1995 Argentine general election

1995 Argentine general election
Presidential election
14 May 1995
Registered22,178,201
Turnout82.08%
 
Nominee Carlos Saúl Menem José Octavio Bordón Horacio Massaccesi
Party PJ PAIS UCR
Alliance Justicialist Front FREPASO UCR + MID
Running mate Carlos Ruckauf Carlos Álvarez Antonio María Hernández
States carried 23 CABA 0
Popular vote 8,687,511 5,096,104 2,956,137
Percentage 49.94% 29.30% 16.99%
Most voted party by province and department
President before election

Carlos Menem
Justicialist Party

 Elected President

Carlos Menem
Justicialist Party

Legislative election
14 May 1995
130 of 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout82.08%
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
Justicialist Party 49.38% 75 +5
Radical Civic Union 21.94% 27 −14
Solidary Country Front 21.23% 21 +16
Movement for Dignity and Independence 1.84% 0 −4
Democratic Progressive Party 0.94% 1 0
Autonomist - Liberal - Democratic Progressive 0.93% 2 0
Others 3.74% 4 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The Argentine general election of 1995 was held on 14 May. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 82.1%. It became the first election in post-1983 Argentina to use the direct vote system, as the electoral college was abolished by 1995.

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