About 35.4 million Argentinians are called upon to renew 130 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of the 72 in the Senate, and to appoint 43 Argentine representatives to Mercosur, in addition to electing president and vice president. parliament (Parlasur, legislature). body of the integrated blockr Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay).
In addition, general elections will take place for positions in the provinces Buenos AiresCatamarca, Entre Ríos and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires – which decided not to split their elections from the national elections, like the rest of the districts.
According to information from the Ministry of Defense, more than 86,000 troops are from the General election commanddepending on the armed forces, were deployed for the logistics and custody of ballot boxes and voting materials distributed in 17,400 schools and locations across the country, which will be open until 6:00 PM (9:00 PM GMT).
These elections are mandatory for voters between 18 and 70 years old; and voluntary for people between 16 and 18 years of age or over 70 years of age Argentinian citizens residents of foreign countries, who, due to the time difference, have already started voting in some of the 137 diplomatic and consular representations of 86 countries.
Source: El heraldo
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