Uruguay's left returns to presidency as govt vows friendly transition

Election workers prepare voting materials for Sunday's presidential run-off election, in Montevideo, Uruguay November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Mariana Greif

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, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought.

Yamandu Orsi, the pre-election favorite by a few points, secured a small but comfortable margin of 49.81% of the vote to conservative Alvaro Delgado's 45.90%, official results showed.