Legislative elections in Corrientes: the elections closed, 60% of the voters voted and Valdés said the ruling party won

The elections of the legislative elections of Corrientes closed at 18, the same time in which Governor Gustavo Valdés, who voted during the morning in the provincial capital, published on Twitter: “ECo won + Vamos Corrientes Thank you, correntinos!” The legislative elections of Corrientes took place today normally and at the close of the elections more than 60% of the register in the capital and 59% in the interior voted, official sources reported. The president of the Provincial Electoral Board, Gustavo Sánchez Mariño, said after the first minutes since the close of the elections that “an average for the entire province is 59% and a little more in the capital,” about the turnout of voters to the polls. Speaking to the radio FM Sudamericana, The official indicated that only “some small inconveniences and misunderstandings” were registered, such as the absence of some table presidents on schedule, as well as a complaint for the opening of a party premises a few meters from a school where voting was taking place. Corrientes today elects five senators and 15 provincial deputies and councilors in 64 municipalities. The electoral offers that competed this Sunday 11 in the elections were the official front Eco+Vamos Corrientes, the Frente de Todos, Ganemos Corrientes and Libres del Sur.Valdés announced that he will participate tomorrow in the National Convention of the UCR: “I have formal expectations, the objective is to ratify the framework of the alliances and the platform of the UCR, Approving it is fundamental and ratifying the course,” he told the media. On this election day, 927,244 citizens of Corrientes were authorized to vote in the 2,734 tables distributed in 334 schools throughout the province.

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