The first data are expected around midnight, within the framework of internal elections with low participation.
After a long day of internal elections, where there was a lot of movement in the streets but little in the circuits, at 7:30 p.m. the polls closed throughout the country and a count which is anticipated to be extensive, with the first results which will be known around midnight.
After a day where the pre-candidates of the political parties They called to go to the polls and in which there were even some chicanes, the participation was below what the leaders expected and, without the poll forecasts of ballot box mouth, The first data is expected around 11:30 p.m.
Some 2,766,323 Uruguayans were authorized to vote in this instance, which had more than 7,000 circuits that were enabled by the Electoral Court to vote between 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Since it was not mandatory, a participation of less than 40% was expected and this seems to be confirmed with the data from 6:00 p.m., 90 minutes before closing, which indicated a participation of 33% of the register.
The debate over formulas
Although the internal National Party seemed defined in favor of Alvaro Delgado, It will be important to know the level of difference with its rivals, mainly Laura Raffo and Jorge Gandini, to then define the formula for October, for which there are plenty of candidates.
In it Broad Front, an open vote was anticipated between Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse, But the formula is already set, according to the opposition. Whoever loses the primary will support whoever wins.
Instead, there are different positions in the Colorado Party. It is an internal one with multiple options where Andres Ojeda The candidate seemed to be in the lead, but we will not know until the results are known. Regarding the possible vice presidency, there was no consensus and everything seems to indicate that the formula will not be announced tonight, despite the fact that this is what some sectors in the internal race want.
Source: Ambito
