Uruguay headed for run-off vote in presidential race, forecasts suggest
Al Jazeera
Leftist history teacher and centre-right veterinarian set for run-off vote next month, according to pollsters.
Polling stations in Uruguay have closed in a presidential election race that has defied the regional trend of tectonic political shifts, with pollsters predicting a likely run-off next month between a leftist history teacher and a centre-right veterinarian.
Yamandu Orsi, a former history teacher and local mayor who represents the centre-left Frente Amplio party, and Alvaro Delgado of the centre-right Partido Nacional will face off in the November 24 election run-off, forecasts showed.
Orsi, 57, won 43.2 percent of the vote, ahead of Delgado, 55, with 28 percent, according to estimates by Equipos Consultores.
Andres Ojeda, 40, a muscular and media-savvy lawyer who has likened himself to Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei, placed third on 15.5-16 percent, projections showed.
Pre-election polling had suggested that no candidate would get more than 50 percent of the vote.
