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Uruguay will be holding local government elections on 11 May, 2025, to elect the intendente and departmental councils of the 19 departments (first-lever administrative divisions of Uruguay) as well as 127 local governments. Across the country, 19 intendants, 589 ediles, 127 mayors and 508 local councilors will be elected. [1]
In the municipal elections of September 2020, the Partido Nacional had won 15 departments, the Partido Colorado 1 departments, and the Frente Amplio 3 departments.
Canelones has been held by the Broad Front coalition since 2005. Yamandú Orsi has been elected President, so other candidates are coming up. Francisco Legnani has already been proposed. [2]
There will be an ad-hoc party, Republican Coalition, made up of politicians from the Blanco, Colorado, Independiente and Cabildo Abierto parties. Martín Lema has already been proposed as candidate. [3]
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Uruguay held departmental and local government elections on September 27, 2020, to elect the intendente of the 19 departments that are the administrative divisions of Uruguay, as well as 31 councilors; and a mayor and four councilors for each of the municipalities. Across the country, 19 intendants, 589 ediles, 125 mayors and 500 councilors were elected. This was be the second time that both intendentes and alcaldes were elected simultaneously.
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