Uruguay holds runoff election to elect next president

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Around 2.7 million Uruguayans will participate this Sunday in the second round of elections to choose between the candidate Yamandú Orsi of the Frente Amplio (FA) and the ruling Álvaro Delgado of the Partido Nacional and the political forces that make up the so-called Republican Coalition, the successor of the current president Luis Lacalle Pou. teleSUR

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00:00Polling stations in Uruguay open Sunday at 8 a.m. local time for the second round of the presidential elections

00:077,225 voting centers set up in the South American nation will remain open until 7 30 p.m

00:12And two hours later pollsters are expected to deliver their first projections more than 2.7 million

00:18Uruguayans eligible to vote will choose between ruling party candidate Alvaro Delgado and that of the opposition blood front Yamandu

00:25Orsi

00:27Establishing the national constitution voting is mandatory and those failing to participate are subjected to fines

00:32The winning candidate will only need a simple majority to become the new president of the country

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