Overview

• More than 950,000 voters head to the polls Sunday as surveys place Juan Pablo Valdés in the mid‑30s, short of the 45% or 40%+10 threshold needed to avoid a second round.
• The field features four competitive candidacies: officialist Juan Pablo Valdés, ex‑governor Ricardo Colombi, Peronist Martín “Tincho” Ascúa with backing from Cristina Kirchner, and libertarian Lisandro Almirón.
• Opposition candidates challenged electoral transparency over data transmission by provincial firm TelCo, led by another Valdés brother, with the government camp saying the amparo was dismissed.
• La Libertad Avanza enters weakened after the ANDIS scandal and an unruly caravan in the capital that ended with three arrests and the evacuation of Karina Milei, Martín Menem and Almirón.
• Gustavo Valdés seeks to secure succession and bolster national clout through Provincias Unidas, while high undecided rates keep the order of finish and the prospect of a runoff in play.