The official candidate promises to convene a government of national unity if he wins on November 19
The governor of Buenos Aires, also from Unidad por la Patria, obtains re-election
The current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and the ultranationalist, Javier Milei, will go to the second round in the Argentine presidential elections, since none of the candidates has exceeded 45 percent of the votes, according to 94.56 percent of scrutiny.
Massa, candidate of Unión por la Patria, has obtained 36.44 percent of the ballots (8.9 million votes), while Milei, candidate of La Libertad Avanza, has obtained 30.11 percent of the votes (7.4 million). In third place, with 23.86 percent (5.8 million votes), was the candidate of Together for Change, Patricia Bullrich, former Minister of Security during the presidential period of Mauricio Macri.
In fourth place was the We Do for Our Country (HpNP) candidate, Juan Schiaretti, with 6.89 percent; and in fifth place the candidate of the Left and Workers Front, Myriam Bregman, with 2.67 percent of the support.
The candidate with the most votes, who has envisioned himself as president despite the “complex situation full of challenges and difficulties” that Argentina is experiencing, has called for a government of national unity in which he will call “the best, regardless of their political strength , not on the basis of partitocratic agreements”.
While he was grateful for his growth of 15 points compared to the primaries (STEP), he took advantage of the occasion to thank the voters on the 40th anniversary “of the birth of the new democratic era.” “In some way, Argentines manifest and embrace this system, as a system to elect those who govern,” she remarked, emphasizing the rights achieved. “I am convinced that this is not a shit country, as they say, it is a great country,” she said.
In this sense, it has highlighted democratic values, referring to public education or the independence of values. Thus, he has indicated that his objective is to “build more order, security, not improvisation”, for this he has advocated “building clear rules in the face of uncertainty.”
Milei, who has highlighted the entry of his party into the national Parliament, has declared that “from not having a party to being the first national force to compete with Kirchnerism in just two years is a true historic achievement.” In turn, she has stated that, if the country wants change, an alliance is needed “against Peronism.
Bullrich, who accepted his defeat in a speech given after learning the results, has stated that his “cause goes beyond an electoral moment.” “Our values ??cannot be sold or bought, we are not going to negotiate, we are going to change whenever Argentina needs it,” he stated, before adding that the country “must abandon populism if it wants to end poverty.”
In the elections in Argentina, where it is mandatory to go to the polls, 77.6 percent of Argentines have participated. Only 1.9 have voted blank and 0.8 have voted null, according to data from the National Electoral Chamber.
Massa has prevailed decisively in the province of Buenos Aires, with a difference of more than 17 percentage points compared to the second most voted, Milei. The Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicillof, of Unión por la Patria, has won with 45 percent of the votes, achieving re-election.
All the polls gave Milei as the favorite, who surprised the primary elections for the Presidency, the PASO, capitalizing on a vote dissatisfied with the “caste model.” As no candidate has achieved 45 percent of the votes or 40 percent with ten points ahead of the next most voted option, the second round will take place on November 19. Then it will be known who will occupy the Casa Rosada.
From abroad, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has not been slow to react to the results of the presidential elections in Argentina, in which he has congratulated the Argentine people. “Argentina defeated barbarism. It is the hour of hope. You choose between barbarism and hope,” he stated through his profile on the social network X, previously known as X.
The Puebla Group, a coordination space for progressive leaders from Ibero-American countries, has celebrated that Massa has been the most voted candidate: “Progressivism advances in Argentina! Sergio Massa goes to the second round in first place. Congratulations to the Argentine people for an impeccable election day,” he noted.
