2023 Argentine primary elections

On 13 August 2023, the Simultaneous and Mandatory Open Primaries (PASO) were held in Argentina to determine candidatures for national offices in the presidential and legislative elections on 22 October 2023. It was the first election where Peronism lost and ended in third place.

Background In these primary elections, the candidates for President of Argentina and national legislators (national senators and deputies) will be elected. However, the fronts that will compete independently, to be qualified for the general elections in October, must meet the requirement of reaching at least 1.5% of the valid votes. While in the fronts with several candidates, the candidate with the most votes with the aforementioned minimum is enabled.

The elections for provincial offices (governors, provincial deputies, provincial senators, etc.) and municipal (mayors, councilors, etc.) are independent of the elections for national offices and may or may not be held on the same dates.

Citizens of 16 years of age and also people of 15 years of age who turn before October 27 (with the exception of the province of Córdoba) will also be authorized to vote.

The Simultaneous and Mandatory Open Primaries (PASO) will be held on 13 August 2023. With this system, the candidates are elected within each alliance, in the same mandatory electoral act, in which citizens can vote for any pre-candidate from any party, but they can only cast one vote. When there is more than one pre-candidate per alliance, the one that obtains the most votes will be chosen as that alliance's candidate for the general elections, to be held two months later. The PASO also define which forces can appear in the general elections, since only those that obtain a minimum of 1.5% of the valid votes can do so.

It had the particularity that in the City of Buenos Aires (CABA), to vote for the head of the Buenos Aires government, an electronic ballot was used.

Lists

Presidential +AllianceListPre-CandidatesRef.PresidentVice PresidentUnion for the Homeland134 ASergio MassaAgustín Rossi134 BJuan GraboisPaula Abal MedinaJuntos por el Cambio132 AHoracio Rodríguez LarretaGerardo Morales132 BPatricia BullrichLuis PetriLa Libertad Avanza135 AJavier MileiVictoria VillarruelWorkers' Left Front136 AMyriam BregmanNicolás del Caño136 BGabriel SolanoVilma RipollHacemos por Nuestro País133 AJuan SchiarettiFlorencio RandazzoPrinciples and Values137 1AGuillermo MorenoLeonardo Fabre137 2BEliodoro MartínezVicente Souto137 3CJorge OliverEzequiel San Martín137 4DCarina BartoliniMabel Gómez137 5EPaula AriasWalter VeraFrente Liber.AR131 ADemosNazareno EtchepareFernando Lorenzo131 BRamiro VasenaAníbal Lagonegro131 CJulio BárbaroRamona PuchetaFreemen of the South40 AJesús EscobarMarianella Lezama HidNew Movement for Socialism13Manuela CastañeiraLucas RuizPolítica Obrera92Marcelo RamalPatricia UronesYouth and Dignity Left Movement90 ARaúl CastellsAdriana Reinoso90 BConfederalSantiago CúneoGustavo BarrancoProyecto Joven94 AMempo GiardinelliBárbara Solernou94 BMartín AyerbeHugo Rodríguez94 CTodexReina Xiomara IbáñezGonzalo IbarraFederal Patriot Front95César BiondiniMariel AvedañoUnion of the Democratic Centre20 AAndrés PassamontiPamela FernándezNeighborhood Action Movement57Raúl AlbarracínSergio Pastore

Election day

Turnout PrimaryHourFinal12:00+/-14:0015:00+/-16:0017:00+/-18:20201930% 2%42%48% 0%58%66% 4.5%—76.4%202328%—48%—61.5%66%69,6%

Results Presidential primaries

PartyPresidential candidateRunning mateCandidate votesOverall votesVotes%Votes%La Libertad AvanzaJavier MileiVictoria Villarruel 7,352,244 29.86 7,352,244 29.86Together for ChangePatricia BullrichLuis Petri 4,139,566 16.816,895,94128.00Horacio Rodríguez LarretaGerardo Morales 2,756,375 11.19Union for the HomelandSergio MassaAgustín Rossi 5,277,538 21.436,719,04227.28Juan GraboisPaula Abal Medina 1,441,504 5.85We Do for Our CountryJuan SchiarettiFlorencio Randazzo 914,812 3.71 914,812 3.71Left and Worker's Front-UnityMyriam BregmanNicolás del Caño 451,275 1.83642,7732.61Gabriel SolanoVilma Ripoll 191,498 0.78Principles and ValuesGuillermo MorenoLeonardo Fabre 189,756 0.77194,1600.79Eliodoro MartínezVicente Souto 2,516 0.01Paula AriasWalter Vera 1,507 0.01Jorge OliverEzequiel San Martín 197 0.00Carina BartoliniMabel Gómez 184 0.00Freemen of the South MovementJesús EscobarMarianella Lezama Hid 158,840 0.65 158,840 0.65New Movement for SocialismManuela CastañeiraLucas Ruiz 87,681 0.36 87,681 0.36Youth and Dignity Left MovementSantiago CúneoGustavo Barranco 57,754 0.2384,3610.34Raúl CastellsAdriana Reinoso 26,607 0.11Workers' PartyMarcelo RamalPatricia Urones 64,213 0.26 64,213 0.26Federal Patriot FrontCésar BiondiniMariel Avedaño 51,850 0.21 51,850 0.21Neighbourhood Action MovementRaúl AlbarracínSergio Pastore 43,480 0.18 43,480 0.18Youth ProjectMempo GiardinelliBárbara Solernou 11,944 0.0524,3040.10Martín AyerbeHugo Rodríguez 8,829 0.04Reina Xiomara IbáñezGonzalo Ibarra 3,531 0.01Liber.ARRamiro VasenaAníbal Lagonegro 12,990 0.0523,5540.10Nazareno EtchepareFernando Lorenzo 7,732 0.03Julio BárbaroRamona Pucheta 2,832 0.01Union of the Democratic CentreAndrés PassamontiPamela Fernández 12,041 0.05 12,041 0.05Blank votes 1,356,480 5.51Total 24,625,776 100 Valid votes 24,625,776 98.76Invalid votes 309,807 1.24Total votes 24,935,583 100Registered voters/turnout 35,405,013 70.43Source:

Legislative primaries

Chamber of Deputies

Reactions Milei and his coalition's win achieved international recognition and headlines, from The New York Times to El País and Latin American media and Asian news agencies, which reported on Milei's surprise win and the uncertain electoral scenario in Argentina for the 2023 October general election. Analysts saw his win as the voters being frustrated by both Peronist and non-Peronist governments.

See also 2023 Argentine general election 2023 Argentine provincial elections

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