With 97.48% of the circuits counted, the Electoral Court confirmed the victory of Broad Front. The winning formula totaled 1,163,755 votes, while Álvaro Delgado-Valeria Ripoll reached 1,074,321. teleSUR
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00:00In Uruguay, the candidate for the left-wing broad front party, Yamandu Orsi, has become
00:13the new president-elect after winning the election runoff on Sunday.
00:16With 100% of votes counted, the country's electoral court informed Orsi obtained 1,106,798
00:22votes, which represents more than 49% of the total cast.
00:27For his part, right-wing National Party candidate Álvaro Delgado obtained 1,101,296 votes,
00:35for 45%.
00:37The win signifies the return of the left party to Uruguayan presidency.
00:41The broad front had three consecutive terms in office from 2004 to 2019, but was succeeded
00:47by the right-wing government of President Luis Lacalle Po.
00:50In his victory speech, Orsi promised to strive for a country where plurality of options be
00:55respected and where no one would feel left out.