Argentina鈥檚 2025 voting calendar is moving along with two more local elections set to take place on Sunday. While Formosa is set to pick local legislators and delegates to reform the provincial constitution, Santa Fe will go to vote for the second time this year to elect local legislators and municipal authorities.
Here is a breakdown of what is set to happen today.
Santa Fe goes to vote for the second time
By Joaqu铆n Rodr铆guez Freire
Santa Fe will have municipal elections this Sunday, in a scenario where the fight for Rosario emerges as the great battle and the photo that will dominate Monday鈥檚 tapas. There, a close contest is expected between Peronism and La Libertad Avanza (LLA), which will be playing with the official support of siblings Javier and Karina Milei. Meanwhile, the ruling party of Governor Maximiliano Pullaro will attempt to renew its territorial hegemony and is hoping for easy victories in the rest of the province to strengthen its presence ahead of the October legislative elections.
Following the Open, Simultaneous, and Mandatory Primaries (PASO) and the election of constituent convention members held on April 13, Santa Fe residents will go to the polls to elect officials in 365 localities. Nineteen of these will renew mayoral seats, 65 councilors, and the rest, communal councils. 2,869,162 people are eligible to vote, and 8,392 voting tables will be available for nationals and 90 for foreigners.
In Sunday鈥檚 elections, the United to Change Santa Fe front, led by Pullaro and comprising the UCR, the PRO, and the Socialist Party, among other forces, will contest 16 of the 19 mayoralties. The events of April provide a first glimpse of the scenario. On that occasion, the UCR leader led the ballot for constituent conventions in a single district, winning by more than 20 points over the Peronists and prevailing in every department in the region. However, Pullaro failed to break the 40% threshold: he obtained nearly 35%, compared to 15% for the Peronists and 14.1% for the Libertarians.
Voting open in Formosa
By David Correa
Formosa will go to the polls, and beyond the partial renewal of the Chamber of Deputies, key to government decision-making, all eyes will be on the formation of the Constituent Convention that will reform the provincial Magna Carta, in which the ruling party is reportedly willing to give up the article guaranteeing the governor鈥檚 indefinite reelection. The results of both elections will show whether the 鈥淔ormosa model鈥 has managed to adapt to the new landscape that La Libertad Avanza has emerged in, or whether it represents a turning point in the administration of Peronist Gildo Insfr谩n, who has been governor since 1995.
Since 2024, months after LLA鈥檚 victory, which broughtPresident Javier Milei to power, there have been several attempts by the Formosa opposition to form a single coalition that could challenge Peronism, which has a powerful presence throughout the province, at the polls, led by mayors and development committees.
Talks to agree on a coalition failed, among other reasons, due to the crises within the UCR and the PRO, parties that are still mired in internal debates centered on their closeness to the LLA. While some leaders have embraced the Libertarian cause 鈥渢o avoid losing competitiveness,鈥 others prefer to distance themselves from a national administration characterized by deep cuts in public works, education, health, and social action policies, among other areas.
Extracts originally published on 脕mbito