Legislative elections were held in

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on 27 October 2013. Open

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s (PASO) were previously held on 11 August 2013 to determine eligible

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s for the general election. As in 2011 – when such primaries were held for the first time – each party list had to reach a 1.5% threshold at the provincial level in order to proceed to the 27 October polls. The elections renewed half of the members of the

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for the period 2013–2017 and a third of the members of the

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for the period 2013–2019. Chamber of Deputies (Lower House) elections were held in every district; Senate elections were, in turn, held in the provinces of Chaco, Entre Ríos,

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, Río Negro,

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, and

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, as well as in the

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Corrientes Province Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; gn, Taragui), officially the Province of Corrientes ( es, Provincia de Corrientes; gn, Taragüí Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (fr ...

held the only elections for

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in 2013, doing so on 15 September. These elections included two significant novelties. Following the enactment of a law to that effect in 2012, voluntary suffrage was extended to voters age 16 and 17, which increased eligible voters by 4.5% or about 1.2 million; of this total, approximately 600,000 registered to vote. Argentine voters in 2013 also parted with the traditional election-day seal stamped on National Identity Documents (DNI) by election officials, receiving instead a ballot stub with a bar code and serial number.

Background

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 ...

was reelected in

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, and the

Kirchnerist Kirchnerism ( es, Kirchnerismo ) is an Argentine political movement based on populist ideals formed by the supporters of Néstor Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who consecutively served as Presidents of Argentina. Althoug ...

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 wer ...

(FpV) rode her

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in gubernatorial and congressional races alike. Following the elections, however,

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, persistent inflation, and downturns in Brazil, Europe, and other important trade partners, resulted in a sudden downturn and a consequent erosion of the president's popularity. A series of ''

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s'' organized by opponents of the government took place during 2012 and 2013 ( 13S, 8N,

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, and 8A). The recession was shorter and shallower than much of the local media had predicted, however; and while the FpV entered the 2013 campaign season with sounder footing on pocketbook issues, they were dogged by ongoing speculation that its caucus sought a two-thirds majority in the Lower House with the goal of amending the

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to allow the president to seek a third term. A survey conducted in June 2013 by the consulting firm CEIS gave the

(the majority party in Congress, as well as the party in power since 2003) 30.3% in the

and 39.7% in the

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(the largest electoral district). The right-wing

PRO Pro is an abbreviation meaning "professional". Pro, PRO or variants thereof may also refer to: People * Miguel Pro (1891–1927), Mexican priest * Pro Hart (1928–2006), Australian painter * Mlungisi Mdluli (born 1980), South African retired f ...

polled at 23.4% and 16.7%, respectively; the

Federal Peronist Federal Peronism ( es, Peronismo Federal), also known as Dissident Peronism ( es, Peronismo Disidente) and Menemism ( es, Menemismo), are the informal names given to a conservative political alliance between Justicialist Party figures, curr ...

s and other PJ

s opposed to Kirchnerism, 10.3% and 16.7%; the centrist Civic Coalition, 9.2% and 5.0%; and the center-left UCR, 7.4% and 8.0%. The FpV, moreover, had the advantage of having relatively few

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seats at stake in 2013. Congressmen in Argentina serve four-year terms, and gains for the various opposition parties in

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meant that 2013 put a disproportionate number of their Lower House seats at stake: while the FpV contested 38 of its 116 Lower House seats, a full 76 of 118 opposition seats were at stake this year (a further 13 seats of the 23 belonging to minor parties allied with the FpV were at stake).

Primaries

The PASO primaries were held on Sunday, 11 August, amid high turnout consistent with recent past elections and estimated by Interior Minister

Florencio Randazzo Aníbal Florencio Randazzo (born 1 March 1964) in an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was Minister of the Interior and Transport during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from 2007 to 2015. An ally of Kirchner's during ...

at over 70%. The

, the largest electoral district and home to 3 out of 8 Argentines, dominated campaign news much as it has in every mid-term election in recent years. As the

filing deadline on 22 June drew near, the spotlight focused on the popular mayor of Tigre,

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. Massa had been elected mayor on the FpV slate, and had served in a number of high-ranking posts in the administrations of both Cristina Kirchner and her predecessor and husband, the late

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 ...

. His relationship with the Kirchners had been a difficult one, however, and though polling gave him better prospects running for Congress under the FpV party list than on a separate slate, Massa ultimately opted to form his own ''

Frente Renovador The Renewal Front ( es, Frente Renovador, FR) is a Peronist political party in Argentina led by Sergio Massa, who is part of the Frente de Todos. Massa is a Peronist and said he wants to "build the Peronism of the 21st century." History It ...

'' (Renewal Front) ticket with the support of the 'Group of 8' Buenos Aires Province Mayors and others, notably former Argentine Industrial Union president José Ignacio de Mendiguren (an ally of Kirchnerism). Massa's decision to run as an opponent deprived the FpV of a key ally and he moved quickly to consolidate the center-right vote in Buenos Aires Province by obtaining the endorsement of the

(which ran on the Renewal Front list headed by Massa rather than on its own).

Congressman

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 Republican Proposal, Unión PR ...

, who would be in direct competition with the Renewal Front for the province's large center-right Peronist vote, believed that the charismatic Massa was in reality a "

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" for the FpV; Renewal Front congressmen, per his reasoning, would run against Kirchnerism only to vote with them once elected to Congress. The Renewal Front, in any case, ultimately defeated the FpV list headed by

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Mayor Martín Insaurralde by about 35% to 30%, with the

Progressive, Civic and Social Front The Progressive, Civic and Social Front (, FPCyS) is a center-left political coalition in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. History It was first formed in Santa Fe Province in 2006, but was adapted in other provinces for the 2013 Argentine legisl ...

(FPCyS) list headed by Congressmen

Margarita Stolbizer Margarita Stolbizer (born 17 March 1955) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. Originally a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), she founded her own party, Generation for a National Encounter (GEN) in 2007. She has been a member of the Arge ...

and

Ricardo Alfonsín Ricardo Luis Alfonsín (born 2 November 1951) is an Argentine lawyer, academic and politician prominent in the Radical Civic Union. His father, Raúl Alfonsín, was the President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989. Since 2019, he has been Argentina' ...

and Congressman de Narváez's Front for Union and Work list receiving about 11% each; were this result to be mirrored in October, de Narváez would lose four of eight congressmen he led in 2009 on the successful ''Unión/PRO'' list. The centrist

Civic Coalition ARI Civic Coalition ARI ( es, Coalición Cívica ARI, CC-ARI), until October 2009 known as Support for an Egalitarian Republic ( es, Afirmación para una República Igualitaria, ARI), is a centrist political party in Argentina founded in 2002 by Eli ...

, for its part, arguably achieved its most significant political victory in four years when Congressman Alfonso Prat-Gay forged the Civic Coalition-led ''Juntos UNEN'' (Together They Unite) alliance with UCR Congressional caucus leader

Ricardo Gil Lavedra Ricardo Gil Lavedra (born 24 July 1949) is an Argentine lawyer, magistrate, and politician. A member of the Radical Civic Union, Gil Lavedra served as Minister of Justice during the early presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, from 1999 to 2000. From ...

, leftist

Proyecto Sur Proyecto Sur ( en, Project South) is a progressive political party established in 2007 in Argentina. It was founded and would be led by film maker Pino Solanas, who ran on the Proyecto Sur ticket for president in 2007 and for Mayor of Buenos A ...

leader

Pino 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'' ...

, former Civic Coalition head

Elisa Carrió Elisa María 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 ...

(who left the CC in 2012 following a poor showing in the 2011 presidential race), and

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of the leftist

Freemen of the South Movement The Free of the South Movement ( es, Movimiento Libres del Sur) is a centre-left political party created in 2006 in Argentina. It is made up of the ''Movimiento Barrios de Pie'', the ''Agrupación Martín Fierro'', the ''Frente Barrial 19 de Di ...

in January 2013. Prat-Gay was nominated as the lead UNEN candidate for a seat in the

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for the

(where the alliance was strongest), and Gil Lavedra the lead UNEN candidate for the Lower House; former Economy Minister

Martín Lousteau Martín Lousteau (born 8 December 1970) is an Argentine economist and politician of the Radical Civic Union. He is National Senator for Buenos Aires. He was Minister of Economy under the administration of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from D ...

(who fell out with President Fernández de Kirchner after his 2008 dismissal) joined Gil Lavedra and Carrió on the UNEN Lower House list for the city. The

, ruled since 2007 by a

mayor, handed the rightist PRO an upset by giving UNEN standard-bearers Prat-Gay and Solanas the two Senate seats (out of three) accorded to the winning list in each district, edging out former Vice-Mayor

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(who would obtain the third seat) and current City Environment Minister Diego Santilli, and costing FpV Senator

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his own seat. The PRO

for the city's delegation to the Lower House, headed by Rabbi Sergio Bergman (a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature) and Bank of the City of Buenos Aires director

Federico Sturzenegger Federico Sturzenegger (born 11 February 1966 in Rufino, Santa Fe) is an Argentine economist who was President of the Central Bank between 2015 and 2018. Sturzenegger has a PhD in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was ...

, was likewise defeated by the UNEN list headed by Congressmen Gil Lavedra and Carrió. The FpV list led by Legislator

Juan Cabandié Juan Cabandié Alfonsín (born 16 March 1978) is an Argentine politician, human rights activist and teacher. A member of the Justicialist Party and a founding member of ''La Cámpora'', a kirchnerist youth organization, Cabandié served two t ...

, came in third. Córdoba Province, where Governor

José Manuel de la Sota José Manuel de la Sota (28 November 1949 – 15 September 2018) was an Argentine politician who was a member of Justicialist Party. He was the governor of Córdoba Province from 1999 until 2007, and was reelected to the post for the 2011–15 ...

broke with the president after being elected with her endorsement, is where the acrimony between these Peronist factions was probably most acute. De la Sota fielded former Governor

Juan Schiaretti Juan Schiaretti (born June 19, 1949) known as ''El Gringo'', is an Argentine accountant and Justicialist Party politician. He is the Governor of the Córdoba Province. Early life Schiaretti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, to Julia Álamo ...

as the head of his Lower House party list. Their Union for Córdoba list bested the UCR list headed by Congressman

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, the PRO list headed by former football referee

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, the FpV list headed by former

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rector Carina Scotto, and the "It's Possible" list headed by former Economy Minister

Domingo Cavallo Domingo Felipe Cavallo (born July 21, 1946) is an Argentine economist and politician. Between 1991 and 1996 he was Economic Ministry of Argentina during Carlos Menem presidency. He is known for implementing the ''Convertibility plan'', which es ...

with the support of neighboring

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Senator

Alberto Rodríguez 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 ...

). Cavallo, who ran as a conservative and lost much of his political base as economy minister during the 2001 crisis, failed to reach the requisite 1.5% threshold to advance to the 27 October general election.

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 28th ...

voted in the PASO election amid mourning for the 15 or more fatal victims claimed by the Rosario gas explosion on 6 August. Voters there gave the

list headed by former 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.Miguel del Sel Miguel Ignacio Torres del Sel (born 3 July 1957) is an Argentinian politician and humorist, who has been National Deputy of Argentina representing Santa Fe province between 2013 and 2015. He belongs to Propuesta Republicana party. The president Ma ...

and the FpV list headed by former Governor

Jorge Obeid Jorge Alberto Obeid (24 November 1947 – 28 January 2014) was an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician who was twice governor of Santa Fe Province and member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. Early life and education Obeid was born i ...

; the

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, to which Binner and the current governor,

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 Bonfatti was born in Rosario i ...

, belongs, is strongest in this province.

Mendoza Province Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...

gave the UCR list headed by former Governor and Vice President

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 ...

a victory over the FpV list headed by

Guaymallén Department Guaymallén is a central department of Mendoza Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Villa Nueva, which is located around from Buenos Aires. Hi ...

Mayor Alejandro Abraham. Cobos is probably best remembered for his surprise, tie-breaking vote in 2008 against a bill raising oilseed export taxes; though not an oilseed-producing province, conservative politics have historically been strong in Mendoza, and Cobos' unexpected axing of the measure was widely supported in his province. The PASO primaries thus gave congressional candidates on the

(FpV) list a much reduced share of the popular vote (around 30%, compared to 57% in 2011), and the FpV led in only 10 of 23 provinces. They retained a plurality of the vote, however, and by virtue of having only 37 Lower House seats at stake, will likely increase their parliamentary majority by two. The UCR and FPCyS together totaled around 24%, with the latter likely losing around 5 seats due to the large number of seats at stake. The FpV fared better in most Senate races, losing only in the

while winning in Chaco, Entre Ríos, Río Negro,

, and

Provinces; like in the Lower House races, their popular vote for Senate races fell sharply (from 54% to 34%), but their 8% advantage over the UCR and FPCyS combined and their improved showing in Tierra del Fuego compensated their loss of support elsewhere. The

Neuquén People's Movement The Neuquén People's Movement ( es, Movimiento Popular Neuquino, MPN) is a Peronist provincial political party in Neuquén, Argentina. The party was founded by, amongst others, Carlos Sobisch, Elías Sapag, Felipe Sapag and his brothers, Peron ...

that has dominated politics in

Neuquén Province Neuquén () is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also meets La Pampa Province a ...

since the 1960s and caucuses with the FpV in Congress, won in a landslide.

Senate

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Radical Civic Union The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica 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),

and allies , style="text-align:right;" , 1,356,419 , style="text-align:right;" , 26.37 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#FFEF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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) and allies , style="text-align:right;" , 779,404 , style="text-align:right;" , 15.16 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#808080;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Others (incl.

) , style="text-align:right;" , 494,924 , style="text-align:right;" , 9.62 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#F65058;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

(incl. Workers' Party) , style="text-align:right;" , 320,208 , style="text-align:right;" , 6.23 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#191970;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dissident Peronists , style="text-align:right;" , 213,676 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.15 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Against all , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2", Total valid votes , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , - , style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2", Invalid votes , style="vertical-align:top;" , , style="vertical-align:top;" colspan="2" rowspan="3", , - , style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2", Total votes cast , style="vertical-align:top;" , , - , style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2", Registered voters , style="vertical-align:top;" , , -

Chamber of Deputies

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Renewal Front The Renewal Front ( es, Frente Renovador, FR) is a Peronist political party in Argentina led by Sergio Massa, who is part of the Frente de Todos. Massa is a Peronist and said he wants to "build the Peronism of the 21st century." History It w ...

) , style="text-align:right;" , 5,903,016 , style="text-align:right;" , 25.74 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

(UCR),

and allies , style="text-align:right;" , 5,460,861 , style="text-align:right;" , 23.81 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#FFEF00;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

(PRO) and allies , style="text-align:right;" , 1.525.995 , style="text-align:right;" , 6.65 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#F65058;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Left-wing (

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 ...

Self-determination and Freedom Self-determination and Freedom ( es, Autodeterminación y Libertad, AyL) is a leftist political party in Argentina, with Luis Zamora as its most prominent member. Many of its leading members were part of the Trotskyist Movement for Socialism ...

etc.) , style="text-align:right;" , 1,243,252 , style="text-align:right;" , 5.42 , - , style="width: 10px; background-color:#808080;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Others (incl.

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Results

The second and final round, held on 27 October, closely mirrored the 11 August results. The Renewal Front (center/center-right Peronists) received a plurality of votes in Buenos Aires Province (the nation's largest), while the Front for Victory (left-wing Peronists) and allies maintained their majority in both houses of Congress with minimal changes in the party composition of either chamber. Turnout was high, and was estimated to have reached 76%.

, serving a second presidency, is constitutionally barred from standing in the 2015 election, and the Front for Victory lacks the special two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional amendment. The support for Front for Victory dropped from 54% in 2011 to 33% in 2013. The government faces increasing popular discontent, and the vice-president Amado Boudou (currently acting as president while Fernández de Kirchner recuperates after surgery) is under investigation for the so-called Boudougate. Analysts for the BBC consider the poll results suggest

Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previou ...

and

Daniel Scioli Daniel Osvaldo Scioli (, ; born 13 January 1957) is an Argentine politician, sportsman, and businessman. He was Vice President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and Governor of Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2015. From 2020 to 2022 he was Argen ...

are likely candidates for the presidency in 2015.

Chamber of Deputies

Results by province

Senate

Results by province

References

External links

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