According to a preliminary exit poll after the election in Uruguay, leftist Broad Front [1] candidate Tabaré Vásquez [2] received between 44 and 46 percent of the votes, while Luis Lacalle Pou [3] from the National Party [4] has between 31 and 34 percent. Uruguay's local media shared very similar data from three pollsters, Factum [5], Equipos [6] and Cifra [7].
Twitter users offered updates on the country's elections, with some mentioning the results in Brazil [8]‘s recent presidential election:
#eleccionesuruguay [9]. Resultados favorables para @Frente_Amplio [10]. Habrá segunda vuelta y Dilma gana #EleccionesBrasil [11] pic.twitter.com/zJuGL2rvcz [12]
— Termitas y Elefantes (@termitaelefante) octubre 27, 2014 [13]
Favorable results for Broad Front. There will be runoff and Dilma wins (in Brazil).
: #EleccionesUruguay [14]: primeros resultados ponen a Tabaréz y Lacalle en segunda vuelta http://t.co/bqIILwiz3d [15] pic.twitter.com/zQrzU0rOdT [16]“
— RRsonando (@RRsonando) octubre 26, 2014 [17]
Preliminary results show Tabaré and Lacalle in runoff election.
The runoff election [18] will take place on Sunday, November 30, 2014.