Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections

<p>The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analysts</p><p>The party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which US president Donald <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/argentina-president-javier-milei-polls-economic-crisis-trump">Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country</a> and made continued aid <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/trump-threatens-to-cut-us-aid-to-argentina-if-milei-loses-election">conditional on the victory</a> of his Argentinian counterpart.</p><p>With more than 95% of ballots counted, Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, won 40.84% of the nationwide vote in an election widely seen as a de facto referendum on the self-styled <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/20/who-is-javier-milei-argentina-new-president-far-right-what-does-he-stand-for">anarcho-capitalist’s</a> nearly two years in power.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/27/javier-milei-president-far-right-party-wins-argentina-midterm-elections">Continue reading...</a>