He conceded defeat on Sunday night. Congratulating his political rival, he said he had invited Mr Fernández to the presidential palace on Monday to discuss an orderly transition.
With more than 90% of ballots counted, Mr Fernández had 47.79% of the vote, compared to Mr Macri's 40.71%. Mr Macri promised to achieve"zero poverty", but things actually worsened during his four-year rule. His supporters said he inherited a broken economy when he came to power and needed more time to sort it out.
Ms Fernández de Kirchner is fondly remembered by her supporters as a modern-day Eva Perón, who championed the poor with welfare programmes. But she is a divisive figure, also accused of being corrupt and economically irresponsible.Career politician Mr Fernández has caused quite a stir since he first appeared in the limelight of Argentine politics some six months ago.
They like collecting genomes and zygote.
Advice for Argentine: Emigrate ASAP!
And in Europe - we’re sick of C7th invaders!
Argentina is crying now. RIP, democracy.
a reminder for non-Argies that it was Macri's policies that tanked the Argentinian economy this time around
Centre-left Jajajajajajaja very funny
another disaster for South America😑😑
Castro-chavism at it's finest
What is centre-left?
‘Centre’ being the euphemistic bit
Oh goody. Because Fernández totally didn’t run Argentina’s economy into the ground last time. 🙄