Argentine provincial elections, 2011

Most Provinces of Argentina will hold executive and legislative elections during 2011, electing Governors and provincial legislatures. The only exceptions are Santiago del Estero Province, whose executive and legislative elections are scheduled for 2012; and Corrientes Province, whose governor election is scheduled for 2013.

There will be also simultaneous local elections, whereby a number of Municipalities or Partidos elect municipal legislative officials (concejales), and in some cases also a mayor (or equivalent).

Although most of the elections will take place on 23 October, the date of the Argentine general elections, each province stage the date of their elections according to provincial legislation.

Some election dates are not yet confirmed (not listed), and some can vary according to new legislation.

On 13 March 2011, Catamarca Province elected Governor, 8 Provincial Senators, and 20 Provincial Deputies, thus renewing half of both chambers.

The ticket for Governor and Vice-Governor is elected by simple majority on a direct election, for a 4-year period. They can be indefinitely re-elected. Provincial Deputies are proportionally elected on a single district by D'Hondt method for a 4-year period and Provincial Senators are uninominally elected in each of the 16 Departments of Catamarca for a 4-year period. Both Deputies and Senators can also be indefinitely re-elected. Both chambers of the provincial legislature are renewed by halves every two years. Catamarca Electoral Law (Art. 90) establish the second Sunday of March, every two years, as the date for provincial elections. By law, women ought to held at least 30% of the nominations, in expectant positions.

Incumbent Eduardo Brizuela del Moral (UCR), who was looking for his third consecutive mandate with the alliance Civic and Social Front of Catamarca (FCyS) that governed the province since 1991, surprisingly lost the election to Lucía Corpacci, a current National Senator and former Vice-Governor of Brizuela del Moral, who headed a Justicialist Party joint list (between both the pro- and the anti- national government factions). Lucía Corpacci will become the second elected female governor of an Argentine province ever.

...
Wikipedia