The celebration of the re-elected mayor / Photo: David Sánchez.
The mayor of General Roca, María Emilia Soria, was re-elected in that city with 34,903 votes in favor of the 58,600 votes counted, reported the Electoral Board of that Rio Negro district.
According to official data, a total of 58,600 votes were counted at the 245 polling stations, 69.4% of the list of 84,494 people authorized to elect mayor, councilors and members of the municipal Court of Accounts.
Of the 6 candidates and the 11 official lists, and with 100% of the polling stations, it was reported that the list 368 “Pasión por Roca”, from Mayor Soria, obtained 34,903 votes, 59.56% of the total polled.
The re-elected mayor of General Roca together with the President of the Nation / Photo: Presidency
List 169 of the official provincial party “Together We Are Río Negro” (JSRN), which promoted Carlos Banacloy, achieved 13,089 votes, 9.86%; the 429 “Cambia Roca”, headed by Gastón Soto, another 4,637 votes, 7.91%, and the 215 of “Popular Unity”, 2,076 votes, 3.54%.
Meanwhile, list 425 of the “Unidad Workers’ Left Front” got 1,079 votes -1.84%- and “MAS” 165 got 592 votes- 1.01% of the total.
Photo: David Sanchez.
For its part, collector list 153 of the “Movimiento Popular Patagonico” reached 4.74%, list 3 of the “UCR” got 3.29%, list 207 of “Redes” another 1.59% and payroll 206, of the “MaD”, 1.35%.
The blank votes were 693, 1.18%; the appealed 181, 0.31%; the contested ones 7, 0.01%, and the null ones 1,343, that is, 2.29%.
Thus, the Deliberative Council will be integrated by “Pasión por Roca” with seven seats and by JSRN with one seat.
Photo: David Sanchez.
The local Court of Accounts will be made up of the three places obtained by the winning list.
The congrats
President Alberto Fernández used his Twitter account to congratulate the winner.
Congratulations @MaEmiliaSoria for this great victory in our beloved General Roca! This result is recognition of your enormous work and the confidence of citizens in Peronism to govern in challenging times. pic.twitter.com/FYtnQvj2A6
– Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) March 12, 2023
Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero did the same.
The city of General Roca again elected @MaEmiliaSoria as Mayor.
In the country’s first general election in 2023, Peronism demonstrated that it continues to interpret the dreams of its residents from Roca. Congratulations mate!
– Santiago Cafiero (@SantiagoCafiero) March 13, 2023
The head of the Cabinet, Agustín Rossi, also greeted the victory.
Congratulations @MaEmiliaSoria for this enormous popular recognition.
Hugs for you and for the compañeros and compañeras of General Roca. Great joy.
– Agustín Rossi (@RossiAgustinOk) March 13, 2023
And so did the Minister of Justice, Martín Soria.
Congratulations dear Maria Emilia! The Roquenses continue to choose the model where work and passion go hand in hand.
We continue walking the path that the Gringo marked out for us. We continue #InAction ↗️↗️ pic.twitter.com/26GJoGITW9
– Martin Soria (@MartinSoria_) March 13, 2023
