Buenos Aires Herald 
Yamandú Orsi, Álvaro Delgado, and Andrés Ojeda emerged victorious in Uruguay’s 2024 presidential primaries and were hailed as the big winners of the night, according to initial results released by the Electoral Court.
The court reported that with 91.5% of the precincts counted, the center-left opposition’s Orsi garnered 59.5% of the votes, leaving behind internal opponents Carolina Cosse with 37.6% and Andrés Lima with 2.9%, consistent with the earlier polls.
“We must dispel the idea that the winner crushes the other,” stated Orsi.
In the National Party, Delgado obtained 74.5% of the party’s vote, significantly ahead of rivals Laura Raffo (19.4%), Jorge Gandini (5.7%), Carlos Iafigliola (0.3%), and Roxana Corbran (0.2%), positioning himself strongly to choose his running mate for the October general elections.
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Regarding the Colorado Party, the data showed that Andrés Ojeda secured 40.2% of the votes. He saw off five rivals, the most competitive of whom was Robert Silva (22.8%).
Current President Luis Lacalle Pou, 50, remains popular but his cabinet has been rocked by accusations of political espionage and corruption. He himself cannot run for immediate re-election.
Lacalle Pou narrowly won the 2019 election by forging a “multicolor coalition” including the centrist Colorado Party which his handpicked successor, Alvaro Delgado, plans to replicate.
The Frente Amplio received the most votes, securing nearly 150,000 more votes than in the 2019 primaries. The National Party, traditionally the party with the most votes in primary elections, received 292,722 votes with less than 9% of the vote count to go — its lowest voter turnout in Uruguayan history. The Colorado Party reached 89,819 votes.
Both results were cause for celebration within the Frente Amplio, particularly in the MPP (Movimiento de Participación Popular), the faction supporting Orsi, which posted a photo of the presidential candidate to its X account with the word “president.”
