STORY: Argentina's President Javier Milei on Sunday (October 26) said his party's big victory in the nation's midterm elections marked a turning point and vowed to pursue reforms his government still considers necessary.

"Today we pass through a turning point," Milei said after the results, adding voters had shown their desire to irreversibly change the path forward for South America's No. 2 economy.

He invited the country's governors to discuss parliamentary agreements, and said dozens of senators and deputies from other parties would potentially reach agreements with his administration.

Milei's party cruised to victory in midterm legislative elections as voters backed his free-market reforms and deep austerity measures, providing a mandate for him to push forward with his radical overhaul of the economy.

The president's party, La Libertad Avanza, scored 41.5% of the vote in Buenos Aires province compared with 40.8% for the Peronist coalition, according to official results. The province has long been a political stronghold for the Peronists, marking a dramatic political shift.

Nationwide, La Libertad Avanza got 64 seats in the House of Deputies, up from 37, according to government figures.

The results will also likely be welcome news to U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration recently provided Argentina with a hefty financial bailout but had threatened to pull away if Milei did not do well.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM ARGENTINE PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI

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SHOWS: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (OCTOBER 26, 2025) (LA LIBERTAD AVANZA HANDOUT - Access all)

1. ARGENTINE PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI ENTERING STAGE AND GREETING OFFICIALS

2. VARIOUS OF MILEI SINGING AND SUPPORTERS RECORDING VIDEOS AND CHEERING

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"We will not only defend the reforms that have been made, but we will also promote the reforms that are still needed to achieve that future. We want to be a country that grows into the Argentina we should never have stopped being. To make Argentina great again."

4. MILEI SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"Over the next two years, we must consolidate the path of reform we have embarked upon to turn Argentina's history around once and for all. We are now focused on implementing the reforms Argentina needs to consolidate its growth and definitive takeoff, to make Argentina great again."

6. MILEI SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"Argentines showed that they do not want to return to the failed model, the model of inflation, the model of monetary issuance, the model of a useless state, the model of insecurity. Argentines said enough is enough to populism. No more populism."

8. MILEI SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"I would like to highlight the role of the new Congress, which will be fundamental in ensuring this change of course starting on December 10. We will now have 101 representatives instead of 37."

10. MILEI SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"There are dozens of representatives and senators from other parties with whom we can reach basic agreements."

12. VARIOUS OF MILEI SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"We want to emulate the vast majority of governors who will have parliamentary representation to discuss these agreements together."

14. MILEI ON STAGE SPEAKING

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI, SAYING:

"Today has clearly been a historic day for Argentina. The Argentine people have decided to leave behind 100 years of decline and persevere on the path to freedom, progress, and growth. Today, we have passed a turning point. Today marks the beginning of building a great Argentina."

16. VARIOUS OF MILEI SHOUTING (Spanish): "LONG LIVE FREEDOM, DAMN IT" / SUPPORTERS CHEERING

17. VARIOUS OF MILEI WAVING TO SUPPORTERS AND HUGGING OFFICIALS