Source: New York Times
“Uruguay’s presidential election was pushed into a second round of voting on Sunday, as a center-left former mayor finished ahead of the center-right governing coalition’s candidate. With more than 80 percent of the votes counted, both leading candidates — Yamandu Orsi, a two-time mayor and former history teacher, and Alvaro Delgado, who was the current president’s chief of staff — told crowds of supporters that they expected to face each other in a runoff on Nov. 24. Exit polls showed Mr. Orsi with 42 percent to 44 percent of the vote, well ahead of Mr. Delgado but short of the 50 percent threshold needed to win outright. Mr. Delgado had 27 percent to 28 percent of the vote, according to polls.” (10/28/24)