Scioli expands lead in Argentina presidential race, runoff seen


  • World
  • Sunday, 30 Aug 2015

Daniel Scioli, Buenos Aires' province governor and presidential candidate speaks next to his wife Karina Rabolini in Buenos Aires, early August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Martin Acosta

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Daniel Scioli, the leftist frontrunner in Argentina's presidential election, widened his lead over his more business-friendly rival, but not enough to avoid a runoff, the first poll since Aug. 9 primaries showed on Sunday.

Scioli, who is a member of President Cristina Fernandez's Front for Victory party but supports a more pro-market approach to policy, and his candidate for vice-president, Carlos Zannini, are favoured by 39.3 percent of voters ahead of the Oct. 25 ballot.

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