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| After leading in the polls for months, Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, tumbled to second place in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, sending him to a runoff next month that will be an important test of strength for the global far-right movement. | After leading in the polls for months, Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist, tumbled to second place in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, sending him to a runoff next month that will be an important test of strength for the global far-right movement. |
| Mr. Milei, 53, will face off against Sergio Massa, 51, Argentina’s center-left economy minister who finished a surprise first Sunday and who will now try to persuade voters he can save the nation of 46 million from the economic turmoil that his government helped create. | Mr. Milei, 53, will face off against Sergio Massa, 51, Argentina’s center-left economy minister who finished a surprise first Sunday and who will now try to persuade voters he can save the nation of 46 million from the economic turmoil that his government helped create. |
| Mr. Massa earned 36.6 percent of the vote, to Mr. Milei’s 30 percent, with 98 percent of the votes counted. Candidates needed to surpass 45 percent, or 40 percent with a 10-point margin of victory, to avoid a runoff. | Mr. Massa earned 36.6 percent of the vote, to Mr. Milei’s 30 percent, with 98 percent of the votes counted. Candidates needed to surpass 45 percent, or 40 percent with a 10-point margin of victory, to avoid a runoff. |
| Since winning the primary election in August, Mr. Milei had been leading most polls, with Mr. Massa in second. But many voters on Sunday showed that they preferred a more familiar candidate — Mr. Massa has spent more than two decades in Argentine politics — to Mr. Milei, who has spent his career as a corporate economist and then television pundit. | Since winning the primary election in August, Mr. Milei had been leading most polls, with Mr. Massa in second. But many voters on Sunday showed that they preferred a more familiar candidate — Mr. Massa has spent more than two decades in Argentine politics — to Mr. Milei, who has spent his career as a corporate economist and then television pundit. |
| “For Milei, this should be a shock,” said Ignacio Labaqui, an Argentine political analyst. Mr. Milei received nearly the same percentage of the vote as in the primary election, while Mr. Massa’s support grew after a campaign focused on the dangers of a Milei presidency. “Massa has a very strong chance to become Argentina’s next president,” Mr. Labaqui said. | |
| Mr. Milei has dominated the national conversation in recent months with his brash outsider campaign centered on radical proposals to eliminate the nation's central bank and replace its currency, the Argentine peso, with the U.S. dollar. |