2023 Buenos Aires provincial election

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2023 Buenos Aires provincial election
Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg
  2019 22 October 20232027 
Turnout10,439,895 (75.51%)
Decrease2.svg4.49 pp
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Candidate Axel Kicillof Néstor Grindetti
Party Justicialist Party PRO
Alliance Union for the Homeland Juntos por el Cambio
Running mate Verónica Magario Miguel Fernández
Popular vote4,233,0922,511,108
Percentage44.88%26.62%

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Candidate Carolina Píparo Rubén Sobrero
Party Independent Socialist Left
Alliance La Libertad Avanza Workers' Left Front
Running mateFrancisco Oneto Nathalia González Seligra
Popular vote2,319,085366,657
Percentage24.59%3.88%

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Map showing the seats won by each party in each partido
     Kicillof (88)     Grindetti (43)     Píparo (3)

Governor before election

Axel Kicillof
Justicialist PartyUP

Elected Governor

Axel Kicillof
Justicialist PartyUP

General elections were held in Buenos Aires Province on 22 October 2023, alongside national elections. The governor and vice governor, as well as half of the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the Senate were renewed. In addition, the municipal offices in the 135 partidos were renewed as well. [1]

Contents

The candidacies of each major coalition were defined in the open, simultaneous, and mandatory primaries (PASO), which took place on 13 August 2023. Lists that won at least 1.5% of the votes (including blanks) qualified to the general election. [2]

Incumbent governor Axel Kicillof, of Union for the Homeland (UP), was re-elected to a second term with 44.88% of the vote. Analysts pointed to Kicillof's successful re-election bid as a major factor in bolstering the shock victory of UP presidential hopeful Sergio Massa in the first round of the country's presidential elections. [3] [4]

Results

Governor and Vice Governor

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Axel Kicillof Verónica Magario Union for the Homeland 4,233,09244.89
Néstor Grindetti Miguel Fernández Juntos por el Cambio 2,511,10826.63
Carolina Píparo Francisco Oneto La Libertad Avanza 2,319,08524.59
Rubén Sobrero Nathalia González Seligra Workers' Left Front – Unity 366,6573.89
Total9,429,942100.00
Valid votes9,429,94290.33
Invalid votes74,5240.71
Blank votes935,4298.96
Total votes10,439,895100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,073,60474.18
Source: [5]

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats
Not upWonTotal
Union for the Homeland 2,010,46141.91191736
Juntos por el Cambio 1,390,25028.98221638
La Libertad Avanza 1,215,46725.3431316
Workers' Left Front – Unity 181,3203.78202
Blank/invalid votes587,372
Total5,384,870100464692
Registered voters/turnout7,122,92075.60
Source: Resultados Definitivos 2023

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Not upWonTotal
Union for the Homeland 2,227,28947.00101121
Juntos por el Cambio 1,178,75924.8713720
La Libertad Avanza 1,132,64123.90055
Workers' Left Front – Unity 200,5474.23000
Blank/invalid votes546,374
Total5,285,610100232346
Registered voters/turnout6,937,01376.19
Source: Resultados Definitivos 2023

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