Showing posts with label Argentine Presidential Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argentine Presidential Election. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2011

Argentine President Dominates Unusual Primary Vote

Argentina President Cristina Fernandez seems to win a second term after trouncing his opponents primary opposition, the results released Monday showed.

Fernandez from the centre-left Peronist Party won more than 45 percent of the vote, 38 percentage points ahead of her second-placed contender.

This would be enough to avoid a runoff and won the first round of presidential elections in October.