Electoral colleges close in Argentine legislative elections
At six in the afternoon, local time, the polling stations have closed in the national legislative elections held since Sunday in Argentina. We will have to wait three hours for the electoral justice system to begin publishing the first results.
Argentina renews half of the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the senators. La Libertad Avanza, the government party, hopes to reach at least a third of the total votes, which would allow it to defend to investors that its economic cuts project has enough popular support to be sustainable over time.
On the other hand, Peronism in all its versions, whether Kirchnerist or federal, aspires to maintain its clear supremacy in the province of Buenos Aires, where on September 7 it defeated the far-right in the local elections by almost 14 points. A victory in total votes would give him oxygen as an opposition force, after the electoral defeat against Milei in the 2023 presidential elections.
