With 98.51% of the tables counted, the candidate of the ruling coalition Unión por la Patria (Peronism) Sergio Massa increased his lead to 6.7 points over La Libertad Avanza candidate (far right) Javier Mila, with whom he will compete in the second round for the presidency of Argentina on November 19.

The current Minister of Economy won this Sunday’s elections with 36.68% of the votes. compared to 29.98% of libertarian economists. Thus, Massa and Miley reversed the positions obtained in the PASO (simultaneous and mandatory open primary election) held on August 13, when the second won with 29.86% of the votes and the first received 21.43%.

The official candidate was supported by more than 9.6 million voters. Despite the difficult socio-economic context the country finds itself in, with year-on-year inflation rising to 138.3% in September, a poverty rate of 40.1% and an exchange rate gap of over 200%.

For my part, almost 7.9 million Argentines They supported the libertarian candidate’s subversive proposals.

In third position, outside the ballot that will determine who will lead Argentina starting December 10, the candidate from the opposition coalition “Together for Change” (center-right) finished. Patricia Bullrich, who received 23.83% of the votes, improving its position in relation to the primaries (16.81%), but losing the support from the international community achieved during its formation in August last year (28%).

Acting Governor of Cordoba Juan SchiarettiThe candidate of Hacemos Por Nuestro País (dissident Peronism) came in fourth place with 6.78% support, while the Left and Labor Front candidate Miriam Bregman received 2.7% support.

Argentina registered 77.65% participation, This is the second lowest figure since the restoration of democracy after the last military dictatorship (1976–1983), surpassing the 2007 figure (76.20%) when Peronist Cristina Fernández won the first of her two terms (2007–2015). .

About 35.4 million Argentines gathered for this Sunday. elect a president and vice-president, as well as renew 130 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 of the 72 seats in the Senate, and appoint 43 representatives of Argentina to the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur, the legislative body of the bloc consisting of Argentina). , Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay).

The second round of elections will take place on November 19. and, due to the mandatory nature of Argentine legislation, a week before, on the 12th, there will be a debate between the two candidates, which will take place in Buenos Aires.

(according to information from EFE)