Elections 2023: Río Negro opened the voting calendar with the municipal elections of General Roca

The 2023 electoral calendar began this Sunday in

with the municipal elections that take place from 8 in the morning in

, the second most populous city in the province: there are

to vote.

The positions of mayor, councilors and members of the local Court of Accounts will be elected.

There are

, an unprecedented number for this city;

although only

. 

Mayor 

, one of the six candidates for the municipality, will put her re-election at stake with the seal of "

".

This structure that was created at the end of last year, when it was confirmed that it could not represent the PJ, from the internal divisions that led the Justicialismo to an agreement with the provincial ruling party.

María Emilia Soria seeks her re-election in General Roca.

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On the other hand, "

" proposes the former Provincial Production and Agribusiness Minister,

, who also has the support of the tickets of the Radical Civic Union, the Popular Patagonian Movement, the Democratic Opening Movement, Redes and Nuevo Meeting,

"

", to which the Pro and the Civic Coalition adhere, promotes the businessman 

;

, ex-councilman who is running for the third consecutive time for the highest executive position in the city, represents the Frente

.

Carlos Banacloy, former minister of Río Negro seeks to be a communal chief in General Roca.

The parties that complete the list of candidates are those of the Left: the

is going with

as candidate;

and the Nuevo

with

another education worker.

So there are 11 parties and alliances that compel for the highest position of the municipal Executive Power, eight seats in the Deliberative Council and three spaces in the Court of Accounts.

As reported by the Municipal Electoral Board, there are

enabled to cast the vote, and of the total of 84,496 people who are able to vote, 531 are foreigners.

With information from Telam