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.
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.
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. Vidal is the first governor in the province's history to seek re-election and lose, 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.
Results Primaries PartyCandidateRunning mateVotes%Frente de TodosAxel KicillofVerónica Magario4,921,53649.44Juntos por el CambioMaría Eugenia VidalDaniel Salvador3,223,46032.38Federal ConsensusEduardo BuccaMiguel Saredi575,2025.78Workers' Left Front – UnityChristian CastilloMercedes Trimachi321,8763.23NOS FrontGustavo R. ÁlvarezSandra M. Dell'Aquila168,2231.69Movement of Socialist AdvanceMartín González BayónMarina Alonso67,3190.68Patriotic FrontLeonardo BarianiAna Graziano21,4340.22Popular Dignity PartySantiago CuneoClaudio Morgado21,4910.22Democratic Organization MovementMaría MacaioneMarcelo Ferrara11,1040.11Blank votes623,0496.26Invalid votes66,813–Total10,021,507100Registered voters/turnout13,185,03676.35Source: Poder Judicial de la Nación
Governor and Vice Governor
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
See also 2019 Argentine general election 2019 Argentine provincial elections 2019 Buenos Aires City elections
References
External links Results on the official website of the National Electoral Tribunal (in Spanish)