Argentina

Chamber of DeputiesSenate

Chamber of Deputies

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Sergio Tomás Massa (Male)
Year of birth
1972
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Eduardo Cergnul (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
10 Dec. 2019 -

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
148
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
109
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
42.41% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
51.73
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
27
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Youngest member
Josefina Mendoza (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
93 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
164 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
148 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
109 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0 See historical data for this field.
21-30
5 See historical data for this field.
31-40
43 See historical data for this field.
41-45
45 See historical data for this field.
46-50
28 See historical data for this field.
51-60
69 See historical data for this field.
61-70
57 See historical data for this field.
71-80
10 See historical data for this field.
81-90
0 See historical data for this field.
91 and over
0 See historical data for this field.
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 5 43 45 28 69 57 10 0 0
Total <= 45: 93 Total >= 46: 164
Male 0 2 22 23 14 47 32 8 0 0 148
Female 0 3 21 22 14 22 25 2 0 0 109
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger1.95%0.78%1.17%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger18.68%9.34%9.34%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger36.19%18.29%17.9%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Legislated candidate quotas. For all national elections party electoral lists are required to have a minimum of 30% women candidates with real chances of being elected.
Elections > Election results

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
75
Number of women elected
55
Percentage of women elected The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
42.31%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
There are three vacant seats.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
55

New legislature

Total number of men after the election The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
152
Total number of women after the election The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
102
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Sergio Massa (Male)
Date of election
10.12.2019
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1947
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
In some provinces, women were given the right to vote and stand for election at an earlier date
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1947
National or local Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1951
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1973