Four Argentine provinces celebrate their legislative elections on Sunday, May 11marking the start of the electoral calendar for provincial legislative positions.
Unlike the recent step in Santa Fe, which included the choice of conventional constituents in some municipalities, On this occasion, provincial legislators will be chosen in San Luis, Chaco, Jujuy and Salta.
An outstanding aspect of these elections is the Diversity of electoral systems implemented. Chaco and Jujuy will maintain the use of the traditional paper party ballot, while San Luis will premiere the single paper ballot, a system that will also be used at the national level in the legislative elections of October 26.
For its part, Salta will carry out its elections through electronic vote.
San Luis will thus become the first province to implement the single paper ballot, an initiative promoted by Governor Claudio Poggi. This change, which seeks to modernize the electoral system, adds to the elimination of the slogan law and step in the province.
Meanwhile, Peronism is the force that most risks in these elections, With 31 seats in dispute between Salta, San Luis, Jujuy and Chaco. It is followed by the UCR, which must renew 23 benches, mainly in Jujuy and Chaco, and Unión by San Luis, with 9 seats at stake in that province.
As for the provincial senators, Commitment for Salta is the party that risks the most benches, followed by the PJ and avoids driving.
These elections will be held without the instance of open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries (step), within the framework of a trend that is repeated in several districts this year. This Sunday’s day will be key to defining the new political map in the interior of the country and anticipating possible trends for the national elections of October.
Jorge Capitanich voted with criticism of the Chaco government: “People have to choose between eating or paying the light”
The former Chaqueño Governor Jorge Capanich He was the first candidate for provincial deputy of Chaco to cast his vote. He did it as soon as the elections opened, on table 18 of the school No. 41 “Ricardo Vivanich” of Resistencia, where he denounced that in the province There is “a very complex social situation and that will be reflected at the polls, because people have to choose between eating or paying the light.”
After thanking that “fortunately good weather reigns throughout the province, after a week of localities flooded by heavy rains,” he said that difficulties still persist in several locations, such as Fortín Belgrano and strong hope, in the impenetrable Chaqueño. “They are complicated by the storm, but we hope everyone can exercise their right to vote,” he said.
This Sunday, Capitanich also referred to the clean card project and said that his spirit should not be distorted. “I want many clean chips: clean tab for everyone. Clean file for judges and prosecutors, who have to submit a patrimonial and positive affidavit. Clean card for the media. Clean card for social networks (…). You cannot pretend to impose a qualified vote as in 1862. The clean file has to be a transparency tool, not exclusion. That they all vote, that they exercise all rights, and that no one’s right is not cited, “he said.
Ezequiel Achauche, Senator of Lla by Jujuy: “Government’s expectations are very high”
The Chief of the Block of freedom advances in the Senate of the Nation recognized the relevance of Jujuy’s elections for space: “Government’s expectations are very high, for us this province is very important. We have the president’s support, ”he said on Sunday at a press conference after casting his vote.
“We have good expectations, they are barbaric, we came to offer a change, but there is concern. Making a parallel of what happened in the Senate (with a clean file), we are tired of the traps, that the wills are not respected, of having to control with such force because the tickets break us, our prosecutors are instructed,” said the national senator.
In that sense, he denounced “A very dirty campaign to try to confuse” To the electorate since an opposition force distributed tickets with the face of President Javier Milei and the Seal of Freedom advances. “We are suffering some attacks, break the ballots. I would like we can respect the will of the Jujeños,” he concluded.
Alberto Rodríguez Saá lashed out against the management of Claudio Poggi
The president of the Justicialist and former governor of San Luis, Alberto Rodríguez Saáhe voted shortly after 10 at the Bernardino Rivadavia school, in the capital of Puntana, and when leaving the dark room He lashed out at the management of the current provincial president, Claudio Poggi.
“The Government has immersed the province in poverty,” he said when consulted on social mood. “There is sadness, fear. Inflation with salary increases was not accompanied and that generated poverty. Today we have 27% poverty in San Luis“He said.
The ex -president pointed against the management of Poggi and denounced threats to state employees: “There are very few voters. It can be for misinformation, but also for fear“. According to data surveyed by your team at 9 in the morning, there was an average of eight voters per table, which represents only 1.8% of the register.
Then, the Justicialista referent questioned the economic adjustment of the National Government: “Achieving fiscal balance is fine, but the form has been very cruel. In San Luis it was not necessary. They discharged their salaries and then did not update them. They said there was no money and then it was clear that there was, and there was plenty of, “he denounced.
The governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz, questioned the lack of self -criticism of Milei officials
The governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenzhe voted this Sunday at the San Andrés Institute of the Tres Cerritos neighborhood, in the provincial capital, together with the candidate for provincial deputy of the Front Vamos Salta, Flavia Royón. “Dialogue, sharing, helping, accompanying, has a lot to do with what democracy has to be. I am convinced that Once the elections are finished, politicians have to sit down on a large national table To talk about people’s problems, not politics, ”said Sáenz from the voting center.
The Salteño president referred to the relationship he maintains with Javier Milei and his space: “The president was chosen by the Argentines for a wide percentage of votes. And I am part of a front where different ideas converge; there are radicals, Peronists, libertarians and we live in our cabinet opinion different but ultimately prioritizing the Salteños, the interests of the people who vote for us,” he said.
Regarding the possibility of having gone in alliance with Lla for these elections, he said: “We have talked the issue of an alliance but it does not seem bad that they can present their candidates. What I do not like is hypocrisy, lack of word, and that is missing in the national leadership. There is a total lack of self -criticism, a lot of superb of most national leaders, of which they are and those who left”.
Voted the governor of Jujuy, Carlos Sadir, and pointed against La Libertad advances
The governor of Jujuy, Carlos Sadirhe voted this Sunday at school No. 1 “Manuel Belgrano”, in San Salvador, where he said he is confident that “the concurrence (of the electorate) will be good.”
In dialogue with the press, the provincial president denounced that La Libertad advances committed “a clear violation of the electoral ban” since “despite governing the ban they continued sending messages and communications on the web” to ask citizens to vote for the libertarian list.
“For the full ballot of the libertade advances, vote on list 135. If you are also going to vote for freedom next Sunday, marks 1”, it was the message that citizens received, according to the judicial presentation.
Leandro Zdero, governor of Chaco, denied orders from Lla to not include the pro
The governor of Chaco, Leandro Zderohe voted this Sunday in the provincial elections and He denied that have existed Orders of Freedom advances (lla) not to include Pro in the Provincial Alliance sealed between the Provincial Executive and the Casa Rosada.
“Within the lists there are candidates of the PRO. We have a coalition government, we continue working today, tomorrow and always, in the same way that we generate a wide alliance in our province and thus continue advancing, “he said at the exit of the dark room.
Along the same line, ruled out the possibility of joining freedom progressand ratified its place in the Radical Civic Union (UCR). “I am not going to join. I belong to a party and I want to be very measured. The Chaqueños must make a decision that we have communicated throughout the journey. The message has been very clear,” he said.
In another passage from his statements, the governor admitted some missing table presidents, although he clarified that the authorities managed to resolve the stamps, and denounced the theft of tickets. “Always the chops that subtract some ballots, but it is part of the badly danced folklore in democracy. Anyway we invite all the Chaqueños to attend the polls,” he said.
The governor of San Luis, Claudio Poggi voted
The governor of San Luis, Claudio Poggihe voted this Sunday after 9.30 and said that “it is possible” that the results of the scrutiny are published before 21.
The provincial president said that the electoral process began “normally” anddThe implementation of the single paper ballot (BUP) staked By pointing out that the system gives “a very large and important institutional leap” to San Luis in electoral matters.
”It will give more transparency to the elections, an economy in print costs and an ecological economy because they will not proliferate tickets everywhere. There are no more historical mischief of ballots or marked votes“He stressed.
What is voted this Sunday in Chaco, Jujuy, Salta and San Luis
In Chaco, 16 banks of provincial deputies will be renewed. In this province, there will be no step and the traditional paper ballot system will be used. Chaco citizens will be able to consult the electoral roll through the official website of the Electoral Court.
Jujuy:
In Jujuy, 24 regular provincial deputies and 10 alternates will also be voted to renewin addition to councilors and representatives of municipal commissions in the 16 departments of the province. The voting system will be the traditional one, with separate ballots per game, and they will not take place.
Salta:
Salta will renew tomorrow 30 deputies and 12 provincial senators, in addition to municipal conventional and councilors in different locations. The province will implement the unique electronic ballot, a system that seeks to expedite and transparent the electoral process. In Salta, there will not be a step, as provided by the decree signed by Governor Gustavo Sáenz.
San Luis:
In San Luis, citizens will choose 22 provincial and alternate provincial deputies, 4 provincial senators and will renew deliberate councils and mayors in several municipalities. It will be the first time that the province use the unique paper ballot for local positions. The Paso were also suspended in this district.
