Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi from the Broad Front coalition won Uruguay's Presidential election following a second round run-off vote, according to official results published on Sunday.
Orsi defeated Alvaro Delgado, the candidate from the ruling center-right National Party, reports DW.
Delgado conceded with around 95% of the votes counted. Turnout reached nearly 90% in the country of around 3.5 million people, according to preliminary data released by the Electoral Court.
Orsi's primary reaction
Orsi secured 49.8% of the vote, confirming pre-election polls which projected him as a favorite, while Delgado secured 45.9%. There was a difference of around 95,000 votes between the two candidates.
"The country of liberty, equality and fraternity has triumphed once again," Orsi said in a victory speech.
"Let's understand that there is another part of our country who have different feelings today," he added. "These people will also have to help build a better country. We need them too."
Meanwhile, Delgado told supporters at his campaign headquarters in the capital of Montevideo: "With sadness, but without guilt, we can congratulate the winner."
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