The Argentine province of Misiones held its 8 legislative elections this Sunday (2025). At stake was the renewal of 20 of the 40 seats in the Chamber of Representatives (body equivalent to the Legislative Assembly), as well as councilors in local chambers.
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In the border city of Puerto Iguazú, 45,4 voters cast ballots to elect three councilors for the Deliberative Council (parliament similar to the City Council).
Of the total number of eligible citizens, just over half went to the polls, a similar scenario to that of other cities and provinces in Argentina.
According to the portal The Voice of the Falls, of the 23.008 votes for councilor, 20.875 were accepted, 1.682 were entered as blank votes, and the rest were challenged due to various irregularities.
In most of Argentina, such as Misiones, voting is done manually, using paper ballots. Voters do not vote for individual candidates, but for lists of candidates presented by parties, called slogans e sublemmas.
The political group Frente Renovadora de la Concordia, which dominates Misiones politics, obtained 42,98% of the votes, enough for two seats. Meanwhile, the La Libertad Avanza party, led by President Javier Milei, received 30,95% of the support from voters in Iguazú.
Thus, the Renewal Front of Concord placed Carlos Ríos and Javi Bareiro as councilors, while La Libertad Avanza elected Fabián De Sá.
According to Argentine electoral legislation, the other parties and coalitions did not obtain enough votes to be included in the criteria for distributing seats.
Results in Missions
With 98,9% of the votes counted, the scenario in the Argentine province of Misiones is already defined in the sharing of the 20 provincial deputy seats in dispute.
The Frente Renovadora de la Concórdia will have six seats, followed by La Libertad Avanza (5) and the group Por la Vida y Los Valores (4). The remaining seats will be with the slogans most voted from the groups Pays (2), Libertarian Party (2) and Frente Unidos (1).
In Argentina, electoral legislation allows each province to set the date for its elections for local positions, as Misiones decided to do. The legislative elections for national positions are scheduled for October.
