Lospennato received the same number of votes as the number of public employees in CABA.

The PRO coalition, founded by Mauricio Macri, signed its worst historical result, and its candidate, the national pro-choice deputy, Silvia Lospennato, came in third with a meager 15.92%. What was most striking was not just the result, but a devastating fact: Lospennato garnered exactly 261,595 votes, a figure that practically matches the number of public employees of the City of Buenos Aires.

Meanwhile, La Libertad Avanza, with the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni at the helm, was established as the leading force with 30.13% (495,069 votes) and Leandro Santoro's Kirchnerism followed with 27.35% (449,444 votes), the PRO fell to a distant third place, without real dispute capacity or electoral territoriality.

Neither the figure of Mauricio Macri—who publicly betrayed her—nor the political apparatus of the Buenos Aires officialdom managed to change the fate of a candidacy that seemed more ideological than strategic. Lospennato, known for her feminist militancy and gender activism, failed to break the ceiling of her own agenda, not even in a district historically aligned with the space she represents.

"We have already received the results from our witness tables and the results are not what we expected. That's why we wanted to come here, talk to all of you, do what needs to be done", she declared from her bunker, accompanied by figures like Vidal, Jorge Macri, Lombardi, and Laura Alonso.

In a speech that sought to appeal to emotion rather than self-criticism, the legislator blamed a supposed "dirty campaign" for her performance: "It was a very difficult campaign, full of aggressions, insults, fake news. A campaign that crossed all limits. And that's no joke. That's something all political leadership, but above all all citizens, must take note of."

Despite the beating at the polls, Lospennato chose to reaffirm her political commitment within the Buenos Aires Legislature, with the same tone that disconnected her from the electorate, talking about "proposals" and "seeds for the future": "In this election, we planted a seed for the future and this is a new starting point for our party; every seed needs time to grow."

The truth is that the defeat was as symbolic as it was statistical. That Lospennato received the same number of votes as there are employees in the Buenos Aires State—around 260,000—casts an inevitable shadow over the legitimacy of her electoral base. Did the citizens vote for her or simply those who depend on the state apparatus she represents?

In a City with millions of inhabitants, the real support for Lospennato was marginal, limited, and politically endogamous. The feminist discourse failed to resonate with the Buenos Aires residents, who mostly chose other options.

Lospennato received the same number of votes as the number of public employees in CABA.

Lospennato received the same number of votes as the number of public employees in CABA.

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