Opposition candidate Macri wins presidency

Buenos Aires mayor defeats former VP with a large turnout

Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Argentina's capital, won the country's presidential election on Sunday.

Macri, of the conservative Cambiemos (Let's Change) Party, defeated ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli, governor of Buenos Aires province, with official results giving Macri 51.72 percent of the votes and Scioli the rest, with 96 percent of the ballots counted.