Uruguay’s presidential front-runners to face off in second round of voting

Alvaro Delgado, presidential candidate for the ruling National Party, right, and Andres Ojeda, Colorado Party presidential candidate, wave to supporters after general elections polls closed (AP/Matilde Campodonico)

The leading contenders in Uruguay’s presidential election said voters in the small South American nation had sent the race to a run-off in November.

An early count of the general elections showed Uruguay’s moderate leftist alliance leading over the conservative governing coalition with more than 60% ballots tallied.