Argentina Polls Close in Make-or-Break Midterm for Milei
President Javier Milei casts a ballot at a polling station during the midterm elections in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/BloombergArgentina voted Sunday in a midterm election that will serve as a crucial referendum on President Javier Milei’s ambitious austerity policies and, potentially, a $40 billion rescue package from the Trump administration.
Voting stations closed at 6 p.m. local time. Argentines are electing representatives for half the seats — 127 — in the lower house of Congress along with 24 of the nation’s 72 senators. Official results will be reported province-by-province, rather than as a single nationwide figure. Reporting is expected to start around 9 p.m.