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Argentina's Massa celebrates first round results with supporters

23 October 2023
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2023-10-23 10:33

Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa and anti-establishment outsider Javier Milei will face off in a runoff presidential election, according to partial poll results released on Sunday. With 76 percent of votes counted, Massa surprised ahead with 35.9 percent of votes, while Milei secured 30.51 percent.

The two will compete on 19th Nov runoff election, with the winner to take office on 10th December. The far-right libertarian economist Milei had been polling as the front runner ahead of Massa. Celebrations broke out in the election bunker of Massa, the candidate for the center-left Peronist ruling coalition which has dominated Argentine politics for decades.

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