The center-right candidate, Álvaro Delgado, granted the presidential election in Uruguay to the center-left rival Yamandu Orsi and conceded defeat in the second round this Sunday (24).
Delgado congratulated Orsi after projections from the main exit polls pointed to him as second round winner of the elections in Uruguay.
“Above all, it is necessary to respect the sovereign decision,” said Delgado in a public message, accompanied by people from his party and partners from other parties who supported his candidacy.
“Today the people, the Uruguayans, defined who will hold the Presidency of the Republic and I want to send them from here (…) a big hug and greetings to Yamandú Orsi and the Frente Amplio”, he added.
“It’s one thing to lose elections and another to be defeated. We are not defeated”, said Delgado when addressing his supporters. “Today we can congratulate those who won, those who had preference and do so sincerely”, he stated.
Delgado said that Orsi now has “the key, the possibility of seeking and finding national agreements” and stressed that the sum of the parties that united in his candidacy “is here to stay”.
Voting for the second round of Uruguay’s presidential elections ended at 7:30 pm, Brasília time, this Sunday (24). The counting of votes has already started, but the Electoral Court of Uruguay has still did not publish the official results of the vote count.
This Sunday, 89.4% of the eligible population voted, said the Minister of the Electoral Court, Ana Lía Piñeyrua, at around 8 pm local time, half an hour after the voting booths closed.
“We are within the historic percentage, we always vote around 90%”, he stated, despite participation in the elections being mandatory.
The next president will govern Uruguay from 2025 to 2030. The inauguration will be on March 1, 2020.
With information from Reuters.
This content was originally published in Election in Uruguay: Center-right candidate, Delgado, admits defeat on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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