More than one million Salta residents were eligible to vote among 12 candidates for governor. Governor Gustavo Sáenz seeks a victory to continue in office for another four years.

Kirchnerist Emiliano Estrada in the previous one hoped to dispute the result, in a front with the space of Alfredo Olmedo. For Together for Change the candidate is the radical Miguel Nanni, who is supported by a sector of Peronism and another integrates the Avancemos front.