Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Gov't releases primaries' final results, CFK leads by 50.24%

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo announced the final voting results of the primary elections that took place last August 14th, with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner leading the presidential race by a 50.24 percent of the votes.

Fernández de Kirchner ended up garnering a 0.17 percent more than originally thought, since the preliminary recount suggested she had obtained a 50.07 percent.

UCR candidate Ricardo Alfonsín came in second place with a 12.20 percent (after having initially obtained a 12.17 percent) and Unión Popular’s Eduardo Duhalde came in third place with a 12.12 percent of the votes.

Hermes Binner, from the Frente Amplio Progresista party, ended up in fourth place with a 10.18 percent of the votes, suffering a small decrease from the original preliminary results in which he had obtained a 10.26 percent. 

According to Minister Randazzo, the difference between the preliminary and the final results “is barely of a 0.03 percent,” as he rejected all fraud accusations coming from the opposition.

According to the Electoral Committee a 78.67 percent of the registered voters cast their ballots that day.