Argentine voters turned out on Sunday (October 26) for legislative elections in Buenos Aires that will test support for President Javier Milei's free‑market reforms and deep austerity measures.

At a Buenos Aires polling station, voters expressed views ranging from hope for a better country to uncertainty.

The president's party, La Libertad Avanza, aims to significantly boost its small minority in Congress to increase investor confidence in Milei's vision and maintain the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently provided Argentina with a hefty financial bailout but has threatened to pull away if Milei does not do well.

Half of Argentina's lower Chamber of Deputies, or 127 seats, as well as a third of the Senate, or 24 seats, are up for election in the midterm vote. The Peronist opposition movement currently holds the largest minority in both houses, while Milei's relatively new party has only 37 deputies and six senators.

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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (OCTOBER 26, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF VOTERS CHECKING ELECTORAL LISTS OUTSIDE POLLING STATION

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VOTER, JORGE DOTTO, SAYING:

“It’s always good to turn out. I am 48 years old and it’s good to come and express yourself; for the country is always the best. I lived abroad for many years and I decided to come back to Argentina because to me, it’s the best country in the world—our people, our friends, our family: everything. So I always bet on Argentina.”

3. BALLOTS HANGING ON WALL OUTSIDE POLLING STATION

4. VARIOUS OF VOTERS CASTING THEIR BALLOTS

5. VOTER BEHIND BOOTH

6. VOTER CASTING BALLOT

7. BALLOT BOXES

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VOTER, GABRIEL JIAQUINTA, SAYING:

“I’d like to see jobs and hope, honestly, a change in the people’s mood.”

9. VOTER RAUL VIED CHECKING ELECTORAL LIST

10.(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VOTER, RAUL VIEDA, SAYING:

"Industry is destroyed, and I don't think it will recover. Whoever comes, I don't think there's an immediate solution. So, nothing."

11. VOTER CASTING BALLOT

12. VOTER WALKING TO VOTING BOOTH

13. VARIOUS OF VOTER CASTING BALLOT

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VOTER, EMERIDIA EVERLE, SAYING:

“I don’t know what I hope for, I hope we vote better. Thanks.”

15. VARIOUS OF VOTERS CASTING THEIR BALLOTS

16. VOTERS AT ELECTORAL BOARD TABLE

17. VOTER CASTING BALLOT

18. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VOTER, SUSANA FERNANDEZ, SAYING:

“(I want) An overall change so that everything improves.”

19. VOTERS AT POLLING STATION