Milei Government Wins Big in Argentina's Legislative Elections

The Oct. 26 midterm legislative elections in Argentina yielded surprising and unexpected results. President Javier Milei’s Freedom Advances party (LLA) came away with 40.85% of the vote nationwide, against Peronism’s Patriotic Force (FP) coalition with 36.4%, winning in 16 of the nation’s 24 provinces. In the Peronist stronghold of the province of Buenos Aires, where LLA lost by 14 points in the Sept. 7 legislative elections, today its candidate Diego Santilli defeated the FP candidate, former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. Voter turnout, at 66% of the electorate, was the lowest in the country since 1983.