The updated results were released by the National Electoral Chamber of Argentina. Exit polls conducted by local TV stations also suggest that Macri will win the election.
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With only 21 percent of polling station returns counted, Macri had 54.5 percent of votes, with Scioli at 45.5 percent, according to Argentina’s official election body.
Macri’s campaign headquarters are projecting him to win by a margin of 5 to 8 percentage points.
“This feels like a dream,” doctor Angela Torres told Reuters from Macri headquarters. “A new Argentina is on its way that will be better in every sense.”
Meanwhile, Scioli’s campaign team is waiting for more definitive official results and said that it will be issuing a statement later.
“If the results stay like this it’s a real setback for the country,” Scioli supporter, Maria Rosa Soria, told Reuters.
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