Four provinces open the election year and test the strategy of Karina Milei and the Menems.

This Sunday , Salta, Jujuy, Chaco, and San Luis open the electoral calendar with the partial renewal of their legislatures, in a favorable scenario for the governors due to the divisions within Peronism and the proliferation of libertarian lists.

In the midst of the electoral poker game, the Casa Rosada ignored the election in San Luis, supported only the official lists in Salta and Jujuy through Daniel Parisini (Gordo Dan) and Agustín Romo , and is hoping for a victory in the alliance between the Radical leader, Leandro Zdero , and La Libertad Avanza, to face the former Peronist governor Jorge Capitanich in Chaco.

The mid-March closing of the lists left a similar pattern in all four provinces: more than one libertarian list, in more than one case none supported by LLA, and the division of Peronism, especially in Salta and Jujuy, with the Justicialist Party intervened.

In Chaco, the radical Zdero surprised everyone by forming an alliance with the Libertarians. Chaco Puede joined La Libertad Avanza to his party and incorporated the color purple on the ballot the governor is distributing as "List Z."

THIS SUNDAY, MAY 11, VOTE FOR "Z" CHACO CAN + FREEDOM ADVANCES. NOT ONE STEP BACK! LET'S MOVE FORWARD! pic.twitter.com/SPRUuZ4Jas

— Leandro Zdero (@LeandroZdero) May 9, 2025

On the other side, Capitanich attempted to bring all of Peronism under his leadership, but failed. He secured a coalition with former governor Domingo Peppo's group and the coalition of former Resistencia mayor Gustavo Martínez. However, Magdalena Ayala, mayor of Barranqueras, is running on the outside with her Primero Chaco coalition.

As in other districts, more libertarian lists appeared. The two-party alliance that allowed Javier Milei to add national representative Carlos García to the 2023 ticket split from the LLA and is running as "Bases for Liberty."

It's the most exciting election since the Rosada (Cathedral of the Rosada) before the Buenos Aires election, the only one that could, a priori, bring some joy on the first Super Election Sunday.

THERE IS HOPE. pic.twitter.com/0WtjQ3vnmU

— Jorge Capitanich (@jmcapitanich) May 9, 2025

In Salta and Jujuy, there are official LLA lists, but other liberal options that split from the coalition led by Karina Milei and Eduardo "Lule" Menem also flourished.

In Salta, the official Libertarians answer to Representative María Emilia Orozco and former Representative Alfredo Olmedo. But the presence of the man in the yellow jacket prompted the departure of Alba Quintar, who was nominated by the Salta Liberal Front.

This division, along with that of the Justicialist Party, which has Sergio Berni as its intervener, favors the formation of Peronist Governor Gustavo Sáenz. One of the candidates in Salta City is former Mining Secretary Flavia Royón. The province elects 12 provincial senators and 30 provincial deputies by electronic vote.

“Salta first, Salta people first” With @gustavosaenzok and @jmedurand, we continue organizing the territorial work of the #VamosSalta Front. The priority is clear: to be close, to listen, and to transform with actions.

Without confrontation, with political determination! #SaltaAvanza pic.twitter.com/KUkXnQYbGv

— Flavia Royon (@FlaviaRoyon) April 4, 2025

Almost like a mirror image, in Jujuy, the Radical governor Carlos Sadir, Gerardo Morales's right-hand man—still a powerful man in the province—Peronism competes divided, and lists with lions and ideas of freedom flourished.

The ruling party is maintaining what was once Together for Change in the country under the slogan: Jujuy Grows. They have been emboldened in recent weeks by the libertarian and Peronist divides.

Gustavo Menéndez, the local PJ's intervenor, failed to achieve unity. With La Cámpora in the mix, he called on Rubén Rivarola, the man who prevented unity, leading Senator Carolina Moises to open her own coalition.

The leaders of the LLA bloc in the Senate, Ezequiel Atauche, and national representative Manuel Quintar, were presented with the following fronts: "Libertarian Transformation Jujuy" and "Unite Liberty," through which they are targeting the local ruling party.

The Left Front, a strong candidate in the last elections, has Representative Alejandro Vilca. Several of these lists will be monitoring turnout this Sunday because the threshold for entering the Legislature is 5% of the electoral roll, and if turnout falls, the threshold will be raised.

Meanwhile, in San Luis, the fight will once again be between Governor Claudio Poggi and what's left of Alberto Rodríguez Saá's group.

The current president, of Peronist origin, managed to bring together the PRO (Progressive Party of the Revolution), Radicals, and several other partners. After his victory in 2023, he added important Peronist mayors who answered to Alberto Rodríguez Saá. He even has leaders of Adolfo Rodríguez Saá back in his "Ahora San Luis" party, as in 2023. And the former governor developed a Kirchnerist list, especially with union members.

Curiosity centers on the libertarians. Unable to register the party at the local level, Karina Milei sent the national representative of the Libertarian Party, Santiago Viola, to the Electoral Court to prevent registered Libertarians from using the logo, symbols, and colors of Milei's party.

Thus, Rodolfo Negri, a healthcare entrepreneur, parliamentary deputy secretary of the LLA national bloc in the Senate, and partner of Libertarian National Senator Marcela Arrascaeta, is running on the “Viva La Libertad Carajo” list.

Meanwhile, LLA national representative Carlos González D'Alessandro will run in the local election through the "Forces of Heaven" coalition. Neither coalition has official support.