2003 Argentine general election

2003 Argentine general election

Presidential election
← 1999 27 April 2003 18 May 2003 (planned second round, cancelled) 2007 →
Registered	25,481,410
Turnout	78.22%
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
Turnout	71.88% (Deputies) 69.17% (Senate)
Party % 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.