Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 23 October 2011. Incumbent president
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
of the
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner we ...
won via
landslide
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, with 54.11% of votes against
Hermes Binner
Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.[Front for Victory
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won just over half of the seats in the
National Congress.
Mercosur Parliament
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arians were also popularly elected for the first time. Another novelty was the introduction of open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries. These took place 14 August 2011 to select the candidates of each political
party or coalition.
[Ley de Democratización de la Representación PolÃtica, la Transparencia y la Equidad Electoral]
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Presidential campaign
The nation's myriad parties forged seven coalitions, of which five became contenders for a possible runoff election:
*Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner we ...
: the ruling party, led by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
, and allies, including the New Encounter
Encounter for Democracy and Equality ( es, Encuentro por la Democracia y la Equidad; EDE), more commonly known as New Encounter ( es, Nuevo Encuentro) is a kirchnerist political party in Argentina founded in 2004 by then-mayor of Morón, Martà ...
. The FPV is mostly based on the center-left Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
(PJ) factions that support the current government.
*Federal Peronism
Federal Peronism ( es, Peronismo Federal), also known as Dissident Peronism ( es, Peronismo Disidente) and Menemism ( es, Menemismo), are the informal names given to a Conservatism, conservative political alliance between Justicialist Party f ...
, or ''Dissident Peronism'': centrist or conservative PJ figures opposed to the government and allies, including the Republican Proposal
Republican Proposal ( es, link=no, Propuesta Republicana) is a centre-right
political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national p ...
. This coalition remained divided between Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
Bor ...
's Popular Front
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More generally, it is "a coalition ...
and Alberto RodrÃguez Saá
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is the Governor of San Luis Province. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011.
The Rodrigue ...
's Federal Commitment both before and after the August primaries.
*Union for Social Development: the Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión CÃvica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...
(UCR), led by Congressman Ricardo AlfonsÃn
Ricardo Luis AlfonsÃn (born 2 November 1951) is an Argentine lawyer, academic and politician prominent in the Radical Civic Union. His father, Raúl AlfonsÃn, was the President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989. Since 2019, he has been Argentina ...
, and allies, which initially included Federal Peronist Francisco de Narváez
Francisco de Narváez Steuer (born 22 September 1953 in Bogotá), known as El Colorado or Pancho, is a Colombian-born naturalized Argentine businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the Unión PRO ballot in the 200 ...
.
*Broad Progressive Front
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: the Socialist Party
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, led by Governor Hermes Binner
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and the New Party. Proyecto Sur had briefly joined this coalition.
* Civic Coalition: the party, led by Congresswoman Elisa Carrió
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, had been part of the Civic and Social Agreement
The Social and Civic Agreement ( es, Acuerdo CÃvico y Social, ACyS) was a center-left congressional alliance in Argentina, integrated by the Radical Civic Union (UCR) the Socialist Party (PS) and the Civic Coalition ARI (CC-ARI), which acted as ...
, but separated from the latter in August 2010.
Other coalitions of note include the Workers' Left Front
The Workers' Left Front – Unity ( es, Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad, FIT-U) is an alliance of initially three Trotskyist parties in Argentina formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conference ...
, led by Jorge Altamira
Jorge Altamira (born José Saúl Wermus in 1942), is an Argentine activist and politician leading the Workers' Party (''Partido Obrero'') in Argentina.
He was born José Saúl Wermus (sometimes spelled "José Huermus") in Buenos Aires, on 14 Ap ...
, and Proyecto Sur, led by Pino Solanas; the latter left the Socialist Party-led coalition and instead formed an alliance with the MST
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and the PSA.
The Civic and Social Agreement
The Social and Civic Agreement ( es, Acuerdo CÃvico y Social, ACyS) was a center-left congressional alliance in Argentina, integrated by the Radical Civic Union (UCR) the Socialist Party (PS) and the Civic Coalition ARI (CC-ARI), which acted as ...
was an alliance between the UCR and most of what became the Progressive Ample Front and the Civic Coalition, with other, minor allies. This coalition proved unwieldy as the 2011 campaign progressed, however, though various forms of it will be retained in certain provinces for strategic purposes.
Front for Victory (incumbents)
The Front for Victory (FPV) candidate for the Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
primaries was current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
. Her husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and ...
, was considered a top candidate to succeed her until his death on 27 October 2010.
She had suffered a significant decline in approval during the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector
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and the subsequent recession, and the ruling Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner we ...
lost its absolute majority in both houses of Congress during the June 2009 mid-term elections. The economy, and her approval ratings, recovered steadily during 2010, however, and the 2011 electoral season began with Fernández de Kirchner's job approval at around 58 percent, with polling indicating that she would likely be reelected in the first round.
She avoided committing herself to running for a second term during the early months of 2011. Two days before the 23 June deadline, however, she announced her decision to run for reelection. She nominated the nation's Economy Minister, Amado Boudou, as her running mate on 25 June. Their ticket won a landslide victory in the 14 August primaries, obtaining just over 50% and besting the runner-up (AlfonsÃn) by nearly 38%; they won in the City of Buenos Aires and in every province except San Luis (won by RodrÃguez Saá).
Support for Fernández de Kirchner was strongest among the poor (65.2%) and those aged 30 to 44 (54.6%). Her support was weakest among the upper middle class (43.5%), though she remained over 24% ahead of the runner-up (Binner) among those polled within that segment.
Federal Peronists
The leaders of the center-right Federal Peronism
Federal Peronism ( es, Peronismo Federal), also known as Dissident Peronism ( es, Peronismo Disidente) and Menemism ( es, Menemismo), are the informal names given to a Conservatism, conservative political alliance between Justicialist Party f ...
were torn between running for primary elections within the PJ against the Front for Victory, or running instead in the general election through another political alliance. Former President Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
Bor ...
was the first to informally start his pre-candidacy campaign, announcing hypothetical cabinet picks as early as December 2009. The Governors of Chubut, Mario Das Neves, and of San Luis, Alberto RodrÃguez Saá
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is the Governor of San Luis Province. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011.
The Rodrigue ...
, as well as former Governor of Buenos Aires Province Felipe Solá
Felipe Solá (born 23 July 1950) is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He previously served as Governor of Buenos Aires Province, from 2002 to 2007, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship under President Alberto Fernánd ...
, also stated their intention to run for president. Das Neves became the first Federal Peronist to drop out, while Solá boosted his own prospects by securing an alliance with the conservative Republican Proposal
Republican Proposal ( es, link=no, Propuesta Republicana) is a centre-right
political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national p ...
(PRO) on 16 May. Duhalde narrowly defeated RodrÃguez Saá in a Buenos Aires Federal Peronism primary held on 22 May, though both men remained front-runners for their party's nomination. Ultimately, each ran on separate Federal Peronist tickets.
Duhalde formally announced his Popular Union Popular Union may refer to:
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candidacy on 9 June, nominating Das Neves as his running mate. RodrÃguez Saá, in turn, nominated former Santa Fe Governor José MarÃa Vernet
José MarÃa Vernet (born February 24, 1944) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. He served as Governor of Santa Fe from 1983 to 1987.
Life and times
Vernet was born in Rosario. He enrolled at the National University of Có ...
as his running mate on his Federal Commitment ticket. Solá, who struggled in the polls, withdrew on 11 June, encouraging local candidates in his fold to form alliances with Duhalde and the party's candidate for Buenos Aires Governor, Francisco de Narváez
Francisco de Narváez Steuer (born 22 September 1953 in Bogotá), known as El Colorado or Pancho, is a Colombian-born naturalized Argentine businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the Unión PRO ballot in the 200 ...
. De Narváez later endorsed RodrÃguez Saá.
Support for Duhalde was strongest among the working class (14.2%) and weakest among young voters (3.9%).[ RodrÃguez Saá polled best among upper middle class voters (14%) and those age 30 to 44 (11.9%); worst among the poor.][
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Radical Civic Union
The center-left Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión CÃvica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...
had scheduled primaries for 28 April. Both Ricardo AlfonsÃn
Ricardo Luis AlfonsÃn (born 2 November 1951) is an Argentine lawyer, academic and politician prominent in the Radical Civic Union. His father, Raúl AlfonsÃn, was the President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989. Since 2019, he has been Argentina ...
, son of the late former President Raúl AlfonsÃn
Raúl Ricardo AlfonsÃn (12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than ...
, and current party leader Ernesto Sanz
Ernesto Sanz (born 9 December 1956) is a former Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and one of the founders of Cambiemos. He served in the Argentine Senate representing Mendoza Province from 2003 to 2015.
Early life and education
...
started pre-candidacy campaigns; Sanz, however, dropped out on 28 April. Vice President
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Julio Cobos
Julio César Cleto Cobos (; born 30 April 1955) is an Argentine politician who was the Vice President of Argentina in the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2007 to 2011. He started his political career as member of ...
, considered a likely UCR primary candidate, had stated his intention to run only in August, during the coalition primaries; he dropped out in April as well.[
The UCR and the ]Socialist Party
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(partners in the Civic and Social Agreement) parted ways in May 2011, with AlfonsÃn and Santa Fe Governor Hermes Binner
Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.[Buenos Aires Province
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, De Narváez ran for governor with his senior partner's endorsement in return for his support for AlfonsÃn's presidential campaign.[ AlfonsÃn nominated former ]Central Bank
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and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
President Javier González Fraga, a non-partisan economist close to both the UCR and Federal Peronism, as his running-mate on 2 June.[
De Narváez withdrew his endorsement of AlfonsÃn in favor of RodrÃguez Saá following the 14 August primaries,][ though he continued his campaign for Governor of Buenos Aires with AlfonsÃn's endorsement.
AlfonsÃn's support was strongest among those age 45 to 59 (14.6%), and weakest among young voters (5.3%).][
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Socialists
Binner endorsed GEN leader Margarita Stolbizer
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for Governor of Buenos Aires following his break with AlfonsÃn, and formally announced his Broad Progressive Front
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candidacy on 11 June; he nominated Córdoba Senator Norma Morandini as his running mate. His alliance with Pino Solanas was dissolved the following week, however, and the Proyecto Sur leader instead joined a coalition of minor, left-wing parties.[
Binner, despite obtaining fourth place, fared better than expected by local analysts in the 14 August primary, and became the runner-up in subsequent polls. His support was strongest among the middle (18.8%) and upper middle classes (18.9%), while weakest among the poor (6.5%); among the broad age groups, voters 30 to 44 were the most supportive (19.3%).][
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Civic Coalition
The leader of the centrist Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrió
Elisa MarÃa Avelina "Lilita" Carrió (born 26 December 1956) is an Argentine lawyer, professor, and politician. She is the leader of Civic Coalition ARI, one of the founders of Cambiemos, and was National Deputy for Chaco Province and Buenos Ai ...
, reversed her earlier intention to opt out of the 2011 race, and following the departure of her Civic Coalition from the Civic and Social Agreement
The Social and Civic Agreement ( es, Acuerdo CÃvico y Social, ACyS) was a center-left congressional alliance in Argentina, integrated by the Radical Civic Union (UCR) the Socialist Party (PS) and the Civic Coalition ARI (CC-ARI), which acted as ...
formed in 2009 with the UCR, she announced her candidacy for president on 12 December 2010. Carrió withdrew her presidential bid following a poor showing in the 14 August primaries, where she obtained 3%.
Other candidates
Numerous other candidates, or potential candidates, dropped out in May 2011, notably Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri
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, who instead sought a second term as mayor, and left-wing film maker Fernando Solanas
Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; '' La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)'' (1968), '' Tangos: el exilio de Gardel'' ...
(who ran unsuccessfully for the same post).[ Solanas nominated Congresswoman ]Alcira Argumedo
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She was nominated as a candidate for president on the Proyecto Sur ticket for the 2011 general e ...
as Proyecto Sur's candidate for president on 22 June. The 14 August primary effectively ended Argumedo's campaign, as well as those of Neighbors' Action Movement (MAV) candidate Sergio Pastore, and People's Countryside Party (PCP) candidate José Bonacci; neither had reached the requisite 1.5% threshold needed to advance to the general election.[
The candidate for the ]Workers' Left Front
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(FIT), Jorge Altamira
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He was born José Saúl Wermus (sometimes spelled "José Huermus") in Buenos Aires, on 14 Ap ...
, fared unexpectedly well and advanced to the general election. Altamira polled best among the poor (7.9%) and among the upper middle class (5.4%).[
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Results
Primary elections
Open primary
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elections for the Presidency were held nationwide on 14 August.
With this system, all parties run primary elections in a same general elections. All parties must take part in it, both the parties with internal factions and parties with a single candidate list. Citizens may vote for any candidate of any party, but may only cast a single vote. The most voted candidate of parties gaining 1.5% or higher of the valid votes will be allowed to run in the main elections.
President
The president and vice-president were chosen directly in a two-round system
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election. Candidates who obtained less than 1.5% during the preliminary round on 14 August were excluded from the general election on 23 October.
Early results on election night awarded incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory
The Front for Victory ( es, Frente para la Victoria, FPV) was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina, and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner we ...
(FPV) a second, four-year term. Winning in the City of Buenos Aires and every province except San Luis (won by Federal Commitment
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candidate Alberto RodrÃguez Saá
Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is the Governor of San Luis Province. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011.
The Rodrigue ...
), she became the first candidate to obtain an absolute majority of the popular vote (54%) since Raúl AlfonsÃn
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in 1983, and upon completion of ballot processing, the margin of victory (37.1%) exceeded Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...
's record 36% margin obtained in 1973. Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman re-elected as head of state in Latin American history.
Chamber of Deputies
All 23 provinces
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and the city of Buenos Aires
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held elections to renew half of the Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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(lower house). Each province and the autonomous city elects a number of at-large
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representatives on a party list
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system roughly proportional to their population, and no province is allotted fewer than five Deputies. The system used to know how many deputies per party in each district is D'Hondt method
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.
Early projections suggested that President Cristina Kirchner's FpV would increase their representation in the Lower House from 87 seats (out of 257), to around 116; the presence of an estimated ten allies would put them three votes shy of an absolute majority.
Results by province
Senate
Eight districts (Buenos Aires Province
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, Formosa
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, Jujuy
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, La Rioja
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, Misiones
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, San Juan, San Luis and Santa Cruz) also elected three National Senators each (two for the most voted party or coalition, one for the second most voted party or coalition), to renew a third of the upper house.
The opposition fared better in the Senate, which remained nearly unchanged; the upper house would continue divided between the FpV with a majority of 40 seats (out of 72), and the UCR (around 16) and others with the remainder.[ The departure of Vice President ]Julio Cobos
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of the UCR (distanced politically from the President since 2008) deprived the opposition of a tie-breaking vote in the Senate.[
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Results by province
Provincial
All but two of the 23 provinces
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will also elect governors
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and provincial legislative officials on staggered dates through the year, and nine of them will hold elections on the same day as the General Elections. There will be also simultaneous local elections, whereby a number of Municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
elect municipal legislative officials (''concejales''), and in some cases also a mayor (or equivalent).[Decreto 17.262/59]
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Some of the most high-profile gubernatorial races include that of Governor of Buenos Aires Province
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(the nation's largest), where Governor Daniel Scioli
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of the FpV defeated Federal Peronist
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Deputy Francisco de Narváez
Francisco de Narváez Steuer (born 22 September 1953 in Bogotá), known as El Colorado or Pancho, is a Colombian-born naturalized Argentine businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the Unión PRO ballot in the 200 ...
, and in Santa Fe Province
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, where the incumbent Socialist Governor, Hermes Binner
Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.[Antonio Bonfatti
Antonio Bonfatti (born December 1, 1950) is an Argentine physician and politician from the Socialist Party, who was Governor of Santa Fe. From 2016 to 2021, he was president of the Socialist Party.
Life and times
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was elected to succeed him. The Mayor of Buenos Aires
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, Mauricio Macri
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faced Senator Daniel Filmus
Daniel Fernando Filmus (; born June 3, 1955) is an Argentine politician and academic, currently serving as the country's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, since 2021.
Filmus formerly served as a National Senator for the City of Bu ...
of the FpV and film-maker Fernando Solanas
Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; '' La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)'' (1968), '' Tangos: el exilio de Gardel'' ...
of Proyecto Sur. He was overwhelmingly re-elected in a runoff vote held on 31 July.
Results throughout the year and in the general election handed candidates for the FpV or its allies the governor's house in every province except San Luis (won by Federal Commitment) and Santa Fe (won by the Socialist Party).[
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Opinion polls
Numerous consulting firms conducted polling throughout the campaign, whereby respondents chose from a number of declared or potential first-round candidates.
''* Withdrew''
Favourability
A poll conducted by Mora y Araujo for Ipsos
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on 28 September revealed favourability and unfavourability ratings for six of the seven candidates appearing on the general election ballot.[
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Notes
References
External links
Dirección Nacional Electoral – Elecciones Nacionales 2011
– Ministry of Interior of Argentina.
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2011 elections in Argentina
2011 general
Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
2011
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October 2011 events in South America