Argentine Front-Runner on Verge of First Round Win: Polls
- Ruling party's Scioli needs at least 40% on Oct. 25 to win
- A second round against runner-up would be held Nov. 22
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Argentina’s ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli is within a fraction of winning in the first round of presidential elections to be held Oct. 25, polls show.
An average of four polls viewed by Bloomberg show Scioli close to surpassing the threshold of 40 percent with a 10 percentage point lead needed to avoid the first run-off in Argentina’s history.