The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat on Sunday after a close run-off election.

Uruguay's center-left secures a significant victory as opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi wins the presidential election with 49.3% of the vote. Conservative rival Alvaro Delgado garnered 46.4%. With 87% of votes counted,

Presidential candidate Yamandu Orsi speaks on stage following early results of the presidential election run-off in Montevideo, Uruguay Nov 24, 2024. [Photo/Agencies] MONTEVIDEO - The president of Uruguay,

Álvaro Delgado, the center-right government’s candidate, told his supporters at his campaign headquarters that “with sadness, but without guilt, we can congratulate the winner,” referring to left-wing challenger Yamandú Orsi. Delgado’s concession ...

Uruguay's President Lacalle Pou congratulates leftist candidate Yamandu Orsi on his predicted victory as president-elect. The announcement came after exit polls indicated Orsi's win over the ruling coalition's candidate Alvaro Delgado.

Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi was projected to win Uruguay's presidential election, media reported Sunday, in a rebuke by voters of five years of conservative rule.

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Uruguay’s conservative governing party concedes hard-fought presidential runoff to left-wing challenger.

A win for Orsi would make the small South American nation the latest country to rebuke an incumbent party in this landmark election year where voters frustrated with post-pandemic economic malaise have punished ruling parties around the world,