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This articles gives information on voting, elections and election results in Argentina. For details about government institutions and political parties, see Politics of Argentina.

On the national level, Argentina elects a head of state (the President) and a legislature. Voting is mandatory for citizens between 18 and 70 years of age, with some exceptions.

The President and the Vice-President are elected in one ballot, for a four-year term, by direct popular vote, using a runoff voting system: there must be a second round if no formula gets more than 45% of the affirmative valid votes, or more than 40% of the affirmative valid votes with a difference of 10 percentage points from the second formula, in quantity of affirmative valid votes. Before the 1995 election, the President and Vice-President were both elected by an electoral college.

The National Congress (Congreso Nacional) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies of the Nation (Cámara de Diputados de la Nación) has 257 members, elected for a four-year term in each electoral district (23 Provinces and the Federal Capital) by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method, with half of the seats renewed every two years in all districts. The Senate of the Nation (Senado de la Nación) has 72 members, elected for a six-year term in three-seat constituencies (23 provinces and the Federal Capital) for a six year term, with two seats awarded to the largest party or coalition and one seat to the second largest party or coalition. One-third of the constituencies are renewed every two years. In 2001 the whole senate was renewed.

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Main article: Argentine general election, 2007

e • d **Summary of the 28 October 2007 Argentine presidential election results**
Presidential candidate	Vice-presidential candidate	Party	Votes	%
Complete results (provincial breakdown available at the Interior Ministry web site).
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner	Julio César Cleto Cobos	Front for Victory Alliance	8,651,066	45.29
Elisa Carrió	Rubén Héctor Giustiniani	Civic Coalition Confederation	4,401,981	23.04
Roberto Lavagna	Gerardo Rubén Morales	An Advanced Nation (UNA)	3,229,648	16.91
Alberto Rodríguez Saá	Héctor María Maya	Justice, Union and Liberty Front Alliance	1,458,955	7.64
Fernando Solanas	Angel Francisco Cadelli	Authentic Socialist Party	301,265	1.58
Ricardo López Murphy	Esteban Bullrich	Recreate for Growth	273,015	1.43
Jorge Omar Sobisch	Jorge Asís	Total	268,255	1.40
		Movement for the United Provinces	152,419	0.80
		Popular Union	69,079	0.36
		Movement of Neighborhood Action	36,809	0.19
		Movement for Dignity and Independence	9,948	0.05
Vilma Ripoll	Héctor Bidonde	Socialist Movement of the Workers	142,421	0.75
Néstor Pitrola	Gabriela Adriana Arroyo	Workers' Party	116,564	0.61
José Alberto Montes	Héctor Antonio Heberling	PTS-MAS-Socialist Left Alliance	84,662	0.44
Luis Alberto Ammann	Rogelio Deleonardi	Wide Front Towards Latin American Unity Alliance	69,760	0.37
Raúl Castells	Nina Pelozo	Independent Movement of the Retired and the Unemployed	48,786	0.26
Gustavo Luis Breide Obeid	Héctor Raúl Vergara	Popular Party for Reconstruction	45,282	0.24
Juan Ricardo Mussa	Bernardo Nespral	Popular Loyalty Confederation	10,551	0.06
Total valid votes			19,102,211	100.00
Blank votes			1,330,885	6.44
Null votes			240,074	1.16
Total votes (turnout 76.31%)			20,673,170	100.00
Source: Interior Ministry