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Buenos Aires Definitive Recount Confirms La Libertad Avanza Victory by 29,354 Votes

A judicial hearing will allow parties to file any protests under the Electoral Code.

Overview

  • The federal tally certified 3,649,988 votes for La Libertad Avanza and 3,620,634 for Fuerza Patria in the province.
  • The margin narrowed from a provisional lead of about 46,600 after 132,789 previously uncounted ballots were incorporated.
  • The Junta Nacional Electoral proclaimed the result and set the seat distribution at 17 for the MileiMacri alliance, 16 for the peronists, and 2 for the Left.
  • Judge Alejo Ramos Padilla’s review processed the remaining roughly 1% of polling tables and records with observations without changing the provincial map.
  • Roughly 9.13 million ballots were cast in Buenos Aires, a result Governor Axel Kicillof characterized as a gap of about 0.5% in a tight contest.