Uruguayans Will Elect Their President in a Runoff
According to a preliminary exit poll after the election in Uruguay, leftist Broad Front candidate Tabaré Vásquez received between 44 and 46 percent of the votes, while Luis Lacalle Pou from the National Party has between 31 and 34 percent. Uruguay's local media shared very similar data from three pollsters, Factum, Equipos and Cifra.
Twitter users offered updates on the country's elections, with some mentioning the results in Brazil‘s recent presidential election:
#eleccionesuruguay. Resultados favorables para @Frente_Amplio. Habrá segunda vuelta y Dilma gana #EleccionesBrasil pic.twitter.com/zJuGL2rvcz
— Termitas y Elefantes (@termitaelefante) octubre 27, 2014
Favorable results for Broad Front. There will be runoff and Dilma wins (in Brazil).
: #EleccionesUruguay: primeros resultados ponen a Tabaréz y Lacalle en segunda vuelta http://t.co/bqIILwiz3d pic.twitter.com/zQrzU0rOdT“
— RRsonando (@RRsonando) octubre 26, 2014
Preliminary results show Tabaré and Lacalle in runoff election.
The runoff election will take place on Sunday, November 30, 2014.
