By Lucinda Elliott and Sarah Morland MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 99% of votes tallied,

Mr. Delgado’s concession signaled an end to the short stint of the right-leaning government in Uruguay that in 2020, when President Luis Lacalle Pou took office, ended 15 years of government by the Broad Front. During that period, the Broad Front oversaw the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and the sale of marijuana.

A former history teacher, folk dancer, and two-time mayor, the 57-year-old Orsi is widely regarded as the political heir of José Mujica, Uruguay’s former president and ex-guerrilla leader.

The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat on Sunday after a tight

Uruguay elected Yamandu Orsi of the left-wing opposition party to become the nation’s next president in a runoff vote Sunday, joining an anti-incumbent trend in the Americas as voters’ worries about inequality and crime spurred change.

Voting stations in Uruguay closed on Sunday in a second-round presidential election race between moderates, that pollsters predict will be closely fought when final results are tallied. The runoff election in South America's laid-back Uruguay,

Uruguayans on Sunday voted in the second round of the country's presidential election, with the conservative governing party and a left-leaning coalition locked in a close runoff following level-headed campaigns widely seen as emblematic of the country's strong democracy.

Uruguay is on the cusp of becoming the latest country to oust an incumbent party this year, with violent crime and an economic recovery that has left many behind bolstering the hopes of the leftist opposition candidate in Sunday’s presidential election.

Uruguay's presidential hopefuls voted on Sunday in the second round of the nation's presidential election, with the conservative governing party and the left-leaning coalition locked in a close runoff following level-headed campaigns widely seen as emblematic of the country’s strong democracy.