2019 Buenos Aires provincial election

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2019 Buenos Aires provincial election
Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg
 201527 October 2019 2023  
Turnout10,548,393 (80.00%)
Decrease2.svg0.48 pp
  Axel Kicillof.jpg Maria Eugenia Vidal (cropped).jpg Eduardo Bucca.png
Candidate Axel Kicillof María Eugenia Vidal Eduardo Bucca
Party Frente de Todos Juntos por el Cambio CF
Popular vote5,274,5113,852,624513,850
Percentage52.40%38.28%5.11%

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Candidate Christian Castillo Gustavo Ricardo Álvarez
Party Workers' Left Front–Unity NOS Front
Popular vote282,830141,249
Percentage2.81%1.40%

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Map showing the seats won by each party in each partido.

Governor before election

María Eugenia Vidal
PROCambiemos

Elected Governor

Axel Kicillof
FdT

General elections were held in Buenos Aires Province on 27 October 2019, alongside national elections. The governor and vice governor, as well as half of the Chamber of Deputies and a half of the Senate were renewed. In addition, a number of municipal offices were elected as well. [1]

Contents

The candidatures were defined in the open, simultaneous, and mandatory primaries (PASO), which took place on 11 August 2019. Lists that won at least 1.5% of the votes (including blanks) qualified to the general election. [2]

The election resulted in the defeat of incumbent governor María Eugenia Vidal (PRO) to former finance minister and then-congressman Axel Kicillof, of the Frente de Todos (FDT). This accompanied the national trend, in which incumbent president Mauricio Macri, of PRO, lost to the FDT's Alberto Fernández. [3] Vidal is the first governor in the province's history to seek re-election and lose, [4] while Kicillof became the eighth governor (sixth peronist) since the return of democracy in 1983. It was the most polarized election since 1999, with the two most voted candidates summing 90.68% of the votes. [5] [6]

Results

Primaries

PartyCandidateRunning mateVotes%
Frente de Todos Axel Kicillof Verónica Magario 4,921,53649.44
Juntos por el Cambio María Eugenia Vidal Daniel Salvador3,223,46032.38
Federal Consensus Eduardo Bucca Miguel Saredi575,2025.78
Workers' Left Front – Unity Christian Castillo Mercedes Trimachi321,8763.23
NOS Front Gustavo R. ÁlvarezSandra M. Dell'Aquila168,2231.69
Movement of Socialist Advance Martín González BayónMarina Alonso67,3190.68
Patriotic FrontLeonardo BarianiAna Graziano21,4340.22
Popular Dignity Party Santiago CuneoClaudio Morgado21,4910.22
Democratic Organization MovementMaría MacaioneMarcelo Ferrara11,1040.11
Blank votes623,0496.26
Invalid votes66,813
Total10,021,507100
Registered voters/turnout13,185,03676.35
Source: Poder Judicial de la Nación

Governor and Vice Governor

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Axel Kicillof Verónica Magario Everyone's Front 5,274,51152.40
María Eugenia Vidal Daniel Salvador Together for Change 3,852,62438.28
Eduardo Bucca Miguel Saredi Federal Consensus 513,8505.11
Christian Castillo Mercedes Trimarchi Left and Worker's Front-Unity 282,8302.81
Gustavo Ricardo ÁlvarezSandra María Dell'AquilaNOS Front141,2491.40
Total10,065,064100.00
Valid votes10,065,06495.42
Invalid votes64,2370.61
Blank votes419,0923.97
Total votes10,548,393100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,185,03680.00
Source: [7]

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats
Not upWonTotal
Frente de Todos 2,475,10849.36222345
Juntos por el Cambio 2,036,18840.61182240
Federal Consensus 274,2135.47516
Workers' Left Front – Unity 159,8333.19101
NOS Front 69,0591.38000
Blank/invalid votes306,233
Total5,320,634100464692
Registered voters/turnout6,647,39780.04
Source: Resultados

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Not upWonTotal
Frente de Todos 2,717,38755.0671320
Juntos por el Cambio 1,711,36934.67161026
Federal Consensus 261,3655.30000
Workers' Left Front – Unity 170,6163.46000
NOS Front 75,0091.52000
Blank/invalid votes292,013
Total5,227,759100232346
Registered voters/turnout6,537,63979.96
Source: Resultados

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