With Congress paralysed by a government eagerly looking forward to greater strength in its next version and with its new members being confirmed and swearing their increasingly varied oaths between yesterday (the senators) and next Wednesday (the deputies), today’s penultimate column will take a final look at inland midterm voting before closure next week with a preview of the new Congress.
Firstly, a quick reminder of the big picture – La Libertad Avanza (LLA) won in 15 of the 23 provinces, including the largest with Tucumán the most important outside the fold (Catamarca, Corrientes, Formosa, La Pampa, La Rioja, San Juan and Santa Cruz were the others). Opposition candidates only enjoyed a clear lead in half their provinces won (Catamarca, Formosa, San Juan and Tucumán) although LLA margins were extremely slender in four of their 15 victories, including the main prize of Buenos Aires Province (Chaco, Chubut and Río Negro were the others while falling behind in the senatorial voting in the latter.)
Since Buenos Aires City and Province along with Santiago del Estero were studied in previous columns, today will be limited to the remainder, always giving the final official results.
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