Overview
- La Libertad Avanza won the national midterms in 15 of 24 districts and narrowly flipped Buenos Aires province, 41.45% to 40.91%, consolidating its lead nationwide.
- Javier Milei said LLA will count 101 deputies and 20 senators and cast the outcome as a springboard for labor, tax and pension reforms that will still require deals with governors and centrist lawmakers.
- Peronist leaders launched recriminations over the decision to split Buenos Aires’ provincial and national votes, the candidate lists shaped by Cristina Kirchner, and the commitment of local intendentes.
- Axel Kicillof argued the desdoblamiento did not cost Fuerza Patria votes and attributed LLA’s surge partly to President Donald Trump’s public backing of Milei and U.S. financial support he said fueled voter fear.
- The midterms were the first national use of Boleta Única Papel, praised by civil society for boosting transparency, while turnout stayed under roughly 68% and markets cheered the result with lower risk premiums.