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Extended Deadline Secures Final Candidate Slates for Buenos Aires Legislative Elections

This deadline shift ensures every alliance can field candidates for a vote that will shape veto-proof control of the provincial legislature.

La firma de candidaturas de la alianza del Pro con LLA
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Fatal accidente en el limte entre La Rioja y Catamarca
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Overview

  • All major blocs used the one-day extension until 2 p.m. on July 21 to submit their full slates after power outages and late-night haggling.
  • La Libertad Avanza under Karina Milei and PRO formalized a joint list led by retired commissioner Maximiliano Bondarenko in the Third Section.
  • The Peronist coalition reassembled as Fuerza Patria with Gabriel Katopodis atop the First Section Senate ticket and Verónica Magario leading the Third Section deputies list.
  • The centrist Somos Buenos Aires alliance registered separate lists following defections by PRO mayors Pablo Petrecca, Javier Martínez and Santiago Passaglia.
  • Voters will choose 46 deputies and 23 senators on September 7 in a desdobled election that will decide whether presidential vetoes can be overridden.