2019 Buenos Aires provincial election

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]

2019 Buenos Aires provincial election

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Turnout10,548,393 (80.00%)
Decrease0.48 pp
 
Candidate Axel Kicillof María Eugenia Vidal Eduardo Bucca
Party Frente de Todos Juntos por el Cambio CF
Popular vote 5,274,511 3,852,624 513,850
Percentage 52.40% 38.28% 5.11%

 
Candidate Christian Castillo Gustavo Ricardo Álvarez
Party Workers' Left Front–Unity NOS Front
Popular vote 282,830 141,249
Percentage 2.81% 1.40%

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

Governor before election

María Eugenia Vidal
PROCambiemos

Elected Governor

Axel Kicillof
FdT

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

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Primaries

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Party Candidate Running mate Votes %
Frente de Todos Axel Kicillof Verónica Magario 4,921,536 49.44
Juntos por el Cambio María Eugenia Vidal Daniel Salvador 3,223,460 32.38
Federal Consensus Eduardo Bucca Miguel Saredi 575,202 5.78
Workers' Left Front – Unity Christian Castillo Mercedes Trimachi 321,876 3.23
NOS Front Gustavo R. Álvarez Sandra M. Dell'Aquila 168,223 1.69
Movement of Socialist Advance Martín González Bayón Marina Alonso 67,319 0.68
Patriotic Front Leonardo Bariani Ana Graziano 21,434 0.22
Popular Dignity Party Santiago Cuneo Claudio Morgado 21,491 0.22
Democratic Organization Movement María Macaione Marcelo Ferrara 11,104 0.11
Blank votes 623,049 6.26
Invalid votes 66,813
Total 10,021,507 100
Registered voters/turnout 13,185,036 76.35
Source: Poder Judicial de la Nación

Governor and Vice Governor

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CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Axel KicillofVerónica MagarioEveryone's Front5,274,51152.40
María Eugenia VidalDaniel SalvadorTogether for Change3,852,62438.28
Eduardo BuccaMiguel SarediFederal Consensus513,8505.11
Christian CastilloMercedes TrimarchiLeft and Worker's Front-Unity282,8302.81
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

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Party Votes % Seats
Not up Won Total
Frente de Todos 2,475,108 49.36 22 23 45
Juntos por el Cambio 2,036,188 40.61 18 22 40
Federal Consensus 274,213 5.47 5 1 6
Workers' Left Front – Unity 159,833 3.19 1 0 1
NOS Front 69,059 1.38 0 0 0
Blank/invalid votes 306,233
Total 5,320,634 100 46 46 92
Registered voters/turnout 6,647,397 80.04
Source: Resultados

Senate

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Party Votes % Seats
Not up Won Total
Frente de Todos 2,717,387 55.06 7 13 20
Juntos por el Cambio 1,711,369 34.67 16 10 26
Federal Consensus 261,365 5.30 0 0 0
Workers' Left Front – Unity 170,616 3.46 0 0 0
NOS Front 75,009 1.52 0 0 0
Blank/invalid votes 292,013
Total 5,227,759 100 23 23 46
Registered voters/turnout 6,537,639 79.96
Source: Resultados

References

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  1. ^ "Mapa: qué se elige en las provincias en 2019". El Cronista (in Spanish). 5 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Resultados de las PASO 2019: Axel Kicillof le ganó a María Eugenia Vidal por casi 17% en la provincia de Buenos Aires". Clarín (in Spanish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. ^ Villafañe, Leonardo (27 October 2019). "Elecciones 2019: Kicillof le ganó a Vidal y será el nuevo gobernador de Buenos Aires". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ Cottet, Facundo (14 June 2020). ""Vidal es la primera gobernadora de la historia que no consigue la reelección"". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Amplia victoria de Kicillof en Provincia: venció a Vidal y es electo gobernador". CNN en Español (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ González, Guillermo Javier (28 October 2019). "Argentina: victoria de todos, polarización de muchos". CELAG (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "ELECCIONES 27 DE OCTUBRE DE 2019 Escrutinio Definitivo - Gobernador" (PDF). Junta Electoral de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2021.
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