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On 13 August 2023,[1][2] 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.[3]
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
Alliance | List | Pre-Candidates | Ref. | ||||
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President | Vice President | ||||||
Union for the Homeland | 134 A | Celeste y Blanca | Sergio Massa | Agustín Rossi | [4] | ||
134 B | Justa y Soberana | Juan Grabois | Paula Abal Medina | ||||
Juntos por el Cambio | 132 A | El Cambio de Nuestras Vidas | Horacio Rodríguez Larreta | Gerardo Morales | |||
132 B | La Fuerza del Cambio | Patricia Bullrich | Luis Petri | ||||
La Libertad Avanza | 135 A | Libertad por Siempre | Javier Milei | Victoria Villarruel | |||
Workers' Left Front | 136 A | Unir y Fortalecer a la Izquierda | Myriam Bregman | Nicolás del Caño | |||
136 B | Unidad de Luchadores y la Izquierda | Gabriel Solano | Vilma Ripoll | ||||
Hacemos por Nuestro País | 133 A | Hacemos | Juan Schiaretti | Florencio Randazzo | |||
Principles and Values | 137 1A | Tierra, Techo y Trabajo | Guillermo Moreno | Leonardo Fabre | |||
137 2B | Transformar | Eliodoro Martínez | Vicente Souto | ||||
137 3C | Tres Banderas | Jorge Oliver | Ezequiel San Martín | ||||
137 4D | Gente de Trabajo | Carina Bartolini | Mabel Gómez | ||||
137 5E | Laborista | Paula Arias | Walter Vera | ||||
Frente Liber.AR | 131 A | Demos | Nazareno Etchepare | Fernando Lorenzo | |||
131 B | Reconquista | Ramiro Vasena | Aníbal Lagonegro | ||||
131 C | Anticorrupción | Julio Bárbaro | Ramona Pucheta | ||||
Freemen of the South | 40 A | Azul y Rojo | Jesús Escobar | Marianella Lezama Hid | |||
New Movement for Socialism | 13 | Izquierda Anticapitalista | Manuela Castañeira | Lucas Ruiz | |||
Política Obrera | 92 | Unidad Obrera | Marcelo Ramal | Patricia Urones | |||
Youth and Dignity Left Movement | 90 A | Dignidad | Raúl Castells | Adriana Reinoso | |||
90 B | Confederal | Santiago Cúneo | Gustavo Barranco | ||||
Proyecto Joven | 94 A | Coalición Paz, Democracia y Soberania | Mempo Giardinelli | Bárbara Solernou | |||
94 B | Patria Unida | Martín Ayerbe | Hugo Rodríguez | ||||
94 C | Todex | Reina Xiomara Ibáñez | Gonzalo Ibarra | ||||
Federal Patriot Front | 95 | Primero la Patria | César Biondini | Mariel Avedaño | |||
Union of the Democratic Centre | 20 A | Apertura Liberal Argentina | Andrés Passamonti | Pamela Fernández | |||
Neighborhood Action Movement | 57 | Compromiso Vecinal | Raúl Albarracín | Sergio Pastore |
Election day
Turnout
Primary | Hour | Final | Ref(s). | ||||||||
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12:00 | +/- | 14:00 | 15:00 | +/- | 16:00 | 17:00 | +/- | 18:20 | |||
2019 | 30% | ![]() |
42% | 48% | ![]() |
58% | 66% | ![]() |
— | 76.4% | [5] |
2023 | 28% | — | 48% | — | 61.5% | 66% | 69,6% | [6][7][8][9] |
Results
Presidential primaries
Party | Presidential candidate | Running mate | Candidate votes | Overall votes | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
La Libertad Avanza | Javier Milei | Victoria Villarruel | 7,352,244 | 29.86 | 7,352,244 | 29.86 | |
Together for Change | Patricia Bullrich | Luis Petri | 4,139,566 | 16.81 | 6,895,941 | 28.00 | |
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta | Gerardo Morales | 2,756,375 | 11.19 | ||||
Union for the Homeland | Sergio Massa | Agustín Rossi | 5,277,538 | 21.43 | 6,719,042 | 27.28 | |
Juan Grabois | Paula Abal Medina | 1,441,504 | 5.85 | ||||
We Do for Our Country | Juan Schiaretti | Florencio Randazzo | 914,812 | 3.71 | 914,812 | 3.71 | |
Left and Worker's Front-Unity | Myriam Bregman | Nicolás del Caño | 451,275 | 1.83 | 642,773 | 2.61 | |
Gabriel Solano | Vilma Ripoll | 191,498 | 0.78 | ||||
Principles and Values | Guillermo Moreno | Leonardo Fabre | 189,756 | 0.77 | 194,160 | 0.79 | |
Eliodoro Martínez | Vicente Souto | 2,516 | 0.01 | ||||
Paula Arias | Walter Vera | 1,507 | 0.01 | ||||
Jorge Oliver | Ezequiel San Martín | 197 | 0.00 | ||||
Carina Bartolini | Mabel Gómez | 184 | 0.00 | ||||
Freemen of the South Movement | Jesús Escobar | Marianella Lezama Hid | 158,840 | 0.65 | 158,840 | 0.65 | |
New Movement for Socialism | Manuela Castañeira | Lucas Ruiz | 87,681 | 0.36 | 87,681 | 0.36 | |
Youth and Dignity Left Movement | Santiago Cúneo | Gustavo Barranco | 57,754 | 0.23 | 84,361 | 0.34 | |
Raúl Castells | Adriana Reinoso | 26,607 | 0.11 | ||||
Workers' Party | Marcelo Ramal | Patricia Urones | 64,213 | 0.26 | 64,213 | 0.26 | |
Federal Patriot Front | César Biondini | Mariel Avedaño | 51,850 | 0.21 | 51,850 | 0.21 | |
Neighbourhood Action Movement | Raúl Albarracín | Sergio Pastore | 43,480 | 0.18 | 43,480 | 0.18 | |
Youth Project | Mempo Giardinelli | Bárbara Solernou | 11,944 | 0.05 | 24,304 | 0.10 | |
Martín Ayerbe | Hugo Rodríguez | 8,829 | 0.04 | ||||
Reina Xiomara Ibáñez | Gonzalo Ibarra | 3,531 | 0.01 | ||||
Liber.AR | Ramiro Vasena | Aníbal Lagonegro | 12,990 | 0.05 | 23,554 | 0.10 | |
Nazareno Etchepare | Fernando Lorenzo | 7,732 | 0.03 | ||||
Julio Bárbaro | Ramona Pucheta | 2,832 | 0.01 | ||||
Union of the Democratic Centre | Andrés Passamonti | Pamela Fernández | 12,041 | 0.05 | 12,041 | 0.05 | |
Blank votes | 1,356,480 | 5.51 | |||||
Total | 24,625,776 | 100 | |||||
Valid votes | 24,625,776 | 98.76 | |||||
Invalid votes | 309,807 | 1.24 | |||||
Total votes | 24,935,583 | 100 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 35,405,013 | 70.43 | |||||
Source:[10][11] |
Legislative primaries
Chamber of Deputies
Party or alliance | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Together for Change | The Force of Change (Patricia Bullrich)[a] | 3,188,982 | 15.09 | ||
The Change of Our Lives (Horacio Rodríguez Larreta)[b] | 2,389,539 | 11.31 | |||
Together for Change[c] | 666,070 | 3.15 | |||
Corrientes Meeting | 210,239 | 1.00 | |||
Wake Up Chubut | 66,465 | 0.31 | |||
Radical Civic Union[d] | 16,528 | 0.08 | |||
UNIR Constitutional Nationalist Party | 2,193 | 0.01 | |||
Salta Renewal Party | 2,062 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 6,542,078 | 30.97 | |||
Union for the Homeland | Celestial and White (Sergio Massa)[e] | 4,615,399 | 21.85 | ||
Union for the Homeland[f] | 725,777 | 3.44 | |||
Civic Front for Santiago | 271,519 | 1.29 | |||
October 17th | 195,009 | 0.92 | |||
Union for Salta | 80,886 | 0.38 | |||
Let's Go San Juan | 72,453 | 0.34 | |||
Union for Victory | 68,388 | 0.32 | |||
Union for Chubut | 61,179 | 0.29 | |||
San Juan Comes Back | 58,696 | 0.28 | |||
Renewal Unity | 37,980 | 0.18 | |||
Union for Jujuy | 34,204 | 0.16 | |||
Santa Cruz Agreement | 17,937 | 0.08 | |||
Let's Build Together | 14,287 | 0.07 | |||
Union for the Hapiness of Salta | 9,533 | 0.05 | |||
The María Eva | 9,083 | 0.04 | |||
Rebuild Chubut | 3,638 | 0.02 | |||
Total | 6,275,968 | 29.71 | |||
La Libertad Avanza | La Libertad Avanza | 5,003,813 | 23.68 | ||
Ahora Patria | 312,289 | 1.48 | |||
Republican Force | 261,028 | 1.24 | |||
Partido Renovador Federal | 141,173 | 0.67 | |||
Partido Fe | 134,656 | 0.64 | |||
Arriba Neuquén | 132,991 | 0.63 | |||
Light Blue and White Union | 125,077 | 0.59 | |||
Republicanos Unidos | 29,886 | 0.14 | |||
Fuerza Liberal | 8,939 | 0.04 | |||
Total | 6,149,852 | 29.11 | |||
Hacemos por Nuestro País | Hacemos por Nuestro País | 709,431 | 3.36 | ||
Christian Democratic Party[g] | 16,109 | 0.08 | |||
Aptitud Renovadora | 15,465 | 0.07 | |||
Federal Commitment | 13,051 | 0.06 | |||
Partido Autonomista[h] | 10,648 | 0.05 | |||
Socialist Party[i] | 8,058 | 0.04 | |||
Partido Unión y Libertad | 6,553 | 0.03 | |||
Federal Popular Union[j] | 6,222 | 0.03 | |||
Nuevo Espacio de Opinión | 2,215 | 0.01 | |||
Nueve de Julio | 2,203 | 0.01 | |||
Patria Grande | 1,987 | 0.01 | |||
Santiago lo Merece | 1,387 | 0.01 | |||
Santiago Autonomista | 1,197 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 794,526 | 3.76 | |||
Workers' Left Front | Unir y Fortalecer a la Izquierda (PTS–IS) | 428,898 | 2.03 | ||
Unidad de Luchadores y la Izquierda (PO–MST) | 186,610 | 0.88 | |||
Party of Workers | 7,576 | 0.04 | |||
New Left | 6,684 | 0.03 | |||
Total | 629,768 | 2.98 | |||
Freemen of the South Movement | Freemen of the South Movement | 126,983 | 0.60 | ||
Libres y Socialistas | 12,419 | 0.06 | |||
Total | 139,402 | 0.66 | |||
Principles and Values | Tierra, Techo y Trabajo (Guillermo Moreno)[k] | 54,537 | 0.26 | ||
Gobernar es Crear Trabajo | 21,787 | 0.10 | |||
Santa Fe Primero | 7,298 | 0.03 | |||
Unidad Santafesina | 5,526 | 0.03 | |||
Por los Principios Sociales | 4,732 | 0.02 | |||
Partido Popular | 3,665 | 0.02 | |||
Movimiento Integración Latinoamericana de Expresión Social | 3,318 | 0.02 | |||
Producción y Trabajo | 2,154 | 0.01 | |||
Producción y Justicia Social | 2,273 | 0.01 | |||
Por Club, Capilla y Colegio | 1,860 | 0.01 | |||
La Nueva Santa Fe | 1,440 | 0.01 | |||
Ciudadanos | 1,130 | 0.01 | |||
Unidos por la Gente | 1,067 | 0.01 | |||
Crezcamos por Santa Fe | 837 | 0.00 | |||
Voces Libertarias SdE | 783 | 0.00 | |||
Recuperando Nuestra Cultura | 629 | 0.00 | |||
Por los Valores | 255 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 113,291 | 0.54 | |||
New MAS | 50,052 | 0.24 | |||
Youth and Dignity Left Movement | Confederal (Santiago Cúneo) | 25,309 | 0.12 | ||
Dignidad (Raúl Castells) | 10,424 | 0.05 | |||
Santa Fe Segura | 1,579 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 37,312 | 0.18 | |||
Together We Are Río Negro | 36,762 | 0.17 | |||
Neuquén People's Movement | Neuquén País | 30,737 | 0.15 | ||
Unidos por Neuquén | 5,264 | 0.02 | |||
Total | 36,001 | 0.17 | |||
Política Obrera | 35,330 | 0.17 | |||
Renewal Front[l] | 24,089 | 0.11 | |||
Patriot Front | 23,193 | 0.11 | |||
Nueva Unión Celeste | 21,381 | 0.10 | |||
Partido Agrario y Social | 21,098 | 0.10 | |||
Salta Independiente | 16,897 | 0.08 | |||
Libertarian Party | 14,023 | 0.07 | |||
Proyecto Joven | Paz, Democracia y Soberanía | 6,530 | 0.03 | ||
Frente Joven | 1,747 | 0.01 | |||
Unidos | 1,330 | 0.01 | |||
Patria Unida (Martín Ayerbe) | 1,019 | 0.00 | |||
Nuevas Ideas | 587 | 0.00 | |||
Centro, Norte y Sur Unidos | 567 | 0.00 | |||
Jóvenes en Acción | 466 | 0.00 | |||
Viva la Libertad | 244 | 0.00 | |||
Patria y Futuro | 175 | 0.00 | |||
DEMOS Libertad | 123 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 12,788 | 0.06 | |||
Encuentro Republicano Federal | Movimiento Viable | 5,516 | 0.03 | ||
Moderado | 1,658 | 0.01 | |||
Republicano Popular | 1,126 | 0.01 | |||
DEMOS | 878 | 0.00 | |||
Despierta Santiago | 570 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 9,748 | 0.05 | |||
Buenos Aires Primero | 9,044 | 0.04 | |||
Construyendo Porvenir | 8,590 | 0.04 | |||
Somos Fueguinos | 8,562 | 0.04 | |||
Por Santa Cruz | 8,283 | 0.04 | |||
Frente Amplio por la Soberanía | 7,627 | 0.04 | |||
Nuevo Rumbo | Federal Commitment | 1,979 | 0.01 | ||
Por los Valores | 1,836 | 0.01 | |||
Recreo Social | 1,818 | 0.01 | |||
Vecinos con Rumbo | 1,718 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 7,351 | 0.03 | |||
Corriente de Pensamiento Bonaerense | 7,347 | 0.03 | |||
Política Abierta para la Integridad Social | Primero Santa Fe | 2,541 | 0.01 | ||
Con los Mismos, No | 1,951 | 0.01 | |||
Azul Única | 1,541 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 6,033 | 0.03 | |||
Partido Fe | Nuevo Horizonte | 2,577 | 0.01 | ||
Vamos con Fe | 2,123 | 0.01 | |||
Siempre con Fe | 1,279 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 5,979 | 0.03 | |||
Partido Todos por Buenos Aires | 5,443 | 0.03 | |||
Confianza Pública | 5,343 | 0.03 | |||
Partido Autonomista[m] | Futuro Mejor | 1,756 | 0.01 | ||
Dignidad Animal | 1,293 | 0.01 | |||
Autonomista en Marcha | 1,239 | 0.01 | |||
Renacer | 1,045 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 5,333 | 0.03 | |||
Movimiento de Organización Democrática | 4,891 | 0.02 | |||
Union of the Democratic Centre | La Libertad Primero | 3,462 | 0.02 | ||
Union of the Democratic Centre | 835 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 4,297 | 0.02 | |||
Democratic Party | 4,277 | 0.02 | |||
Partido Unidad Social | 4,193 | 0.02 | |||
Frente Federal de Acción Solidaria | 3,963 | 0.02 | |||
Frente Liber.AR | Demos (Nazareno Etchepare) | 2,766 | 0.01 | ||
Anticorruption (Julio Bárbaro)[n] | 1,184 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 3,950 | 0.02 | |||
Frente Integrador | 3,811 | 0.02 | |||
Movimiento Independiente Renovador | 3,283 | 0.02 | |||
Estamos | 3,395 | 0.02 | |||
Justicia y Dignidad Patriotica | 2,756 | 0.01 | |||
Movimiento de Acción Vecinal | 2,596 | 0.01 | |||
Republicanos Unidos | 2,341 | 0.01 | |||
Generation for a National Encounter | 2,215 | 0.01 | |||
Christian Democratic Party[o] | 1,990 | 0.01 | |||
Renewal Crusade | 1,943 | 0.01 | |||
Movimiento de Jubilados y Juventud | 1,942 | 0.01 | |||
La Nueva Independencia | 1,926 | 0.01 | |||
Humanist Party | 1,923 | 0.01 | |||
Labour Party | Libertad y Trabajo | 1,394 | 0.01 | ||
La Clase Obrera | 184 | 0.00 | |||
Frente Laborista | 150 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 1,728 | 0.01 | |||
Partido Tres Banderas | Soberanía | 696 | 0.00 | ||
Por La Justicia | 328 | 0.00 | |||
Independencia | 318 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 1,342 | 0.01 | |||
Auténticos Liberales Catamarca | Libertarios | 9 | 0.00 | ||
Liberar y Popular | 6 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 15 | 0.00 | |||
Total | 21,127,271 | 100.00 |
- ^ incl. Sumamos Fuerzas en Santa Cruz, Gana Catamarca
- ^ Podés Confiar, Sigamos Cambiando Jujuy, Juntos por La Pampa, Cambia San Juan
- ^ Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Chaco
- ^ Radical Change, UCR A Real Path
- ^ Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Tierra del Fuego, Tucumán
- ^ Capital Federal, Entre Ríos, La Pampa, Misiones, San Luis, Santa Fe
- ^ incl. Foro Social Cristiano
- ^ in Salta
- ^ incl. Hacemos Juntos
- ^ in Misiones
- ^ incl. Populares Cba
- ^ in Santiago del Estero
- ^ in Santa Fe
- ^ Campo Popular in Córdoba
- ^ in Capital Federal
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.[12] Analysts saw his win as the voters being frustrated by both Peronist and non-Peronist governments.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "Voters express frustration ahead of Argentina primary election". Al Jazeera. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Voter anger, apathy hang over Argentina primary elections". Reuters. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Uki Goñi (14 August 2023). "Far-right outsider takes shock lead in Argentina primary election". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Cámara Nacional Electoral". www.electoral.gob.ar. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "#ObjetivoRosada | Evolución de la participación de los votantes por corte de hora en las PASO del 11/08/2019". Twitter - @ArgElecciones. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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- ^ "#Elecciones2023 Ya votó el 66% del #Padrón, aunque los/as electores/as que aguardan su turno continuarán votando". Twitter - @CamaraElectoral. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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- ^ "Consulta de Escrutinios Definitivos". www.padron.gob.ar.
- ^ "Los medios del mundo reflejaron el triunfo de Javier Milei en las PASO 2023". Perfil (in Spanish). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Reaction: Javier Milei Surprises in Argentina Primary Election". Americas Quarterly. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.