Argentines head to polls in litmus test for Peronists

With most candidates already set, the vote is in effect a huge straw poll ahead of the November 14 midterm ballot in Argentina.

Argentines head to the polls on Sunday for midterm primaries in a litmus test for the center-left Peronist government of Alberto Fernandez, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crises and rising poverty. Voting stations around the South American nation will open at 8am (1100 GMT) and close some 10 hours later, with exit polls before official result start to come around 11pm. Pollsters expect the ruling party to suffer some losses. With most candidates already set, the vote is in effect a huge straw poll ahead of the November 14 midterm ballot, where 127 seats in the lower Chamber of Deputies are up for grabs out of a total of 257, as well as 24 seats out of 72 in the Senate.