º The candidate of Wide Front (FA), Yamandu Orsi, became the next president after defeating the runoff 2024 to his adversary National Party (PN), Alvaro Delgado, who came out to recognize his defeat in the face of militancy.
Orsi was already congratulated by the current president, Luis Lacalle Pou, within the framework of a transition that will begin in the coming days and is expected to be orderly, beyond some crossovers between the two in the electoral campaign.
Orsi intends to be “the president of the national dialogue”
When delivering his victory speech to the militancy, Orsi assured that “the country of freedom and equality”, while proposing that “no one be left behind economically, socially and politically”.
Regarding his leadership style, the newly elected president noted: “I am going to be the president who calls the meeting again and again. national dialogue to find the best solutions.
“I am going to be the president who builds a more integrated society, a more integrated country, where despite the differences no one can be left behind,” he insisted.
The recognition of Lacalle Pou and Delgado
After learning of the irreversible trend that consecrated Orsi, both Lacalle Pou and Delgado recognized the victory of their adversary. The president confirmed through his X account that he called him to congratulate him and said he would be “at your command” for the future to “start the transition as soon as you understand it pertinent.”
In turn, the white candidate recognized his rival’s victory. “Without a guilt complex, but with sadness, we can congratulate the person who won and do it with sincerity and from the heart, with detachment and with a very republican sense,” he expressed when endorsing Orsi’s victory at the polls.
Thinking about what’s coming, former Secretary of the Presidency He warned: “Elections are won and lost, it is one thing to lose elections and another to be defeated. We are not defeated!”
The figures of a resounding victory
The victory of the MPP leader was validated by data from the Electoral Court, but first it was announced by all the pollsters who exhibited their own samples and ratified an irreversible trend in favor of Orsi.
In the case of Consulting Teams, The projection was 49% for the Broad Front and 46% for the ruling party, while the difference in Figure, which predicted 49.5% against 45.9%. Meanwhile, Consultants Option It reflected a support of 49.2% compared to 46.3% for the white applicant.
Regarding the data from the Electoral Court, with 94.44% of the votes counted, Orsi accumulated 1,123,420 votes, against 1,042,001 of Slimin the data upload reported by the Electoral Court.
Likewise, of a total of 2,296,491 votes cast, 36,243 were blank, while 60,622 envelopes were completely annulled, with 34,205 votes observed at the country level.
Source: Ambito
