Muriel Volestrangler: Exit polls: Uruguay's presidential election goes to run-off

[Judi Lynn]

Exit polls: Uruguay's presidential election goes to run-off
Source: BBC

Uruguay's election of a new president to succeed Jose Mujica, who is barred from running for a second consecutive term, goes to run-off, exit polls say.

Former President Tabare Vazquez of the Broad Front, Mr Mujica's left-leaning party, was ahead, exit polls showed.
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Three separate exit polls showed Mr Vazquez winning with 44-46% of votes and Mr Lacalle Pou trailing behind with 31-34%.

If no candidate obtains the 50.1% needed to avoid a second round, Uruguayans will choose between the two leading candidates on 30 November.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Vazquez tops Uruguay president vote, faces runoff

Vazquez tops Uruguay president vote, faces runoff
2014-10-27 11:57

Montevideo - Former President Tabare Vazquez won the most votes in Uruguay's presidential election Sunday, but he fell short of the outright majority needed to avoid a 30 November runoff, exit polls said.

Three polls indicated that the left-leaning Vazquez, 74, the candidate of the outgoing president's Broad Front coalition, would face centre-right challenger Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, 41, of the National Party in a second-round vote.

Vazquez, who was president in 2005-10, would end up with around 44% or 45% of the vote, against 31% to 33% for Lacalle Pou, the polls predicted. Pedro Bordaberry of the Colorado Party came in a distant third, with 13% to 14%.

Few results were available late Sunday, and officials didn't expect to report the final count until morning.

"This political force has been voted by the majority, but we'll have to go into a runoff," Vazquez told supporters after the exit polls were released. "It's a huge recognition to the nine years of the Broad Front's government. ... Uruguay will now have to decide between five more years of progressivism, or another type of government."

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