Argentine local media say Fernandez beats Macri in presidential vote - TV

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine local media, in a rapid response after polls closed on Sunday, said that opposition leader Alberto Fernandez had beaten conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri, ahead of official results coming out later in the evening.

Fernandez, a centre-left Peronist, had earlier thumped Macri in an August primary election and had been seen with an unassailable 20-point lead over the president in pre-election polls as economic crisis gripped the country.

(Reporting by Nicolas Misculin; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

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