2015 Argentine provincial elections

On the 25 October elections numerous provinces also elected governors, with the new ones beginning their terms on 10 December 2015. These provinces were Buenos Aires province, Catamarca, Chubut, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Misiones, San Juan, San Luis and Santa Cruz, encompassing 11 of the country's 23 provinces. The other provinces elected governors in different days of 2015; the only exceptions were Corrientes and Santiago del Estero whose governors' terms were not due to finish in 2015.[1]

Election of Argentine Governors, 2015

2015
21 of the 23 Provinces of Argentina and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
First party Second party Third party   Party PJ UCR-PRO PJ Alliance Front for Victory Cambiemos Federal Peronism Seats before 15 2 3 Seats won 12 5 4 Seat change -3 +3 +1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party PJ PS Others Alliance Progresistas Others Seats before 0 1 1 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change +1 0 0

María Eugenia Vidal was elected governor of the populous Buenos Aires Province, defeating the controversial Aníbal Fernández; her victory influenced as well the growth of Macri in the presidential elections. Similarly, the unpopular Fernández may have subtracted non-Kirchnerite votes from Scioli.[1] The victory was considered significant given that Fernández is the incumbent Cabinet Chief of the Kirchner administration, and that Vidal is directly replacing Daniel Scioli's current post as governor of the province.[2] It is made more significant as she is the first female governor of the province, and the first non-Peronist governor since 1987. The Republican Proposal also retained the city of Buenos Aires, that elected Horacio Rodríguez Larreta as the new mayor.[1] The PRO stronghold had gone to a second round between Larreta and Martín Lousteau (also of the Cambiemos front, but not in the same party) after the Front for Victory's Mariano Recalde finished third.[3] Juan Schiaretti won the elections in Córdoba, and he is the single governor of the UNA ticket.[1] The socialist Miguel Lifschitz was elected governor of Santa Fe, after a controversial triple tie with the PJ and PRO. Carlos Verna was reelected governor of La Pampa.[1]

The votes in Entre Ríos had a slow count. During a week, the provisional results suggested that Gustavo Bordet may be the new governor of Entre Ríos, but Alfredo de Angeli claimed that the uncounted votes may turn the tide and make him the winner instead.[4] The final results were released on October 30, confirming the victory of Bordet. Hugo Passalacqua, vice governor of Maurice Closs was elected governor by a wide margin.[1]

Rosana Bertone was elected governor of Tierra del Fuego. The radical Eduardo Costa got the higher number of votes in Santa Cruz, but Alicia Kirchner was elected governor, thanks to the Ley de Lemas. The former governor of Chubut Mario Das Neves was elected again. Neuquén and Río Negro elected Omar Gutiérrez and Alberto Weretilneck, who ran for local parties.[1]

Mendoza provided an early victory for the opposition, by the radical Alfredo Cornejo. Alberto Rodríguez Saá was elected governor of San Luis once again. The Front for Victory retained the provinces of San Juan and La Rioja, with Sergio Uñac and Sergio Casas.[1]

Lucía Corpacci was reelected in Catamarca. Juan Manuel Urtubey got an important victory in Salta against Romero, and kept the province for the FPV. The radical Gerardo Morales was elected governor of Jujuy, the first non-Peronist one since the return of democracy in 1983. He expects to have a tense relation with the populist Milagro Sala. Juan Luis Manzur was elected governor of Tucumán, but the denounces of electoral fraud became a national scandal. The elections were first declared null by local judge, and then ratified by the local Supreme Court. The case is currently held by the national Supreme Court.[1][5][6]

Province	Affiliation (Party)		Governor	Vice Governor	Date held
City of Buenos Aires		Cambiemos (PRO)	Horacio Rodríguez Larreta	Diego Santilli	5 July 25 July (runoff)
Buenos Aires Province		Cambiemos (PRO)	María Eugenia Vidal	Daniel Salvador	25 October
Catamarca		Front for Victory	Lucía Corpacci	Octavio Gutiérrez	25 October
Chaco		Front for Victory	Domingo Peppo	Daniel Capitanich	20 September
Chubut		Federal Peronism (Chubut Somos Todos)	Mario Das Neves	Mariano Arcioni	25 October
Córdoba		Frente Renovador (Unión por Córdoba)	Juan Schiaretti	Martín Llaryora	5 July
Entre Ríos		Front for Victory	Gustavo Bordet	Adán Bahl	25 October
Formosa		Front for Victory	Gildo Insfrán	Floro Bogado	25 October
Jujuy		Cambiemos (UCR)	Gerardo Morales	Carlos Haquim	25 October
La Pampa		Federal Peronism (PJ)	Carlos Verna	Mariano Fernández	25 October
La Rioja		Front for Victory	Sergio Casas	Néstor Bosetti	5 July
Mendoza		Cambiemos (UCR)	Alfredo Cornejo	Laura Montero	21 June
Misiones		Front for Victory (Front for the Renewal of Concord)	Hugo Passalacqua	Oscar Herrera Ahuad	25 October
Neuquén		Movimiento Popular Neuquino	Omar Gutiérrez	Rolando Figueroa	26 April
Río Negro		Federal Peronism (Juntos Somos Río Negro)	Alberto Weretilneck	Pedro Pesatti	14 June
Salta		Front for Victory	Juan Manuel Urtubey	Miguel Isa	17 May
San Juan		Front for Victory	Sergio Uñac	Marcelo Lima	25 October
San Luis		Federal Peronism (PJ)	Alberto Rodríguez Saá	Carlos Ponce	25 October
Santa Cruz		Front for Victory	Alicia Kirchner	Pablo González	25 October
Santa Fe		Progressives (Partido Socialista)	Miguel Lifschitz	Carlos Fascendini	17 June
Tierra del Fuego		Front for Victory	Rosana Bertone	Juan Carlos Arcando	21 June 28 June (runoff)
Tucumán		Front for Victory	Juan Luis Manzur[lower-alpha 1]	Osvaldo Jaldo	23 August

See also

• List of current provincial governors in Argentina

Notes

1. José Cano (UCR) denounced electoral fraud that may have benefited Manzur. The Supreme Court of Tucumán ratified the elections, but the case is still going on at the Supreme Court of Argentina

References

1. "Elecciones 2015: los resultados de las provincias que eligieron gobernador". 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
2. Jastreblansky, Maia (26 October 2015). "El "no" a Aníbal, en números: corte de boleta y distritos que cambiaron de color". La Nacion. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
3. Elecciones porteñas 2015: amplio triunfo de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, pero habrá ballottage con Martín Lousteau - La Nacion, 5 July 2015
4. "De Ángeli, cerca de la gobernación de Entre Ríos" [De Ángeli near being governor of Río Negro] (in Spanish). Perfil. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
5. News Ghana (November 22, 2015). "Points worth noting about Argentina's presidential election". News Ghana. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
6. News Ghana (November 22, 2015). "Argentina's Daniel Scioli losses in presidential race". News Ghana. Retrieved November 22, 2015.