Sobre el azar, el reflejo y la ambición: picardías electorales como respuesta a los cambios constitucionales en un escenario subnacional

Abstract

The article analyzes different forms of candidacies that were identified in the municipal elections in the Province of El Chaco in 1995, which arose as responses to changes in the electoral systems. The use of two unique electoral strategies was identified. In one, candidates stood as heads of the Executive and at the same time ran as candidates for legislative positions; on the other, they headed several partisan lists for the Executive post and ran with a different arrangement for the legislative. Results showed that these strategies can only be used in small localities or in political parties with very few members.