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Tue 10 Oct 2009Ex-guerrilla in run-off after winning 47.5% in Uruguayan presidential poll
URUGUAY’S RULING left-wing alliance narrowly failed to convert widespread popularity into a first- round victory in Sunday’s presidential election, leaving its candidate facing a run-off against his closest challenger next month.
The Frente Amplio (Broad Front) candidate, José Mujica, won 47.5 per cent of the vote, well ahead of the right-wing National Party’s Luis Alberto Lacalle on 28.5 per cent but still shy of the 50 per cent plus one vote necessary to avoid a second round.
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