Javier Milei, the radical libertarian economist seen as the frontrunner in Argentina’s presidential elections, appears to have come second in Sunday’s first round vote, putting him on course for a battle against the incumbent centre-left coalition.
With 82 per cent of votes counted, Sergio Massa, economy minister in the ruling Peronist government, has beat pollsters’ expectations, winning 36 per cent, against 30.4 per cent for Milei’s La Libertad Avanza party (LLA) and 23.7 per cent for Patricia Bullrich of the mainstream centre-right opposition coalition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC).
Massa and Milei now advance to a second round on November 19. The elimination of JxC, seen as the ideological middle ground between LLA and the Peronists, and investors’ favoured party, sets the stage for a polarising second-round campaign.
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