Montevideo , Uruguay ( CNN ) -- Jose `` Pepe '' Mujica , a former Marxist Tupamaro guerrilla fighter , won Uruguay 's presidential runoff election Sunday , exit polls showed . Exit polls had Mujica defeating former president Luis Alberto Lacalle by a margin of 4 to 8 percentage points . Current Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez confirmed the projection to reporters Sunday evening , and Lacalle conceded in a speech . The streets of the South American country 's capital were filled with Mujica 's supporters , who cheered and honked their horns . Mujica belongs to the same Broad Front Party as Vazquez , who is popular . Both men are considered leftists . Lacalle is considered more conservative . In a victory speech , Mujica said his administration will continue the policies of Vazquez . `` Tomorrow , the commitment continues , '' he said . Mujica , 74 , was imprisoned for 14 years and released in 1985 when democracy was restored to Uruguay after a 17-year dictatorship . He was minister of livestock and agriculture from 2005 to 2008 and is now a senator . Mujica has played down his connection with the Tupamaros , who were defeated in 1973 . In his victory speech Sunday , Mujica called for unity and asked his followers not to offend those who voted for other candidates during the first and second rounds of voting . His administration may make mistakes , but it will never turn its back to the problems facing the country , Mujica said . `` He is the man who talks and dresses austerely , '' analyst Gabriel Pereyra said of Mujica . `` He is the man who communicates and talks the language of the people . '' Analyst Rosario Queirolo describes Mujica as `` a person who somehow lives what he preaches and is an antipolitician in another way . '' `` He does n't very well fit the image of a president we have in Uruguay , '' Queirolo said . Uruguay is one of the smallest countries in South America , about the size of Washington state . But it is also considered one of the most economically developed . Located on South America 's southeastern coast , the country has a population of 3.5 million , 92 percent of whom live in urban areas . CNN en Español 's Dario Klein and CNN 's Arthur Brice contributed to this report .
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. Mujica said to win by margin of 4 to 8 percentage points . Former president Luis Alberto Lacalle concedes in a speech . Mujica belongs to the same Broad Front Party as the current president .