Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 28.- With 90.33% scrutinized, the candidate of Frente de Todos, Alberto Fernández, won the presidential elections of Argentina in the first round with 47.80% of the votes, while the current one President Mauricio Macri reached 40.69%, according to the National Electoral Chamber.

The general elections in Argentina closed at 6:00 p.m. (local time) with 81% participation.

The Interior Minister, Rogelio Frigerio, said that the election day passed normally. “There have been some complaints that the Electoral Justice should analyze,” he said.

Frigerio also indicated that the electoral participation was considerably greater than in the PASO. “It has attended to vote more than 80% of the register, a high percentage, more than that of the STEP,” he added.

More than 30 million Argentines were entitled to vote and elect the new authorities, which will have a four-year term. The next president of Argentina will take office on December 10, 2019.

Mauricio Macri appeared at these elections, beaten by the result of the PASS of August 11, where he obtained 32.09% of the votes against the 47.66% obtained by Alberto Fernández and 8.23% by Roberto Lavagna.

The results of the PASO reflected the dissatisfaction of a majority portion of society with the economic situation, which seemed impossible less than two years ago when Macri won a victory in his first legislative renewal election.

The general elections were held in the midst of a deep social and economic crisis exacerbated after the financial “aid” agreed between the Government of Macri and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

According to the reports of the National Institute of Census and Statistics (Indec) during the four years of the Government of Mauricio Macri, the rates associated with multidimensional poverty, job insecurity and a sharp fall in the quality of life of most of the population increased. The Argentines.