Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi from the Broad Front coalition wins Uruguay's presidential election in a second-round run-off vote against Alvaro Delgado of the National Party on Sunday. His triumph marks a return to power for the Broad Front coalition after five years of a conservative government.

Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.