‘Argentine people chose progress’

The acronym United Provinces, a bloc that seeks to break polarization, had 5% and 5 vacancies. While the Left Front got 3.72% and another 3 seats. The remaining seats were divided between other acronyms.

Milei’s party needed allies to face the Peronist opposition. To date, the LLA has only 37 of 257 deputies and six of 72 senators.

Of the 24 electoral districts it competed in, the LLA won in 16. Mendoza was the province where the party won with the highest percentage (53.86%), followed by Entre Ríos (52.90%), San Luis (51.49%), Chaco (45.70%) and La Rioja (43.86%).

Milei’s Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, was elected senator for the LLA. It is worth remembering that the Argentine voting system is based on closed lists, that is, voters do not vote for a candidate, but for a party or coalition.

One of the surprises was the victory of Milei’s party in the province of Buenos Aires. Last month, the party suffered an electoral defeat in the province, the most populous in the country, and a currency race began that devalued the peso by 8%.

With 95.08% of the votes counted, Milei’s party had won 17 of the 35 seats for the Chamber available for Buenos Aires. The Força Pátria party obtained 16, while the Left and Workers Front received two seats for the province.