After the PASO elections in August, this October 22 Argentina has held general elections, to define who will lead the Government during the next four years. The final results of the Argentine elections will begin to be counted this Monday, but until now the provisional data from the presidential elections can be consulted. The Peronist Sergio Massa, current Minister of Economy, has been the most voted candidate, although he has not achieved enough support to become the next president of Argentina, so there will be a Second roundwhich is celebrated on November 19.

Election results in Argentina

  • Sergio Massa (Union for the Homeland): 36.69%
  • Javier Milei (Freedom Advances): 29.99%
  • Patricia Bullrich (Together for Change): 23.84%
  • Juan Schiaretti (We do for Our Country): 6.79%
  • Myriam Bregman (Left and Workers Front – Unity): 2.7%

To become president in the first round of elections in Argentina It is necessary to obtain 40% of the votes and have at least a ten-point difference with respect to the second candidate. There is another option to be elected president in the first round in Argentina, and that is to obtain 45% of the total votes cast. Neither of these two scenarios has occurred on October 22, so the two most voted candidates They will face each other in what is known as the runoff, that is, the second electoral round.

The two candidates with the most votes in these Argentine elections have been Peronist Sergio MasaMinister of Economy of the current Government of Alberto Fernández and candidate of Union for the Homeland (former Frente de Todos), and Javier Mileifar-right and candidate of La Libertad Avanza.

Sergio Massa vs. Javier Milei, by province

The province in which the Peronist Massa has obtained the most votes has been Santiago del Estero, where it has added 65.5% of the votes, compared to the 22.98% obtained by his opponent, Milei. They are followed by Formosa (52.34%) and Tucumán (44.978%), while the province of Córdoba is the one that has received the fewest votes: She barely reached 13.4% of the ballots, placing fourth of the five candidates, only ahead of the leader of the Left Front and Workers – Unity. The truth is Córdoba has been “hostile territory” for Kirchnerism —according to some unfortunate words that Alberto Fernández himself uttered a few years ago— during the last few years, since 2011, when Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won in the province.

On the other side is saint Louis, where the far-right Javier Milei took 43.37% of the votes compared to 27.19% for Massa, followed by Mendoza, with 42.35% of the votes for the leader of La Libertad Avanza. In the Buenos Aires provinceMassa has been the leader in the vote, with 42.87% of the votes, while the far-right Milei has managed to add just over 25%.