Javier Milei triumphs in Argentina's midterm elections

Contrary to all election forecasts, President Javier Milei and his party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) achieved an impressive victory in the parliamentary midterm elections. On 26 October 2025, half of the seats in the national Chamber of Deputies and one third of the Senate were up for election. LLA won 40.74% of the votes cast, while the Peronists, their main challengers, only managed 31.66%. The election victory comes as a surprise, as the libertarian government has been in its deepest crisis since taking office on 10 December 2023 in recent weeks and months.