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Polls closed in Argentina, where on Sunday 19 November voters chose the new president of the country: the candidate of the centre-left coalition in government, Sergio Massa (Unión por la Patria), and the ultra-liberal outsider competed in the run-off Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza).
According to data from the Electoral Chamber, the turnout at 6pm was 76%.
AtlasIntel – the only polling institute to have guessed the result in the first round – predicted a victory for Milei over Massa with an advantage of between 4 and 6 percentage points. The dispute is one of the most contentious and uncertain in the country’s history.
The first round took place on October 22, with Massa leading with 36.69%. while Milei obtained 29.99% of the preferences. The dispute has been one of the most heated in recent years in the South American nation, with an uncertain scenario where a close battle is expected in the final vote.
Javier Milei, a right-wing populist often associated with Donald Trump, in just a few years went from being a television personality who railed against the “political caste” (which he considered guilty of Argentina’s economic problems) to running for president.