More than 30 national deputies are running in the October 26 election to renew their seats for a further four years, but only a score of them are guaranteed to return to Argentina’s lower house.
The Chamber of Deputies must elect 127 lawmakers in this election. The opposition Peronist caucus is risking nearly half – 47 percent – of its 98 seats, whereas the right-wing coalition of La Libertad Avanza and PRO has 30 percent of its seats at stake.
The deputies seeking re-election who are all but guaranteed a seat for four years are those running in the first spots of the LLA or Fuerza Patria tickets – the forces with the most seats if opinion polls are proven to be even slightly accurate.
In total, 34 lower house lawmakers seeking a new four-year term may onl
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