Argentine Senate

The **Argentine Senate** is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators.  There are three for each province and three for Buenos Aires. There used to be 2 senators from each province.  That was changed in 1994.

Senators are elected by direct election on a provincial basis.  The party with the most votes is given two of the province's senate seats. The second-place party gets the third seat. Currently one-third of the members are elected every two years to a six-year term. In other words, one-third of the provinces hold senate elections every two years.

## Requirements

According to Section 55 of the Argentine Constitution, candidates for the Argentine Senate must
- be at least 30 years old
- have been a citizen of Argentina for six years
- be native to the province of his office, or have been a resident of that province for two years.

## Authorities

Current leadership positions include:
|Title|Officeholder|Caucus|Province|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|President of the Senate|Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Frente de Todos|Buenos Aires|
|Provisional President|Claudia Ledesma Abdala|Frente de Todos|Santiago del Estero|
|Vice President|Carolina Losada|Juntos por el Cambio|Santa Fe|
|First Vice President|Maurice Closs|Frente de Todos|Misiones|
|Second Vice President|Guadalupe Tagliaferri|Juntos por el Cambio|Buenos Aires|
|Parliamentary Secretary|Marcelo Fuentes|colspan="2" rowspan="2"||
|Administrative Secretary|María Luz Alonso|||
|First Minority Leader|José Mayans|Frente de Todos|Formosa|
|Second Minority Leader|Alfredo Cornejo|Juntos por el Cambio|Mendoza|

## Infobox (legislature)

- **background color**: #75AADB
- **name**: Honorable Senate of the Argentine Nation
- **native name**: Honorable Senado de la Nación Argentina
- **coa pic**: Logo_Senado_Argentina.png
- **coa res**: 230
- **legislature**: List of Argentine senators, 2023–2025, 2023–2025 period
- **house type**: Upper house
- **body**: National Congress of Argentina
- **term limits**: None
- **leader1 type**: Vice President of Argentina, President of the Senate
- **leader1**: Victoria Villarruel
- **party1**: La Libertad Avanza, LLA
- **election1**: 10 December 2023
- **leader2 type**: List of Provisional Presidents of the Argentine Senate, Provisional President
- **leader2**: Bartolomé Abdala
- **party2**: La Libertad Avanza, LLA
- **election2**: 13 December 2023
- **leader3 type**: First Minority Leader
- **leader3**: José Mayans
- **party3**: Union for the Homeland, UP
- **election3**: 10 December 2019
- **leader4 type**: Second Minority Leader
- **leader4**: :es:Eduardo Vischi, Eduardo Vischi
- **party4**: Radical Civic Union, UCR–Juntos por el Cambio, JxC
- **election4**: 10 December 2023
- **members**: 72
- **structure1**: File:Argentine Senate 2025.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250px
- **political groups1**: **Government (6)**
* :es:La Libertad Avanza (partido), LLA (6)
**Allies (7)**
* Republican Proposal, PRO (7)
**Independents (25)**
* Radical Civic Union, UCR (13)
* We Do Federal Coalition (3)
* Front for the Renewal of Concord, Federal Innovation (3)
* For Santa Cruz (2)
* For Social Justice (1)
* Freedom, Work and Progress (1)
* Wake up Chubut (1)
* Neuquén People's Movement, Neuquén Movement (1)
**Opposition (34)**
* Union for the Homeland, UP (34)
- **term length**: 6 years
- **voting system1**: Limited voting
Party-list proportional representation
- **last election1**: 2023 Argentine general election, 22 October 2023
(24 seats)
- **next election1**: 2025 Argentine legislative election, 19 October 2025
- **session room**: Senado_Argentino_aprueba_reformas_previsional_y_fiscal.jpg
- **meeting place**: Chamber of Senators, Palace of the Argentine National Congress, Congress Palace,
Buenos Aires, Argentina