2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries

Presidential primary elections were held in Uruguay on 30 June 2019 in order to nominate the presidential candidate for every political party.[1]

Broad Front

Background

The Broad Front is the party of incumbent president Tabaré Vázquez, which was unable to seek reelection due to constitutional term limits, so it had to pick a new presidential nominee. This primary was also considered a generation change of the Broad Front, due to the lack of presence of historically dominant names such as Tabaré Vázquez, José Mujica and Danilo Astori.[2][3]

Candidates
Party Candidate Ideology
Socialist Party of Uruguay Daniel Martínez Social democracy
Movement of Popular Participation Carolina Cosse Marxism
Progressivism
Communist Party of Uruguay Oscar Andrade Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Liber Seregni Front Mario Bergara Social democracy
Christian democracy

Results

During non-mandatory primary voting on June 30, 2019 Daniel Martinez, the former Intendant of Montevideo, won his party's endorsement.[4][5]

Party Presidential candidate Votes %
Socialist Party of Uruguay Daniel Martínez 108,943 42.04
Movement of Popular Participation Carolina Cosse 65,914 25.43
Communist Party of Uruguay Oscar Andrade 59,646 23.02
Liber Seregni Front Mario Bergara 24,119 9.31

National Party

The National Party has been the main opposition party since the 2004 election. Its nomination is contested by the following candidates:

During non-mandatory primary voting on June 30, 2019 Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, the son of the former President of Uruguay Luis Alberto Lacalle, won his party's endorsement. Multimillionaire, Juan Sartori, came in a distant second place.[7]

Colorado Party

The Colorado Party nomination is contested by the following candidates:[8]

During non-mandatory primary voting on June 30, 2019 Ernesto Talvi, an economist and relative newcomer to politics, won his party's endorsement by beating the two-time former president Julio María Sanguinetti.[9]

See also

Bibliography
  • Fernández, Nelson (2019). A boca de urna. ¿Quién ganará las elecciones 2019?. Editorial Fin de Siglo. ISBN 9789974499652.

References
  1. Reglamentación de las elecciones internas de los partidos políticos (in Spanish)
  2. "Tribalistas". Brecha (in Spanish). 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  3. "El Espectador 810". espectador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  4. "Uruguay Primary Election Hints at Possible Turn to the Right". Latino Rebels. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  5. ElPais. "Vea todos los resultados de las elecciones internas 2019". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  6. Iafigliola candidate
  7. "Uruguay Primary Election Hints at Possible Turn to the Right". 2 July 2019.
  8. Bordaberry se baja
  9. "Uruguay opposition posts big win in presidential primaries | Reuters". Reuters. July 2019.


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