Overview

• Fuerza Patria defeated La Libertad Avanza by roughly 13–14 points in Buenos Aires’ legislative elections on September 7.
• Kicillof urged the national government to change course on the economy, saying Milei cannot govern by vetoes and decrees and must protect pensioners and workers.
• He underscored his strategy to separate the provincial vote from the October national ballot, a move that provoked resistance from Kirchner-aligned leaders.
• Sources close to Kicillof said he had not spoken with Cristina or Máximo Kirchner after the vote, while he received calls from governors and spoke with Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Uruguay’s Yamandú Orsi.
• Analysts cast the result as a national setback that constrains Milei’s political room ahead of the midterms, marking the first Peronist midterm win in the province in about two decades.