2023-10-23 02:07:00
Sergio Massa achieved an important victory in the first round of the 2023 Elections and will go to a runoff with Javier Milei, who had been the candidate with the most votes in the August PASO. The candidates with the most votes had about 22 six points difference between them, 36% to 30%, with Bullrich third with 23%. Axel Kicillof won in the province of Buenos Aires and promoted the presidential election of Unión por la Patria. In CABA there will be a runoff between Jorge Macri and Leandro Santoro.
Elections 2023
22/10
23:07
Javier Milei proposed an alliance to Together for Change for the runoff
Around 11 p.m. Javier Milei went up to the stage that La Libertad Avanza had set up. “We are facing a historic achievement,” said the libertarian. “We came to challenge Kirchnerism for power,” after only two years, he indicated. “What we built is impressive,” he confirmed.
Milei left the door open for an alliance with Together for Change. She said that she is willing to start over, with Together for Change, in order to beat Kirchnerism.
“Two thirds of Argentines voted for change,” Milei remarked, in an analysis that aimed to highlight the position that unites him with Together for Change.
22/10
22:51
Strong decrease in the white and null vote: it fell to less than half
The number of blank and null votes decreased abruptly this Sunday, to the point that it represented less than half compared to the PASO elections at the national level, with more than 90% of the tables counted in the general elections to elect the president of the Nation. .
According to the National Electoral Directorate, in the primary elections of August 13 the percentage of blank votes was 4.78% corresponding to 1,148,342 votes while in today’s general election, with more than 92.37% of the tables counted, blank votes represent 1.98% (507,996 votes). In the PASO, 293,041 null votes were counted, corresponding to 1.21% of the total at the national level, while until now this category reached only 211,367, representing 0.82%.
22/10
22:29
Patricia Bullrich: “We will never be accomplices of the mafias that destroyed this country”
Patricia Bullrich stated, after accepting the defeat that Together for Change suffered by being left out of the runoff, that “we are convinced of the values that we carry within us, of transparency and the fight against corruption.” And in a message to the ruling party ahead of the second round, the presidential candidate stated that “We will never be accomplices of the mafias that destroyed this country.” Read note
22/10
22:14
Massa rose nine points and Milei stagnated in the flow of PASO votes
The Unión por la Patria candidate, Sergio Massa, reverted from third place in the PASO to become the most voted candidate in the 2023 Elections this Sunday. Massa leads the vote count with more than 36% of the votes, while Javier Milei achieves around 30% of the votes.
Javier Miley had been the winner of the PASO, with more than 30% of the support of the electoral roll. The second force with the largest number of votes was, then, Together for Change, which reaped 28%. Internally, the winner was Patricia Bullrichwho will represent the opposition coalition in the general elections. The former Minister of Security obtained 17%, while Horacio Rodríguez Larreta meeting 11%.
Meanwhile, the ruling party is in third place, with around 27% of the votes. Sergio Massa reached 21% and established itself as the presidential candidate of Union for the Homeland above Juan Grabois, which reached around 6%.
22/10
22:04
La Libertad Avanza recognized Massa’s victory: “We will be working to win” the runoff
From the headquarters of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei’s advisor, Guillermo Francos, assured: “We recognize that Sergio Massa has had 5 points more votes than Javier Milei, that there is a runoff and we will be working to win them.” In addition, he confirmed that after 10 p.m. Javier Milei will give a speech to his followers.
22/10
21:21
Massa leads Milei by almost six points and they will go to a runoff
The Unión por la Patria candidate reaches almost 36% of the votes against just over 30 points for Milei. Third is the candidate of Together for Change, Patricia Bullrich, who reaches 23.6%. These official results are with 76.12% of the tables counted. Massa won tonight in the province of Buenos Aires with 43.51% of the votes over the opposition candidates, Javier Milei from La Libertad Avanza (LLA) with 25.59% and Patricia Bullrich, from Together for Change (JxC) with 23.57%, with 67 percent of the tables scrutinized. The election of Province is key to the advantage that the official candidate is achieving. The runoff between Massa and Milei will be on November 19.
22/10
21:16
Massa would have an important advantage in the province of Buenos Aires, which would place him first in the runoff
The witness tables of Unión por la Patria at the national level and Together for Change in the province of Buenos show an important difference in favor of Sergio Massa in the Province, the key to winning the presidential elections. Javier Milei’s representatives also recognize the weight of the result in the largest electoral district.
La Libertad Avanza is experiencing hours of tension and caution tonight in its bunker and the leaders are barely visible, unlike the day of the PASO primaries, and there are no forceful statements but rather, they affirm, the end “is open.”
From the sector of Néstor Grindetti, candidate for governor of Together for Change, they also recognized that the election of Axel Kicillof has a key drag effect for the difference that Sergio Massa would be making.
22/10
20:49
Caution in Patricia Bullrich’s bunker, waiting for the first data
In the bunker Together for Change They are cautious and, according to sources from Patricia Bullrich’s space, They are waiting for the first information from the prosecutors coming from the witness tables. In Parque Norte, a place that was also chosen by the front in the last STEPthey remain waiting for the data who are loading from their computers with the information that comes to them from their prosecutors. Read note
22/10
20:42
Count: More than 35% of the votes have already been counted and the official results are awaited
Of the most important districts, the votes of 32% of the electorate in the city of Buenos Aires, 12% in the province of Buenos Aires, 70% in Córdoba and Mendoza, and 66% have already been counted. In the general average of the country, two hours after the close of the elections, 35% of the tables in all the country’s provinces were counted, Infobae reported.
22/10
20:12
Milei waits for the results secluded on the top floor of a hotel
The La Libertad Avanza candidate voted this afternoon in the City of Buenos Aires, where he remains with his team and advisors. From his bunker they ruled out a scenario of victory in the first round. Read note
22/10
20:09
Massa and is already in his Unión por la Patria bunker to wait for the results
The presidential candidate of Unión por la Patria (UxP), Sergio Massa, arrived after 7:30 p.m. to the bunker that the ruling coalition set up in Complex C of the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Chacarita, from where he will follow the evolution of the general election counts. Massa arrived around 7:30 p.m. at the bunker located on Corrientes and Dorrego avenues, and almost at the same time, the Buenos Aires governor and candidate for re-election, Axel Kicillof, also entered.
There is optimism in Massa’s bunker and it can already be seen in the runoff. They handle data in his sector that would place him six points above Javier Milei.
22/10
19:55
CABA, normally and with possible ballot
Normally and without the delays that were observed in the PASO of Augustthe elections for head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires were carried out normally and the expectation passes, in the candidates’ bunkers, on whether there will be a need for a runoff or not. The four candidates for head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri (Together for Change), Ramiro Marra (Freedom Advances), Leandro Santoro (Union for the Homeland), and Vanina Biasi (Left Front) voted in the morning at their respective voting centers. Read note
22/10
19:50
Massa bunker: first data shows it six points above Milei
In the Unión por la Patria bunker they began to look optimistically at the November 19 runoff. The first data being considered in Sergio Massa’s sector show that the official candidate would have approximately 36.7% of the votes. The one who was the favorite of the elections after the results of the PASO in August, Javier Milei, would be second with 30%. In third place would be Patricia Bullrich with 22%. The runoff scenario has already been recognized by both the Milei sector and the Together for Change sector, through Guillermo Francos and Federico Pinedo.
22/10
19:44
Insaurralde, after the scandal with Clerici, did not go to vote
Martín Insaurralde did not go to vote at his tablelocated at the Balmoral school in Banfield, in the district of Lomas de zamoraIn the midst of the scandal over his trip to Marbella with the model Sofia Clérici and the investigation initiated by the Federal Justice against him, Axel Kicillof’s former Chief of Staff chose not to go to vote. Read note
22/10
19:25
From Together for Change they also see a runoff scenario
Federico Pinedo, chancellor in an eventual government of Patricia Bullrich, assured that the elections were very even and predicted that there will be a runoff on November 19. Like Guillermo Francos, from La Libertad Avanza, he proposed a second round scenario. “Bullrich would be winning votes, Milei losing and Massa stable,” said the leader of Together for Change. He indicated that they are “a disputed election and we are sure that there will be a second round.”
22/10
19:09
In the Milei bunker they ruled out victory in the first round and projected a runoff scenario
In the La Libertad Avanza (LLA) bunker they ruled out the possibility of winning in the first electoral round, according to what was stated Guillermo Francosone of the main advisors of Javier Miley and his eventual Minister of the Interior. “We never thought about a first round, it was a very even election, it developed normally,” Francos reflected in an improvised press conference at the Hotel Libertador, the place where LLA awaits the electoral results.
Milei arrived after noon, after casting his vote at the headquarters of the National Technological University (UTN) in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Almagro. He is accompanied by his sister, Karina Milei. Furthermore, for the first time, his parents accompany him: Norberto and Alicia. The candidate for head of the Buenos Aires Government also arrived, Ramiro Marra; the banker and candidate for senator from Buenos Aires, Juan Napoli.
22/10
18:55
Absenteeism was the highest in a presidential election
The level of absenteeism in these 2023 elections was the highest in the presidential elections since the return to democracy. In contrast to the PASO, today’s elections registered four points more participation, 70% against 74%. However, they were below the 76.2%, which was the lowest figure in a presidential election, in 2007.
22/10
18:42
Bomb threat in the Casa Rosada
This afternoon members of the Federal Police inspected the Pink House by a bomb threat emerged minutes ago. Police sources informed Argentine News that the warning was produced through a call to 911, so the usual protocol in this type of situation was activated. Personnel from the Anti-Explosive and Fire Brigade of the Federal Police worked in the Government House to determine if there were any suspicious packages inside the building.
22/10
18:36
2023 ballot: what they think in each bunker
What they say in the bunkers about the three candidates to enter the runoff. From La Libertad Avanza, Unión por la Patria and Juntos por el Cambio, they revealed the scenarios that each coalition manages.
These are the scenarios:
• From LLA: that Javier Milei wins and goes to a runoff with Sergio Massa.
• From UP: that Sergio Massa wins and goes to a runoff with Javier Milei.
• From JxC: that Patricia Bullrich wins and goes to a runoff with Sergio Massa.
22/10
18:21
On what date would the runoff be held if no party obtains the necessary votes?
Voting in the 2023 general elections closed at 6:00 p.m. There is the possibility of a runoff in the event that no candidate obtains the number of votes necessary to win the presidency in the first round. The second round must be held within 30 days following the first round, scheduled for Sunday, November 19 this year. Read note
22/10
18:11
The percentage of voters reached 74%, five points more than in the PASO
The National Electoral Directorate announced that as of 6:00 p.m., the closing of voting throughout the country, 74% of the electoral roll had voted. This percentage is higher than that recorded during the PASO last August, when 70% of the electorate attended.
Telam Viedma – 10/22/2023 in the Rio Negro capital, the national elections take place with normal tranquility Photo Telam: Marcelo Ochoa
22/10
17:35
The unusual mistake of a Javier Milei candidate
Lilia Lemoine, candidate for national deputy Freedom Advances and personal stylist Javier Milei, who became known for her idea that men can “relinquish parenthood”made an incredible mistake when, instead of depositing the ballot inside the envelope, as is common practice in Argentinathe candidate came out of the dark room with the ballot in her hand. Read note
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Lilia Lemoine, the Milei candidate who proposed renouncing paternity, denounced for a sung vote. The thing is that the candidate came out of the dark room with the ballot in her hand.
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— Diario Río Negro (@rionegrocomar) October 22, 2023
22/10
17:09
Until 5 p.m., 66% of the electoral roll had voted
According to the Chamber, as of 5:00 p.m., 66% of the voters had voted. In the PASO of August 13, the third cutoff had been at 5 p.m., one hour before the polls closed: then, 61.5% of eligible citizens had voted, which indicates a greater influx of voters. Voting closes at 6 p.m.
22/10
17:06
Cross complaints from the ruling party and the opposition for irregularities and attacks in Buenos Aires
Julian Alvarezthe candidate for Mayor of Lanús Union for the Homelandreported that a prosecutor from his space was arrested by order of officials of Together for Change, in the middle of a tense election for the communal chief. In another district of the Buenos Aires suburbs, in The slaughter, Eduardo “Lalo” Creus, who fights for the Municipality from the Together for Change space, directly accused his rival of Peronism Fernando Espinoza. In HummockUnión por la Patria announced that it will criminally and in the Electoral Court denounce Together for Change for the replacement of official ballots from its space without the local body that corresponds to the category of mayor, or with ballots from other districts.
22/10
14:43
Cristina Kirchner voted in Santa Cruz: “I finished in 2015 and I didn’t want fueros, I don’t want them now either”
Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said today that she hopes for “a more sensible country” after December 10, in which “all those who have responsibilities will realize that it will be necessary to agree on basic issues,” she assured that she will continue in politics. despite not being a candidate and stressed: “I didn’t want them in 2015 and I don’t want them now.” Read the full note here.
22/10
13:44
Bullrich voted and was optimistic about the result: “I’m going to be president”
The presidential candidate of Together for Change (JxC), Patricia Bullrich, cast her vote this noon at 1:37 p.m. in a voting center located on the property of the Argentine Rural Society, in the Palermo neighborhood, where she was received by supporters, that they asked for photos on the way to the polling station, which delayed their arrival at the voting station for half an hour. Read the full note.
22/10
13:23
Javier Milei called on people to vote: “Don’t let others decide”
The presidential candidate of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Javier Milei, cast his vote today amid great tumult and euphoria, at 1:00 p.m., at the National Technological University (UTN), located at Medrano 951, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Almagro. , where some adherents sang happy birthday to him when responding to the call that that political space made yesterday on social networks. Read the full note.
22/10
12:57
Sergio Massa voted: “Argentina continues on Monday, we must convey tranquility”
The Minister of Economy and presidential candidate of Unión por la Patria (UxP), Sergio Massa, stated today that “it is a day that forces us to work thinking about the consolidation of 40 years of democracy.” He cast his vote at School No. 34 “Antártida Argentina” in the Buenos Aires town of Tigre. Read the full note.
22/10
12:20
Mauricio Macri voted in Palermo and said that he observes a runoff scenario
The former head of state said that the presidential elections will be resolved in a second electoral round and wished “the best for Argentina, at the national level and also for the residents of the city of Buenos Aires.” “We can move forward, today we will finish defining where Argentina is going.” To read the full note click.
22/10
12:09
Victoria Villarruel thanked the “Armed Forces for guarding these elections”
The candidate for Vice President for La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Victoria Villarruel, today thanked the “Armed Forces that are guarding these elections” and considered that “the extreme left” has results in the elections that are “always low” because their proposals “They are not elected by the Argentine people,” when casting their vote.
22/10
12:06
Juan Schiaretti: “We define what Argentina we are going to have in the future”
The candidate for president of We Make Our Country (HpNP), Juan Schiaretti, cast his vote today in the province of Córdoba. «The elections are taking place normally. Today it is defined that Argentina we are going to have in the future, an Argentina that comes in fits and starts, or if we go on a trip to the unknown, or if we go to work, to production and federalism,” said the governor of Córdoba and running mate of Florencio Randazzo. To read the full note, click.
22/10
10:02
President Alberto Fernández voted
President Alberto Fernández affirmed today that “after 40 years of democracy, Argentines are deciding their future,” when casting their vote at the headquarters of the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Puerto Madero. To read the full note, click.
22/10
09:08
Myriam Bregman, the first candidate to vote
The presidential candidate of the Left Front and Workers-Unity (FIT-U), Myriam Bregman, affirmed today that “there is another way out of the crisis, not everything is adjustment or an attack on working people,” when casting her vote around 8:40 at the Don Bosco school, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Congreso. Read the full note here.
In the vote that will define who will be the successors of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the focus is on how much support Sergio will achieve at the polls. Massa (UxP), Javier mercy (LLA), Patricia Bullrich (JxC), Myriam Bregman (Left Front and Workers-Unity, FIT-U) and Juan Schiaretti (We do for Our Country, (HpNP). The thing is that, according to the results, Argentina could elect its next President in the second round, scheduled for November 19.
The elections took place normally and at 5 66% of the voters had already voted, as confirmed by the National Electoral Chamber, in a climate of expectation around whether or not a runoff will be necessary to define the next head of state.
According to these data, and compared to previous elections, at the same time, in the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries (PASO) at 3:00 p.m. 2023, 48% of the voters had voted; In the 2021 General Elections, 44% of the voters had voted; In the PASO 2021, 36% of the voters had voted, while in the 2019 primaries, 42% of the voters had voted.
During the day, President Alberto cast his vote. Fernández; the candidate for president of Unión por la Patria (UxP), Sergio Massa; the candidate for vice president of UxP, Agustín Rossi and the formula of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Javier mercy and Victoria Villarruel; the duo of We Do for Our Country (HpNP), Juan Schiaretti and Florencio Randazzo, the candidate of Together for Change (JxC) Patricia Bullrich and the candidate of the Left Front and Workers-Unity (FIT-U), Myriam Bregman.
Also, the Buenos Aires governor and candidate for re-election, Axel, voted Kiciloff and the candidates for heads of the Buenos Aires government of UxP, Leandro Santoro and Jorge Macri.
In addition, the current head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez, has already cast his vote. Larreta and the former president Mauricio Macri, as well as the national senator and former candidate for head of the Buenos Aires Government for JxC, Martín Lousteau.
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