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Uruguayan presidential elections to go to second round run-off

cde.news desk 28 October 2019, 08:03 · 1 min read

epa07955547 Presidential candidate Daniel Martinez, from the Frente Amplio party, speaks to his supporters at the Cristal Tower hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay, 27 October 2019. The candidate of the official Frente Amplio (FA), Daniel Martinez, and opposition National Party (PN) candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, will compete for the Presidency of Uruguay in a second round. According to the recent polls with two thirds of votes counted, Martinez, gained 39.9 percent of the vote, and Pou obtained 29 percent of the vote, with neither candidate reaching the 50 percent majority needed to avoid a run-off. EPA-EFE/RAUL MARTINEZ

Presidential candidate Daniel Martinez, from the Frente Amplio party, speaks to his supporters at the Cristal Tower hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The candidate of the official Frente Amplio (FA), Daniel Martinez, and opposition National Party (PN) candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, will compete for the Presidency of Uruguay in a second round.

According to the recent polls with two thirds of votes counted, Martinez, gained 39.9 percent of the vote, and Pou obtained 29 percent of the vote, with neither candidate reaching the 50 percent majority needed to avoid a run-off.

Via EPA-EFE/RAUL MARTINEZ

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Uruguayan presidential elections to go to second round run-off

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