Latinnews Daily - 22 August 2003

Campaigning is now over for the Buenos Aires gubernatorial vote, which promises to be one of the closest fought electoral battles ever seen in the capital. According to the latest poll published by the local newspaper 'Clarí­n', the president of Boca Junior football club, Mauricio Macri, will gain 34.7% of the vote on Sunday, just half a point ahead of the present governor, Aní­bal Ibarra, with 34.2%. With neither candidate set to gain an overall majority, the election will go to a run-off to be held in three weeks' time, which Ibarra is expected to win.

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