2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries

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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		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]

	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:

Senator Jorge Larrañaga
Intendant of Maldonado Enrique Antía
Businessman Juan Sartori
Senator Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou
Deputy Representative Carlos Iafigliola^[6]

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]

Senator José Amorín Batlle
Pedro Etchegaray
Edgardo Martínez Zimarioff
Former President of the Republic Julio María Sanguinetti
Economist Ernesto Talvi

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]

Bibliography

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

References

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