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The Argentine provincial elections will elect the executive and legislative authorities of the
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
and in 21 of the 23
provinces of Argentina Argentina has 23 provinces (, singular ) and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which serves as the federal capital, as determined by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions and exist under a federal system. ...
, except (executive)
Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...
and
Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a sur ...
; elections in Tucumán (for a month) and
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(executive, for 1 and half months) were suspended by the
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.


Elections


16 April

*
Neuquén Neuquén (; ) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers which form t ...
,
Rolando Figueroa Rolando Ceferino Figueroa (born 14 April 1969) is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a Governor of Neuquén Province since 10 December 2023. He previously served as National Deputy elected in Neuquén. A member of the regionalist Neu ...
defeated the gubernatorial candidate of the long-governing
Neuquén People's Movement The Neuquén People's Movement () is a peronism, Peronist provincial political party in Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Argentina. The party was founded by, amongst others, Carlos Sobisch, Elías Sapag, Felipe Sapag and his brothers, Peronists who ...
, for the first time in 60 years, with 36.94% of Comunidad. * Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck wins with 42.43%. Third consecutive electoral victory of
Together We Are Río Negro Together We Are Río Negro (; JSRN) is a provincial political party in the Río Negro Province of Argentina. It was formed in 2015 as an electoral coalition to back the candidacy to the governorship of incumbent Alberto Weretilneck; it was lat ...
.


5 May

*
Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near ...
, Carlos Sadir won with 49.59%. Third consecutive electoral victory for
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. *
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,
Ricardo Quintela Ricardo Clemente Quintela (born 16 March 1960) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently Governor of La Rioja Province, since 11 December 2019. He was previously Mayor of the City of La Rioja from 2003 to 2015, as well as ...
is re-elected with 50.63%. Fourth consecutive electoral victory of
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
and its predecessor parties. *
Misiones Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
,
Hugo Passalacqua Hugo Passalacqua (born 20 November 1957) is an Argentine politician. He served as vice governor of Misiones Province from 2011 to 2015, under Governor Maurice Closs, and served as Governor of Misiones Province from 10 December 2015 to 10 Decemb ...
won with 64.18%. Sixth consecutive electoral victory of the
Front for the Renewal of Concord The Front for the Renewal of Social Concord (; FRCS), officially registered as the Party of Social Concord () is a Peronist provincial political party in Argentina, based in Misiones Province. It is regarded as the dominant party in the province ...
, it has not lost since its foundation.


14 May

*
La Pampa La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza. History In ...
,
Sergio Ziliotto Sergio Raúl Ziliotto (born 24 September 1962) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently governor of La Pampa Province, since 10 December 2019. Previously, from 2015 to 2019, he was a National Deputy for La Pampa. Early lif ...
Is re-elected with 47.66%. Twelfth electoral victory of the
Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei. Fo ...
. *
Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...
, Gustavo Sáenz is re-elected with 47.51% for the Salta Identity Party. *
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(gubernatorial election suspended), the legislative election was won by the
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
with 53.25%, obtained 9 of 17 legislators,
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obtained 7 and Liberty Advances obtained 1. *
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, Gustavo Melella is re-elected with 65.63%. Fourth consecutive electoral victory of
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
(counting predecessors) and allies. * Tucumán (suspended)


11 June

*
Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...
, Legislative election. Victory of ECO+Vamos Corrientes with 68.06%, obtaining 11 legislators out of 15 and 4 senators out of 5. * San Luis, Claudio Poggi obtained 53.10% and won by the total sum of
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with 53.31%. Defeat of the supremacy of the Saá brothers ( Adolfo 1983-2001 and
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2003-2011 and 2015-2023). * Tucumán, Osvaldo Jaldo won with 57.96%. Seventh consecutive electoral victory of
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
(counting its predecessors).


25 June

* Córdoba, Martin Llaryora won with 45.20%. Seventh consecutive electoral victory of We Do for Córdoba (counting its predecessor Union for Córdoba). *
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,
Gildo Insfrán Gildo Insfrán (born 19 January 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who has been Governor of Formosa Province since 1995. Having been close to former President Carlos Menem, Insfrán later became close to President Néstor ...
is re-elected for the eighth consecutive time with 69.97%.


2 July

*
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to: * San Juan, Puerto Rico * San Juan, Argentina * San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines San Juan may also refer to: Places Arge ...
, Marcelo Orrego defeated the gubernatorial candidate of the governing
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
, for the first time in 20 years, with 49.81%.


30 July

*
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, Ignacio Torres defeats the candidate of
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
. He won 35.71% to 34.11% and put an end to 20 years of Peronism ( PJ- CST)


13 August

* Santa Cruz, Claudio Vidal defeated the gubernatorial candidates of the governing
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
, for the first time in 40 years, with 46.5%.


10 September

* Santa Fe,
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of
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defeats the
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
candidate with 58.40%. He became the first candidate to exceed one million votes in Santa Fe.


17 September

* Chaco, Leandro Zdero beats
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with 46%. The UCR wins the province again, it has not happened since 2003.


24 September

* Mendoza, Alfredo Cornejo of
Radical Civic Union The Radical Civic Union (, UCR) is a major political party in Argentina. It has reached the national government on ten occasions, making it one of the most historically important parties in the country. Ideologically, the party has stood for r ...
defeated the Liberty Advances candidate, Omar de Marchi, with 39.50% of the vote. He previously held the position from 2015 to 2019.


22 October

*
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,
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of
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
won re-election with 44.9% of the vote. *
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, Jorge Macri of
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won against
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
candidate, Leandro Santoro, with 49.6% of the vote. Despite provincial electoral rules requiring a runoff if a candidate does not win 50% of the vote, it was not held since Santaro dropped out. * Catamarca, Raúl Jalil of
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
won re-election with 53.73% of the vote. * Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio of
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won against the
Union for the Homeland The Union for the Homeland (, UP) is a centre-left political and electoral coalition of Peronist political parties in Argentina. It has been the main opposition coalition since December 2023. The coalition was formed to compete in the 2023 gen ...
candidate,
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with 41.7% of the vote. The UP- PJ have governed the province since 2003.


See also

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Elections in Argentina At the national level, Argentina elects a head of state (the President) and a legislature. The franchise extends to all citizens aged 16 and over, and voting is mandatory (with a few exceptions) for all those who are between 18 and 70 years of ...
*
2023 Argentine general election General elections were held in Argentina on 22 October 2023 to elect the President of Argentina, president, Vice President of Argentina, vice president, members of the National Congress of Argentina, National Congress, and the governors of mos ...


References

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