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Uruguayans
Start Voting In Run-Off
Election
MONTEVIDEO - Uruguayans
went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new
president between left-wing Jose Mujica and
his rival Luis Lacalle in a run-off
election.
The voting began across the country at 8:00
am (1000 GMT) and was scheduled to end at
7:30 pm (2130 GMT). Preliminary results are
expected shortly after the poll closes.
Some 2.5 million people are eligible to vote
in Sunday's vote.
Mujica, who has pocketed 49 percent of the
votes in the first round of the election in
October, is leading former President Lacalle
six to eight percentage points in recent
polls.
Lacalle of the center-right National Party
garnered 29 percent of votes in the first
round of election.
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