2011 Buenos Aires City elections

General elections were held in the City of Buenos Aires on 10 July 2011 to elect the Chief of Government (mayor), half of the City Legislature and all 150 members of the communal boards to four-year terms. As no mayoral candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held on 31 July 2011, in which incumbent Mauricio Macri, of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party, defeated Daniel Filmus of the Front for Victory (FPV) coalition to be re-elected as Chief of Government of Buenos Aires.

2011 Buenos Aires City elections

Mayoral election
← 2007 10 July 2011 (first round) 31 July 2011 (second round) 2015 →
Turnout	73.15% (first round) 72.02 % (second round)
Nominee Mauricio Macri Daniel Filmus Party PRO PJ Alliance PRO Alliance Front for Victory Running mate María Eugenia Vidal Carlos Tomada Popular vote 1,090,389 606,126 Percentage 64.27% 35.73%
Second round results by commune
Chief of Government before election Mauricio Macri PRO Elected Chief of Government Mauricio Macri PRO
City Legislature
← 2009 10 July 2011 2013 →
30 out of 60 seats in the City Legislature
Turnout	73.15%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PRO Mauricio Macri 44.95 16 +5 FPV-PJ Daniel Filmus 14.02 5 +1 Proyecto Sur Pino Solanas 12.90 4 −4 Frente Progresista y Popular Aníbal Ibarra 6.71 2 +1 New Encounter Martín Sabbatella 6.51 2 +2 Civic Coalition María Eugenia Estenssoro 3.95 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The City Legislature remained controlled by the governing PRO Alliance.^[1]

This was the first election in which members of the communal boards were elected, as the actual borders of the communes (comunas) had only been established in 2008 following the adoption of Law 1777, which created the commune subdivision system.^[2]

Background

The 2007 elections in Buenos Aires resulted in the election of businessman and former Boca Juniors president Mauricio Macri in the second round against FPV candidate Daniel Filmus.^[3] Macri's party, Commitment to Change, and its alliance, Republican Proposal (PRO), also became the largest force in the City Legislature.^[4]

Candidates

Coalition		Mayoral candidate (party) Prior political experience	Vice mayoral candidate (party) Prior political experience	Parties
		Mauricio Macri (PRO) Chief of Government (2007–2015)	María Eugenia Vidal (PRO) Minister of Social Development (2008–2011)	PRO PD PDP
		Daniel Filmus (PJ) National Senator (2007–2013)	Carlos Tomada (PJ) Minister of Labour (2003–2015)	PJ PV FG PI NE ND Kolina PH PC FPyP RxBA
		Pino Solanas (PSUR) National Deputy (2009–2013; 1993–1997)	Jorge Selser (PSA) City Legislator (2009–2013)	PSUR PS PSA GEN LDS NI BAPT
		Eugenia Estenssoro (ARI) National Senator (2008–2013)	Fernando Sánchez (ARI) City Legislator (2009–2013)	ARI UPT PPES
		Silvana Giudici (UCR) National Deputy (2003–2011)	Claudio Augugliaro Acierno (UCR)	UCR PF UNIR PCEA EM
		Jorge Telerman (PJ) Chief of Government (2006–2007)	Diego Kravetz (PJ) City Legislator (2003–2011)	FPxBA
		Luis Zamora National Deputy (2001–2005)	Sergio Sallustio	AyL
		Ricardo López Murphy Minister of Economy (2001)	Ana Luisa Paulesu	PA
		Myriam Bregman (PTS)	José Castillo (IS)	PO PTS IS

Results

Chief of Government

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mauricio Macri	María Eugenia Vidal	PRO Alliance	836,608	47.07	1,090,389	64.27
	Daniel Filmus	Carlos Tomada	Front for Victory	495,339	27.87	606,126	35.73
	Pino Solanas	Jorge Selser	Proyecto Sur	227,863	12.82
	María Eugenia Estenssoro	Fernando Sánchez	Civic Coalition	58,817	3.31
	Silvana Giudici	Claudio Augugliaro Acierno	Radical Civic Union	36,203	2.04
	Jorge Telerman	Diego Kravetz	Progressive Front for Buenos Aires	31,326	1.76
	Luis Zamora	Cecilia Paul	Self-determination and Freedom	26,067	1.47
	Ricardo López Murphy	Ana Luisa Paulesu	Autonomist Party	24,911	1.40
	Javier Castrilli	Leda Iruzun Di Si	Civic Action Party	13,827	0.78
	Myriam Bregman	José Castillo	Workers' Left Front	13,804	0.78
	Jorge Todesca	Lisandro Yofré	Integration and Development Movement	5,059	0.28
	Alejandro Biondini	Mario Puértolas	Social Alternative	3,314	0.19
	César Rojas	Rubén Saboulard	Socialist Advance Movement	2,553	0.14
	Enrique Piragini	José Luis Ferrari	Citizens' Front	1,728	0.10
Total				1,777,419	100.00	1,696,515	100.00
Valid votes				1,777,419	97.70	1,696,515	94.72
Invalid votes				15,322	0.84	50,635	2.83
Blank votes				26,497	1.46	44,028	2.46
Total votes				1,819,238	100.00	1,791,178	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,486,991	73.15	2,486,991	72.02
Source: [5][6]

Legislature

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Not up	Won	Total
	Republican Proposal Alliance	792,519	44.95	11	16	27
	Front for Victory	247,140	14.02	4	5	9
	Project South	227,430	12.90	8	4	12
	People's Progressive Front	118,345	6.71	1	2	3
	New Encounter	114,693	6.51	New	2	2
	Civic Coalition	69,623	3.95	4	1	5
	Radical Civic Union	36,887	2.09	2	0	2
	Progressive Front for Buenos Aires	33,164	1.88	0	0	0
	Self-determination and Freedom	26,843	1.52	0	0	0
	Autonomist Party	23,631	1.34	0	0	0
	Values for My Country	18,584	1.05	0	0	0
	Workers' Left Front	17,838	1.01	0	0	0
	Together for the City	17,838	1.01	0	0	0
	Integration and Development Movement	5,482	0.31	0	0	0
	Social Alternative	3,495	0.20	0	0	0
	Socialist Advance Movement	2,838	0.16	0	0	0
	Party for Culture and Social Development	2,724	0.15	0	0	0
	Citizens' Front	2,005	0.11	0	0	0
Blank votes		40,894	–	–	–	–
Invalid votes		15,229	–	–	–	–
Total		1,819,238	100	30	30	60
Registered voters/turnout		2,486,991	73.15
Source: [5]

See also

• 2011 Argentine general election
• 2011 Argentine provincial elections
• List of mayors and chiefs of government of Buenos Aires