Argentina’s Peronian opposition party won the legislative elections in Buenos Aires province on Sunday (7), leaving President Javier Milei’s ruling party in a distant second place, according to the provisional official counting.
The center-left candidate Axel Kicillof, governor of the province of Buenos Aires and member of the justicialist party, managed to overcome Milei’s libertarian party in the elections.
Based on provisional counting, with 93.21% of the votes (23h00, in Brasilia), Peronism reached 47.12% throughout the province “Fuerza Patria”, against 33.80% of the “La Libertad Avanza” ruling party.
The difference was much larger than private research predicted in a province that is a historical stronghold of Peronism and represents 40% of total national votes.
“Research, Malei, shouted that health, education, universities, science or culture in Argentina cannot be dedicated,” Kicillof said after the investigation.
Milei has been facing because of one and growing concern about public spending, as he enters a crucial electoral period that can define the power of his government.
Milei reaffirmed her libertarian policies later this Sunday after recognizing the defeat in the province.
“We will continue to fiercely defend the fiscal balance. We will continue to maintain the strong monetary restriction,” said the Argentine president, speaking of the provincial headquarters of his Liberad Avanza coalition, focusing on fiscal balance, economic opening and inflation control.
Although it was led by Kicillof, its result defines the tone for the middle -term elections on October 26 across the country, in which the governor party will seek to reverse its current minority in both Congress houses.
About 14 million residents of Buenos Aires elected 46 deputies and 23 provincial senators on Sunday, divided into eight sections.
