The Uruguayan presidency is disputed between Alvaro Delgado (Colorado Party) and Yamandu Orsi (Broad Front).

According to the projections from Equipos Consultores, Yamandú Orsi was elected president with 49.5% of the votes, based on initial results from a sample that was 45% complete.

Additionally, data from the Electoral Court indicated that 87.3% of eligible voters have participated in the election, reflecting a significant turnout in this competitive electoral process.

Polling stations in Uruguay closed, marking the beginning of the ballot counting that will determine who will lead the country for the next five years.

In this context, Álvaro Delgado and Valeria Ripoll of the National Party, representing the Republican Coalition, face Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse of the Broad Front.

Voting is compulsory for all citizens registered in the National Civic Register, with some exceptions defined by the Electoral Court.

 In this second round, 2,727,120 Uruguayans were entitled to vote in the country’s 19 departments.

The voting circuits used were the same as those allocated for the October elections, as highlighted by the electoral body.

Uruguayan Electoral Court’s minister, Ana Lía Piñeyrúa, informed the daily that by 17.00 65.7% of the entitled voters had already voted out of a total of 2,727,120 eligible Uruguayan citizens.

On Sunday, 2.7 million Uruguayan citizens will participate in the second round of the presidential elections. The voting will take place from 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM local time, and by around 9:30 PM, consulting firms are expected to present their first projections.

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The Uruguayan presidency is disputed between two candidates. Right-wing politician Alvaro Delgado is the candidate from the ruling coalition, which includes the Colorado Party, Open Cabildo, the Independent Party, and the Constitutional Environmentalist Party.

On the other hand, Leftist politician Yamandu Orsi, who is the Broad Front candidate, is a history professor who previously served as mayor of the province of Canelones from 2015 to 2020. Below are the main events as they occur.

Broad Front candidate Yamandu Orsi confident of winning the elections. After casting his vote, leftist politician Yamandu Orsi explained why he did not run for senator or representative.

“I want to be president of Uruguay. I went there just for that without thinking about other plans. There is only one plan and that is what I am going for. I am going to be an activist all my life and I am going to participate in political activity always,” he said and commented on the narrow lead he has over the Colorado Party candidate.

“Since the runoff election has existed, it is always very even. A runoff election polarizes and until now it has always been very even. Why should it be different?” he said.

Regarding international politics, Orsi said that the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) needs to be injected with a little more dynamism. “It is a mixture of openness in unity. It is a complex balance. Ignoring Mercosur is a blunder,” emphasized the Broad Front candidate.

Lucia Topolansky Calls for Creating a Climate of Dialogue: While accompanying her husband, Jose Mujica, to the polling station, former Uruguayan Vice President Lucia Topolansky urged the winner of the presidential elections to reestablish a culture of dialogue in this South American country.

“The next government’s goal should be to create a climate of dialogue and to engage in dialogue. Its tone must focus on what was lacking during these past five years,” she said.

Topolansky noted that the Broad Front will have a majority in the Senate but not in the House of Representatives, while the right-wing parties will lack a majority in both chambers.

“Behind every legislator is a portion of the people. That is the most respectable aspect of democracy. Dialogue is absolutely necessary,” said Topolansky, who served as vice president from 2017 to 2020.

teleSUR/ JF Sources: EFE – teleSUR

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