2019 Buenos Aires provincial election

Elections in the province of Buenos Aires were held on 27 October 2019, alongside national elections. On that day, elections were held to elect the governor, vice governor, provincial deputies, provincial senators and municipal offices.

2019 Buenos Aires provincial election

27 October 2019
Turnout	10,548,393 (80.00%) 0.48 pp
Candidate Axel Kicillof María Eugenia Vidal Eduardo Bucca Party Everyone's Front Together for Change Federal Consensus Popular vote 5,274,511 3,852,624 513,850 Percentage 52.40% 38.28% 5.11%   Candidate Christian Castillo Gustavo Ricardo Álvarez Party Workers' Left Front–Unity NOS Front Popular vote 282,830 141,249 Percentage 2.81% 1.40%
Governor before election María Eugenia Vidal PRO–Cambiemos Elected Governor Axel Kicillof Independent–Frente de Todos

The candidatures were defined in the open, simultaneous, and mandatory primaries (PASO), which took place on 11 August 2019. Lists that won at least 1.5% of the votes (including blanks) qualified to the general election.

The election resulted in the defeat of incumbent governor María Eugenia Vidal (PRO) to former finance minister and current national deputy Axel Kicillof. This accompanied the national trend, in which incumbent president Mauricio Macri lost to Alberto Fernández. Vidal is the first governor to seek re-election and lose, while Kicillof becomes the eighth governor (sixth peronist) since the return of democracy in 1983. It was the most polarized election since 1999, with the two most voted candidates summing 90.68% of the votes.

Results

Primaries

Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	%
	Everyone's Front	Axel Kicillof	Verónica Magario	4,921,536	49.44
	Together for Change	María Eugenia Vidal	Daniel Salvador	3,223,460	32.38
	Federal Consensus	Eduardo Bucca	Miguel Saredi	575,202	5.78
	Workers' Left Front – Unity	Christian Castillo	Mercedes Trimachi	321,876	3.23
	NOS Front	Gustavo R. Álvarez	Sandra M. Dell'Aquila	168,223	1.69
	Movement of Socialist Advance	Martín González Bayón	Marina Alonso	67,319	0.68
	Patriotic Front	Leonardo Bariani	Ana Graziano	21,434	0.22
	Popular Dignity Party	Santiago Cuneo	Claudio Morgado	21,491	0.22
	Democratic Organization Movement	María Macaione	Marcelo Ferrara	11,104	0.11
	Blank votes			623,049	6.26
Invalid votes				66,813	–
Total				10,021,507	100
Registered voters/turnout				13,185,036	76.35
Source: Poder Judicial de la Nación

Governor and Vice Governor

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Axel Kicillof	Verónica Magario	Everyone's Front	5,274,511	52.40
	María Eugenia Vidal	Daniel Salvador	Together for Change	3,852,624	38.28
	Eduardo Bucca	Miguel Saredi	Federal Consensus	513,850	5.11
	Christian Castillo	Mercedes Trimachi	Workers' Left Front – Unity	282,830	2.81
	Gustavo R. Álvarez	Sandra M. Dell'Aquila	NOS Front	141,249	1.40
Blank/invalid votes				483,329	–
Total				10,548,393	100
Registered voters/turnout				13,185,036	80.00
Source: Resultados

Popular vote Kicillof   52.40% Vidal   38.28% Bucca   5.11% Castillo   2.81% Álvarez   1.40%

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Not up	Won	Total
	Everyone's Front	2,475,108	49.36	22	23	45
	Together for Change	2,036,188	40.61	18	22	40
	Federal Consensus	274,213	5.47	5	1	6
	Workers' Left Front – Unity	159,833	3.19	1	0	1
	NOS Front	69,059	1.38	0	0	0
Blank/invalid votes		306,233	–	–	–	–
Total		5,320,634	100	46	46	92
Registered voters/turnout		6,647,397	80.04
Source: Resultados

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Not up	Won	Total
	Everyone's Front	2,717,387	55.06	7	13	20
	Together for Change	1,711,369	34.67	16	10	26
	Federal Consensus	261,365	5.30	0	0	0
	Workers' Left Front – Unity	170,616	3.46	0	0	0
	NOS Front	75,009	1.52	0	0	0
Blank/invalid votes		292,013	–	–	–	–
Total		5,227,759	100	23	23	46
Registered voters/turnout		6,537,639	79.96
Source: Resultados