Argentina: President Kirchner casts her general election vote

M/S Outgoing Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner voting Outgoing Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cast her vote in the country's national elections in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz on Sunday. Her chosen successor, the moderate Front for Victory's Daniel Scioli, is currently leading the polls. Whatever the result of the election it will mark the end of 12-years of rule by the Kirchner couple, after the late Nestor Kirchner was elected in 2003; in 2007 his wife and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner took power. President Kirchner has served two consecutive terms and, under Argentina's constitution, is barred from running again. To win outright a candidate requires 45% of the vote or a 10-point lead over their nearest rival. If no candidate achieves the required proportion of the vote there will be a second round of voting on November 22.