Argentine President’s party Javier Milei It was third in Sunday’s elections in the province of Santa Fewhere the governor’s coalition Maximiliano Pullaro He won the triumph at the opening of an election year with national legislative elections in October.
Santa Fe, north of Buenos Aireshe chose who will reform his Constitution and also local charges. 16 months ago, the Ultraliberal Milei He obtained 62.8% of the votes in the ballot that led him to the Presidency, but now his candidates reached 14%, according to provisional results.
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The district is the third in importance in Argentina and its electorate represents 8% of the register.
With 98.7% of the voted votes, the governor Maximiliano Pullarowho headed the list of his political space, a coalition of the parties Radical Civic Union, Republican and Socialist Proposal, He won the victory for 34.6% of the votes.
The applicant of the Game Justicialist (Peronist), Juan Monteverdewith 15.2%, according to provisional scrutiny.
The local constituent constituent of the force of Milei la Libertad advances (lla), The national deputy Nicolás Mayorazadded 14.11% of the votes.
The beginning of calendar electoral occurred two days after the support given by the International Monetary Fund to the government program, with a loan of 20,000 million dollars to strengthen reserves, in the midst of a exchange crisis that forced the Central Bank to sell More than 1.8 billion dollars in two weeks.
The vote also happened after Milei will announce the elimination of the control of changes as of this Monday, when a fluctuation will begin to be governed of the Value of the currency between bands of 1,000 to 1,400 pesos.
The head of the local public opinion consultant, Roque Cantoiahe said that these elections do not represent “A plebiscite for the national government”but the first stop of the race towards national parliamentary elections of the October 26.
“The key to the national is that it is the first instance electoral since Milei He is president, and he can give us an idea of the power that the brand has to transfer political flow “, said Cantoia, to underline that it was an election “Without Milei on the ballot.”
The schedule electoral Argentino will continue on May 11 in the provinces of Salta, San Luis, Chaco and Jujuy, and 18 in the City of Buenos Aires.
