Live results of elections in Uruguay 2024
candidate for wide front, Yamandu Orsiand for the candidate republican coalition, Alvaro Delgado, Define this Sunday, November 24th runoff To find out who will be the next president uruguay and will replace louis lacalle pau At the top of the executive. Uruguayan pollsters, who traditionally predict results before they are officially known, have projected victory. Orsi Above slim By about four percentage points.
The pollsters who broadcast the estimates were: Shape (Orsi, 49.5%/Delgado 45.9%); teams (Orsi, 49%/Delgado 46.4%) and Option (Orsi, 48.7% / Delgado 46.7%). The official count will continue, although Uruguayan electoral tradition already declares the opposition candidate the winner.
Candidates in the elections held on 27th October wide front Reached 43.93% of the votes, and was the official candidate of National Party 26.79%, to which we must add the number of its associates, such as colorado partyOverall, the group was estimated to exceed its estimate by 47 percent.
uruguay This Sunday marked the celebration of the second round of the presidential election, in which 2.7 million people were called to elect their next head of state between the ruling party Álvaro Delgado (National Party) and the opposition Yamando Orsi (Frente Amplio).
Latest surveys have shown great equality between the two politicians, with Slight advantage for leftistsAlthough with a distance within the margin of error of experts.
Voting day took place between 08:00 and 19:30 local time. Given the high uncertainty, no data is expected to be available before 9:30 pm.
After casting his vote this Sunday, Delgado assured that he wants to be “president of all Uruguayans”, regardless of whether they voted for him or not. Similarly he also announced that If elected he will call on Orsi to join his government. “The path one chooses to win is the path that legitimizes you to rule over all. Starting tomorrow I want to be president of all Uruguayans. “Those who voted for me today and those who did not vote for me,” he told the press.
“I am going to search for compromises. I’m going with the chip change and I’m going to offer that chip change. mIf I am elected president, I would like to call Orsi tomorrow. This is a republican gesture“, he said. “There are issues we have to agree on and look for the bright light. I replace the chip and the entire alliance. “I hope Frente Amplio will replace the chip,” he said. But if that doesn’t happen, the country “will not be stuck.”
Orsi, for his part, highlighted that all parties agree on the need for agreements. “The essence of politics is compromise. You are never completely satisfied. My story is the same one I’ve had for years. I don’t like talking in sections. You have to say what you think and feel. Adjusting the body to electoral needs in the long run is a trap,” he declared.
In the October elections, Orsi He did not appear in any list of the Senate. Therefore, if he loses the election he will not remain in Parliament. “I said from the beginning that I was going to be the president of uruguayjust for that. Without thinking about other plans. He commented, “I will be a militant all my life.”
The presidential election would be important for the coming years of Uruguayan politics, as it would define the environment in which one party or another would be able to govern, as 16 of the 30 seats in the Senate were in Uruguayan hands. Forehead WideWhereas 49 out of 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies belong to the ruling coalition.