2003 Buenos Aires City elections

2003 Buenos Aires City elections

Mayoral election
24 August 2003 (first round)
14 September 2003 (second round)
Turnout69.83% (first round)
70.50% (second round)
 
Nominee Aníbal Ibarra Mauricio Macri
Party Broad Front Independent
Alliance FP CpC
Running mate Jorge Telerman Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Popular vote 928,056 807,385
Percentage 53.48% 46.52%


Chief of Government before election

Aníbal Ibarra
FG–FP

Elected Chief of Government

Aníbal Ibarra
FG–FP

City Legislature
24 August 2003

All 60 seats in the City Legislature
Turnout69.83%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
CpC Mauricio Macri 36.15 23 New
FP Aníbal Ibarra 31.44 21 New
AyL Luis Zamora 10.76 8 New
UPRBA Patricia Bullrich 9.92 6 New
UCR Cristian Caram 2.20 1 New
IU Vilma Ripoll 1.89 1 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in the City of Buenos Aires on 24 August 2003 to elect the Chief of Government (mayor) and entirety of the City Legislature. As no mayoral candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held on 14 September 2003, in which incumbent Aníbal Ibarra, of the Broad Front, defeated Mauricio Macri of the Commitment to Change (CpC) coalition to be re-elected as Chief of Government of Buenos Aires.

The entirety of the City Legislature was elected for the last time, and following the election, through a draw it was decided which half of the elected legislators (30 out of 60) would complete a full four year-term, and which half would only serve a two year-term (due to be renewed in the 2005 legislative election).

The elections were due to be held in 2004, but were held earlier in order to unify the national electoral calendar with that of Buenos Aires City, following an agreement between Ibarra and President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde.