 "Argentina's Alberto Fernandez leads presidential election - official count")
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez was leading the presidential election with more than half the votes counted, according to the first official results on Sunday.
Fernandez, 60, a center-left Peronist and former cabinet chief, won 47.21% of the vote compared to center-right President Mauricio Macri’s 41.42%, with more than 65% of the vote counted, the interior minister said.
The initial results indicated Fernandez could win the election outright without the need for a second round.
Fernandez thumped Macri in an August primary election with what was widely viewed as an unassailable 20-point lead over the president as an economic crisis gripped the country.
(Reporting by Buenos Aires newsroom; Writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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