In this 2023 In Argentina there were elections in all the provinces. One of them, in Corrientes, was to elect legislators, in the other 22, to executive positions. In 18, it was already defined who will be the governors starting December 10. In the remaining ones, the PASO were held. This Sunday, it was defined that radicalism will once again have a governor of Santa Fe after 60 years. Maximiliano Pullaro, from Unidos para Cambiar Santa Fe, defeated the Peronist Marcelo Lewandowski by a wide margin and from December 10 he will be in charge of the Gray House.
Although the initial trend of the electoral year marked a continuity of the ruling parties, the general elections in the last locations could also show a considerable support for change.
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This last point was reflected in the central provinces of the country. In San Luis, Peronism lost a decades-long hegemony in the hands of the Rodríguez Saá family to a former ally, the former governor, Claudio Poggi. In San Juan, Marcelo Orrego put an end to 20 years of PJ governments whose leading figures in recent decades were Sergio Uñac and José Luis Gioja, who were opposed.
While, Neuquen It was the first choice and also marked a change of era. In a scenario similar to that of San Luis, a former member of the Nequino Popular Movement – which has governed for 60 years – Rolando Figueroa, managed to impose himself on the local structure with more than broad support: from Mauricio Macri himself to sectors of Peronism. There, Larreta also scored a triumph, since the modality in which he constructed himself politically was associated with dialogue and agreement with various spaces.
In ten provinces they bet on the continuity of the ruling parties
Whether with the same leader or with his successors, and on both sides of the partisan divide, In 10 of the 13 provinces that have already elected their next governors, they opted for the continuity of the administrations.
These were the cases of Gildo Insfran (Formosa), Martín Llaryora (Córdoba), Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja), Gustavo Sáenz (Salta), Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa), Alberto Weretilneck (Río Negro), Hugo Passalacqua (Misiones), Carlos Sadir (Jujuy) and Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego).
In six the PJ will continue to be governed. In four of them, the traditional sector. In La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela comfortably achieved his re-election, with 50.63%, almost 20 points more than Felipe Álvarez (JxC). La Pampa also saw its governor re-elected; Sergio Ziliotto obtained more than 45% of the votes, although there was progress by the opposition coalition that with Martín Berghongaray obtained 42%. In Formosa, Gildo Insfrán achieved his eighth re-election with almost 70% of the votes. While in Tucumán, the broad victory of Osvaldo Jaldo will imply the continuity of Juan Manzur’s project.
In turn, in Tierra del Fuego, Gustavo Melella (FORJA), closer to Kirchnerism, achieved re-election in the first round with 53% of the votes.
Meanwhile, in Córdoba there was a close election in which he triumphed Martín Llaryora, close to Governor Juan Schiaretti – who will compete for the presidency within a non-Kirchnerist Peronism – only three points above the leader of the PRO, Luis Juez, supported by Patricia Bullrich.
On the other hand, in Salta, Río Negro and Misiones will continue to govern parties with strong identification with their provinces.
Gustavo Sáenz, from Identidad Salteña, managed to be re-elected with the support of more than 47% of the population. Although he has an absolutely dialogic stance, he is one of the leaders closest to the pre-candidate for president of Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa. There they presented candidates for both Together for Change and the Frente de Todos and they got 17% and 16%, respectively.
In Misiones the Frente Renovador de la Concordia achieved a resounding 65% of the votes thanks to Hugo Passalacqua. In second place, far away, was Together for Change, with 26.57% of the votes.
While in Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck will return to govern and, in this way, also the Together we are Río Negro front.
On the side of Together for Change, Radicalism will continue to lead the destinies of Jujuy. Carlos Sadir was elected as the successor of Gerardo Morales, candidate for vice president of the formula that he shares with Larreta, with 49.25% of the votes. There the Frente de Todos was doubled after Rubén Rivarola’s 22.32%.
In Santa Cruz, the national deputy and general secretary of the oil union Claudio Vidal became the new governor and put an end to 40 years of Peronism, of which 32 were marked by the imprint of Kirchnerism in the place of its genesis.
After the PASO, Mendoza, Chaco and Santa Fe could change the panorama
In Mendozaon June 11 there was a victory for Together for Change and radicalism could continue to govern, again in the hands of Alfredo Cornejowho won in the STEP to Luis Petri, Bullrich’s running mate. If the victory of the radical leader is consummated, It will be another continuity of the ruling parties in the 2023 Elections -number 11- and the first governor to former Minister of Security can be noted as her own in the agreement with the head of the Buenos Aires Government.
In Chacowhich recorded to date the lowest provincial turnout of voters (60%) in a provincial election and the defeat in the PASO of the Pejotista ruling party led by Jorge Capitanich, with a notable impact of the case Cecilia Strzyzowskicould culminate in being the fourth province where the ruling party does not continue in power. Leandro Zdero He will be the one looking to hit the big time. In any case, Peronism was divided into four lists, which added up to 50% of the votes, while the two JxC lists almost 43%.
The political calendar will follow September 17 with the elections in Chaco and the 24th with those in Mendoza. The action will continue the first two Sundays in October with the presidential debates. After the extra-long weekend with the holidays on the 14th and 16th, the long-awaited presidential election on the 22nd will come. If no candidate passes the first round, Argentina’s destiny will be defined in the November 19 ballot.