Yamandu Orsi won the presidential election in Uruguay with almost 50% of the vote. This means the country's return to center-left leadership after five years of right-wing conservative rule.

In the presidential election in Uruguay, center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi won a landslide victory, receiving almost 50% of the vote after 97% of the ballots were counted. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.

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His rival, right-wing conservative candidate Alvaro Delgado, is losing to Orsi with almost 46% of support. Delgado has already conceded defeat and congratulated Orsi on his victory.

Orsay's victory means Uruguay's return to center-left leadership after five years of governments from the center-right and conservative parties.

Uruguay, which is one of the most stable democracies in Latin America, continues to enforce compulsory voting for its 3.4 million citizens.

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