There are no restrictions on repeated reelection.
The Senate is presided over by the Vice-President of the Republic, who has the casting vote in the event of ties.
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According to Section 55 of the Argentine Constitution, candidates for the Argentine Senate must
- be at least 30 years old
- have been a a citizen of Argentina for six years
- be native to the province of his office, or have been a resident of that province for two years.
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| Party blocs | Seats | Party blocs | Seats |
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| PJ Front for Victory |
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Radical Civic Union |
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| PJ Justicialist Front |
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Civic and Social Front of Catamarca |
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| Neuquino People's Movement |
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Republican Force Tucumán |
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| FrePaSo - Party of Victory |
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Alliance New Front |
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| Alliance Union of Cordoba |
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New Party Corrientes |
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| Front of Jujuy |
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PJ Federalism and Freedom |
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| Salta Renewal Party |
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Alliance Front of Production and Labour |
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| Socialist Party |
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| 72 members | |||
The Senate is presided over by the Vice-President of the country, currently Daniel Scioli. Day to day leadership of the Senate is made by the 'Provisional President', who has been Front for Victory (FPV) Senator José Pampuro since 2006.
Other positions include:
- Senate Vice-President - Sen. Marcelo López Arias (FPV)
- First Vice-President - Sen. Mirian Curletti (UCR)
- Second Vice-President - Sen. Ricardo Gomez Diez (PRS)
- Administrative Secretary - Carlos Machiaroli
- Parliamentary Secretary - Juan Estrada
- Leader of the PJ Front for Victory block - Sen. Miguel Ángel Pichetto
- Leader of the UCR block - Sen. Ernesto Sanz
| Coalitions and parties | Chamber of Deputies of the Nation: 127 out of 257 seats |
Senate of the Nation: 24 out of 72 seats |
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| Votes | % | Deputies | Votes | % | Senators | |
| Front for Victory (Frente para la Victoria) | 5,071,094 | 29.9 | 50 | 3,572,361 | 45.1 | 14 |
| Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical) | 1,514,653 | 8.9 | 10 | 597,730 | 7.5 | 2 |
| Alternative for a Republic of Equals (Alternativa por una República de Iguales) | 1,227,726 | 7.2 | 8 | 549,208 | 6.9 | - |
| Justicialist Party (Partido Justicialista) | 1,142,522 | 6.7 | 9 | 58,485 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Republican Proposal (Propuesta Republicana - PRO) | 1,046,020 | 6.2 | 9 | 492,892 | 6.2 | - |
| Justicialist Front (Frente Justicialista) | 670,309 | 3.9 | 7 | 1,364,880 | 17.2 | 3 |
| Progressive, Civic and Social Front (Frente Progresista Cívico y Social) | 625,335 | 3.7 | 5 | |||
| Alliance Union of Córdoba (Alianza Unión Córdoba) | 530,115 | 3.1 | 4 | |||
| Federalist Unity Party (Partido Unidad Federalista) | 372,843 | 2.2 | 2 | |||
| Alliance New Front (Alianza Frente Nuevo) | 347,412 | 2.0 | 3 | |||
| Front of Everyone (Frente de Todos) | 316,294 | 1.9 | 6 | |||
| Front for the Renewal of Concordia (Frente Renovador de la Concordia) | 189,327 | 1.1 | 2 | 187,255 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Civic Front for Santiago (Frente Cívico por Santiago) | 185,733 | 1.1 | 3 | |||
| Neuquino People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Neuquino) | 85,700 | 0.5 | 2 | |||
| Front of Jujuy (Frente Jujeño) | 78,051 | 1.0 | 1 | |||
| Alliance Front of Production and Labour (Alianza Frente Produccion y Trabajo) | 71,984 | 0.9 | 1 | |||
| Others | 3,647,997 | 21.5 | 7 | 953,739 | 12.0 | - |
| Total (turnout 70.9 % resp. 72.3 %) | 16,973,080 | 127 | 7,926,585 | 24 | ||
| Registered voters | 26,098,546 | 12,081,098 | ||||
| Votes cast | 18,513,717 | 8,730,094 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 1,540,637 | 8.3 | 803,509 | 9.2 | ||
| Source: Adam Carr's Website Be aware that parties operate under various labels and alliances in the provinces. |
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- senado.gov.ar – Senate of Argentina