The Peronist vote resists and Massa will contest the presidency of Argentina with the ultra Milei in the second round

2023-10-23 02:44:14

The Peronist vote gave an extraordinary show of resistance to stop the extreme right, by granting victory in the presidential elections to Sergio Massa, who reached 36% of the votes, compared to 30.4% for Javier Milei, according to the count. official, with 79% of the polling stations counted.

With this result, Massa, from the center-left Peronist alliance Unión por la Patria, will compete in a runoff on November 19 with deputy Milei, from La Libertad Avanza. The right-wing Patricia Bullrich, from Together for Change, was out of the race by adding 24% of the votes, as was the center-right Peronist dissident Juan Schiaretti, from Hacemos por Nuestro País, with 7.3%, and the Trotskyist lawyer Myriam Bregman, with 2.6%.

Although the victory gives a notable boost to Massa’s candidacy, the race to the second round will not be easy for the Minister of Economy. To begin with, because exchange rate volatility and high inflation predict hectic weeks. In addition, Massa will need to get votes among those who supported Bullrich, whose campaign motto was “end Kirchnerism.”