Defeat for Milei’s party in Argentina’s biggest province signals a potential shift in voter sentiment over his economic measures
Argentine President Javier Milei suffered a sweeping setback on Sunday in the Buenos Aires provincial election that was viewed as a barometer for how his libertarian party will perform in crucial congressional midterms next month.
Milei’s recently formed La Libertad Avanza party captured just 34 per cent of the vote in Argentina’s biggest province, losing by a landslide to the left-leaning Peronist opposition, which secured 47 per cent with the majority of ballots counted late on Sunday.
Milei conceded that his right-wing party’s crushing 13-point loss to his populist rivals represented “a clear defeat”.
“If anyone wants to begin rebuilding and moving forward, the first thing they must do is accept the results,” Milei told his grim-faced supporters at the party headquarters. “They were not positive. We suffered a setback, and we must accept it responsibly.”
