Overview
- Official tallies show La Libertad Avanza captured about 40.7% nationally, a result that outpaced most polls and widened the gap over Peronists.
- The presidency’s bloc is set to grow substantially, though projections of tripling seats come from Milei’s camp and remain unconfirmed by electoral authorities.
- Despite gains, the government falls short of an absolute majority in Congress and will need agreements with other parties to pass key legislation.
- Turnout was about 67.9% in a country with compulsory voting, one of the lowest rates since Argentina’s return to democracy in 1983.
- Milei frames the vote as a mandate to press reforms as inflation has fallen sharply and fiscal accounts improved, even as austerity has brought job losses and social strain.