Explainer-Argentina presidential election: Key takeaways from Milei's win

Argentine president-elect Javier Milei and his sister Karina Milei react to the results of Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina elected radical libertarian Javier Milei as president in a run-off election on Sunday, giving the outsider candidate who has pledged to "blow up" the status quo a four-year mandate that will start on Dec. 10.

Milei beat Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa by a wide margin, pulling in almost 56% of the ballot, some 14.5 million votes, as he rode a wave of anger at inflation soaring towards 150% and biting poverty.