2007 Buenos Aires City elections

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2007 Buenos Aires City elections
Bandera de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg
Mayoral election
  2003 3 June 2007 (first round)
24 June 2007 (second round)
2011  
Turnout70.01% (first round)
68.38% (second round)
  Mauricio Macri Foto de Prensa.jpg Daniel Filmus (cropped).jpg
Nominee Mauricio Macri Daniel Filmus
Party CpC PJ
Alliance PRO Front for Victory
Running mate Gabriela Michetti Carlos Heller
Popular vote1,007,729645,779
Percentage60.94%39.06%

Elecciones CABA 2007.svg
Second round results by electoral circunscription

Chief of Government before election

Jorge Telerman
PJ

Elected Chief of Government

Mauricio Macri
CpCPRO

City Legislature
  2005 3 June 2007 2009  

30 out of 60 seats in the City Legislature
Turnout73.15%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
PRO Mauricio Macri 44.3215+2
DpBA Aníbal Ibarra 14.444New
FPV-PJ Daniel Filmus 10.763−4
MBA Jorge Telerman 9.953New
CC Elisa Carrió 8.592
MST Patricia Walsh 4.041+1
BAPT Claudio Lozano2.971+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in the City of Buenos Aires on 3 June 2007 to elect the Chief of Government (mayor) and half of the City Legislature to four-year terms. As no mayoral candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held on 31 July 2011, in which Mauricio Macri, of the Commitment to Change (CpC) party, defeated Daniel Filmus of the Front for Victory (FPV) coalition to be elected as Chief of Government of Buenos Aires.

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Incumbent Jorge Telerman, who had assumed office just over a year prior to the election following the impeachment of Aníbal Ibarra over repercussions from the 2004 Cromañón nightclub fire, sought re-election but was defeated in the first round.

Background

The 2003 elections in Buenos Aires resulted in the re-election of progressive former prosecutor and mayor Aníbal Ibarra, of the Broad Front, in the run-off against centre-right businessman and former Boca Juniors president Mauricio Macri, of Commitment to Change (CpC). [1]

Just a year later, however, the Cromañón nightclub fire sent shockwaves through the political establishment of Buenos Aires and led to Ibarra's suspension from office in 2005 and eventual impeachment in 2006, amid accusations of corruption and negligence. [2] Ibarra was replaced by his deputy, Jorge Telerman. [3]

As the existing political alliances had crumbled in the aftermath of Cromañón, Telerman sought re-election on the Civic Coalition ticket, with former mayor Enrique Olivera as running mate, [4] while Macri and his CpC party, now part of the Republican Proposal alliance, geared up for a second attempt at the mayorship. [5] The peronist Front for Victory nominated sociologist and national education minister Daniel Filmus, deputised by labour leader Carlos Heller. [6]

Candidates

CoalitionMayoral candidate (party)
Prior political experience
Vice mayoral candidate (party)
Prior political experience
Parties
Propuesta Republicana.png Mauricio Macri (CPC)
National Deputy (2005–2007)
Gabriela Michetti (CPC)
City Legislator (2003–2007)
Logo Frente para la Victoria.svg Daniel Filmus (PJ)
Minister of Education (2003–2007)
Carlos Heller (PSOL)
President of Banco Credicoop (since 2005)
Mas Buenos Aires.png Jorge Telerman (PJ)
Chief of Government (2006–2007)
Enrique Olivera (ARI)
Chief of Government (1999–2000)
Mst-logo.png Patricia Walsh (MST)
National Deputy (2001–2005)
Héctor Bidonde (MST)
City Legislator (2003–2007)
Buenos Aires para todos.png Claudio Lozano (BAPT)
National Deputy (2003–2015)
María América González (BAPT)
National Deputy (1997–2003)
  • BAPT

Results

Chief of Government

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Mauricio Macri Gabriela Michetti PRO Alliance 798,29245.761,007,72960.94
Daniel Filmus Carlos Heller Front for Victory–Dialogue for Buenos Aires414,20523.75645,77939.06
Jorge Telerman Enrique Olivera More for Buenos Aires–Civic Coalition 360,73420.68
Patricia Walsh Héctor Bidonde Workers' Socialist Movement 51,4652.95
Claudio LozanoMaría América GonzálezBuenos Aires for All47,5052.72
Lía MéndezNéstor Jorge Avella Humanist Party 16,3460.94
Marcelo Ramal Vanina Biasi Workers' Party 15,6230.90
Guillermo CherashnyMiguel Ángel Ramón GómezPorteño Consensus Party6,4710.37
Christian Castillo Carlos Artacho Socialist Workers' Party 6,1510.35
Jorge SelserAdrián Camps Authentic Socialist Party 5,9250.34
José CastilloJorge Guidobono Rey Revolutionary Socialist Left Front 5,7690.33
Héctor HeberlingAndrea Fabiana Salmini Socialist Advance Movement 3,3170.19
Rubén Oscar SaboulardHéctor Guillermo BullrichIndependent Justice and Dignity Movement2,9490.17
Enrique VenturinoCarlos Hoyos Citizens' Front 2,3830.14
Juan Carlos BeicaEsilda Raquel BustosSocialist Convergence2,2000.13
Javier Ernesto BrodskyArturo José PécoraPopular Concertation2,0280.12
Juan Ricardo MussaMaría Daniel LlanosCitizen Action1,8100.10
Graciela PatanéHilda Orlinda OatesThe Movement1,1830.07
Total1,744,356100.001,653,508100.00
Valid votes1,744,35696.811,653,50894.01
Invalid votes27,1321.5152,0452.96
Blank votes30,3471.6853,3343.03
Total votes1,801,835100.001,758,887100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,573,73170.012,573,73168.34
Source: [7] [8]

Legislature

PartyVotes%Seats
Not upWonTotal
Republican Proposal Alliance 768,74844.32131528
Dialogue for Buenos Aires250,47114.44New55
Front for Victory 172,64210.76738
More Buenos Aires227,4309.95New33
Civic Coalition 148,8998.598210
Socialist Workers' Movement 70,0654.04011
Buenos Aires for All51,5062.97011
Workers' Party 18,9271.09000
Humanist Party 17,9811.04000
Authentic Socialist Party 7,2530.42000
Socialist Workers' Party 6,5850.38000
Revolutionary Socialist Left Front 6,4840.37000
Porteño Consensus Party6,2410.36000
Movement for Socialism 3,5320.20000
Independent Justice and Dignity Movement3,1910.18000
Movement for Dignity and Independence 2,8180.16000
Porteño Commitment2,7890.16000
Socialist Convergence2,6500.15000
Socialist Convergence2,6500.15000
Citizen Action1,9650.11000
Call to Social Integration1,4310.08000
The Movement 1,2470.07000
Blank votes40,138
Invalid votes27,303
Total1,801,835100303060
Registered voters/turnout2,573,73170.01
Source: [7]

See also

References

  1. "Ibarra, el único en revertir la segunda vuelta". La Gaceta (in Spanish). 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. Castro, Ángeles (8 March 2006). "La Legislatura destituyó a Ibarra". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. "Con menciones a Cromañón, Telerman asumió la jefatura porteña". Infobae (in Spanish). 13 March 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. Rodríguez, Santiago (11 April 2007). ""El camino es la coalición"". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. Sabanés, Lisandro (19 March 2024). "Breve historia del PRO y el dolor de ya no ser, ¿hay futuro?". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  6. "Se consumó la pareja de Filmus y Heller para el gobierno porteño". Página 12 (in Spanish). 4 April 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Elecciones 2007". tsjbaires.gov.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022.
  8. "Elecciones 2007 (segunda vuelta)". tsjbaires.gov.ar (in Spanish). Tribunal Superior de Justicia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022.