Mathematics to March: the government counted badly and Kicillof would exceed 52% in the STEP

Because in the provisional result of the Buenos Aires primary, the white votes were calculated instead of only take valid votes in accordance with Law 14.086 which regulates the mechanism in the province of Buenos Aires.

Article 10 of the letter states that "in order to participate in general elections, political parties, municipal groups, federations and transitional electoral alliances must obtain at least 1.5% (1.5%) of the votes cast. positive votes validly issued, even in the case of a single list ".

Positive votes are called those that have been cast by a candidate. So, Kicillof will stay at 52.5% instead of 49.34% and Vidal at 34.6% instead of 32.56%. Thus, the former Minister of Economy would exceed what had been achieved in STEP 2011 by Daniel Scioli, who had obtained 43.9%.