In razor-tight Uruguay election, fringe votes could tip the balance


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  • Friday, 22 Nov 2024

Gustavo Salle, a lawyer and recently elected congressman, speaks to Reuters during an interview in Montevideo, Uruguay November 8, 2024. REUTERS/ Mariana Greif

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguayans will be choosing between two centrist candidates for their next president on Sunday, but the closely fought run-off could be decided by voters who went for an anti-vax radical and other fringe candidates in the first round.

Final opinion polls ahead of the ballot suggest there are just 25,000 votes between the two candidates, opposition center-left mayor Yamandu Orsi and conservative ruling coalition candidate Alvaro Delgado.

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