By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's opposition Peronist party triumphed on Sunday in legislative elections in the key province of Buenos Aires, leaving President Javier Milei's ruling
Peronist Party Secures Victory in Buenos Aires Province Elections
By Jorge Otaola
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's opposition Peronist party triumphed on Sunday in legislative elections in the key province of Buenos Aires, leaving President Javier Milei's ruling party in a distant second place, the provisional official tally showed.
Center-left candidate Axel Kicillof, governor of Buenos Aires Province and a member of the Justicialist Party, managed to pull ahead of Milei's Libertarian Party in the elections.
Based on provisional official counts, the Peronists won 46.8% of the vote across the province, while the candidate of Milei's party took 33.8%, with 82.2% of the votes counted.
Milei has been facing increasing pressure over a bribery scandal and growing unease over public spending as he enters a pivotal election season that could define his government's grip on power.
(Reporting by Jorge Otaola; Writing by Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Kim Coghill and Paul Simao)
