Ruling party candidate Jose "Pepe" Mujica got far more votes than his leading rival in Uruguay's presidential race on Sunday but exit polls suggest he failed to get the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff election in November.
The exit polls suggest Mujica got about 48 per cent of the votes and former president Luis Alberto LaCalle about 30 per cent.
Mujica is a former guerrilla and socialist, while Lacalle is a free-marketeer who wants to cut government and taxes and distance his nation from Latin American leftists.
Uruguay to vote again
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