With almost 100% under scrutiny in Argentina, Massa’s advantage over Milei increases

With the 98.51% of tables checkedthe candidate of the ruling coalition Union for the Fatherland (Peronism), Sergio Massahas enlarged it lead by 6.7 points about the candidate of La Libertad Avanza (ultra-right), Javier Mileiwith whom he will compete Second round by the Argentine Presidency November 19.

The current Minister of Economic Affairs won the elections held yesterday and Sunday with a 36.68% votes by 29.98% of the libertarian economist, who reversed the positions obtained in the PASO (primary, open, simultaneous and mandatory) of August 13, when Milei won with 29.86% of the votes and Massa came second with 21.43%.

More of 9.6 million voters have supported the official candidate, despite the difficult socio-economic context the country is experiencing, with a inflation interannual which rose to 138.3%a poverty level of 40.1% and an exchange rate difference of more than 200%, during which he serves as head of the Treasury Palace.

In turn, nearly 7.9 million Argentinians have supported the libertarian candidate’s disruptive proposals.

In third placeand from the vote that will determine who will become president of Argentina from December 10, the candidate of the opposition coalition Together for Change (center right) has remained, Patricia Bullrichwhich he achieved with 23.83% of the votes, improving his position compared to the primaries (16.81%), but losing the support of his formation as a whole in August (28%).

Argentina has registered one 77.65% participationthe second lowest since the restoration of democracy after the last military dictatorship (1976-1983), surpassing the 76.20% of 2007, when Peronist Cristina Fernández won the first of her two terms (2007-2015).