US EditionBuenos Aires City Ruling Party Dealt Major Blow by Milei's LLA
- Javier Milei’s La Libertad Avanza won roughly 30 percent of the vote in Buenos Aires’ city legislative elections on May 19, 2025, overtaking PRO into third place.
- This outcome resulted from a historic shift of center-right voters away from PRO, whose candidates failed to win any communes despite formerly controlling the mayoralty.
- Federal Congressman Adorni secured over 30 percent and won eight communes, while Ahora Buenos Aires came second, and PRO lagged with under 16 percent.
- Voter turnout hit a record low of 53.27 percent, and Milei promised to slash spending and close ministries, with opposition figures acknowledging PRO no longer represents Buenos Aires citizens.
- The results challenged Argentina’s conservative establishment, signaling potential political realignment ahead of upcoming federal midterm elections as Macri pledged to continue political engagement.
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Maximiliano Aguiar, political analyst, referred to the Buenos Aires legislative elections and the political future of the territory of Buenos Aires.
The Argentine press spoke this Monday of a “chiquita election” that gave Javier Milei “a great triumph.” And the President made him see, exultant after the triumph of La Libertad Avanza, his political force, in Sunday’s legislative elections in the City of Buenos Aires, a traditional bastion of the center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) movement, which remained third behind Peronism. “The leaders are taking note that the PRO is a tool that has b…
Buenos Aires City ruling party dealt major blow by Milei's LLA
Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni prevailed in Sunday's elections at the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, as President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) swept former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO) to third place in the country's capital, where Federal Congresswoman Silvia Lospennato got only 15.93% of the vote.
The list of La Libertad Avanza, led by Manuel Adorni, received more than 30% of the votes in the Sunday election, which renewed half of the municipal parliament of Buenos Aires, which came to the left.
La Libertad Avanza (LLA), the party of the Argentine president, Javier Milei, has won the elections held this Sunday in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires with 30 percent of the votes, far ahead of the formation of former president Mauricio Macri, Republican Proposal (Pro), to which he has doubled the support, according to official results corresponding to more than 99 percent of the vote.The candidate of the government party and spokesman for …
La Libertad Avanza wins for the first time an election in the City of Buenos Aires and displaces the macrismo to third place after two decades On the first floor of the Hotel Libertador smiles were circulating long before the first official data appeared. “Paliza”, the leaders of the formation of Javier Milei said in monocord tone while waiting for the final count, as if the victory was a fait accompli. And it was: the presidential spokesman, Ma…
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