Coalición Multicolor

Multicolor Coalition Multicolor Alliance Coalición Multicolor
Leader	Luis Lacalle Pou
Founded	27 October 2019
Headquarters	Montevideo
Ideology	Christian democracy Liberalism (Uruguayan) Social democracy Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right [1] to right-wing [A] [2] [3]
Senate	17 / 30
Chamber of Representatives	56 / 99
Intendencias	16 / 19
Mayors	93 / 125
Politics of Uruguay Political parties Elections ^  A: The coalition also contains a centrist and a far-right party

Political rally in Colonia del Sacramento.

The Multicolor Coalition is a big tent ^[4] political coalition formed for the ballotage in Uruguay in 2019.

It is led by the Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou ^[5] and is composed of Lacalle's centre-right National Party (PN), the centrist Colorado Party (PC), the far-right Open Cabildo (CA), the centre-left Independent Party (PI), and the right-wing Party of the People (PG). ^{[6] [7]}

This alliance competed in the 2019 general elections against the Broad Front (FA). The Luis Lacalle Pou-Beatriz Argimón ticket was elected President of the Republic and Vice President respectively. ^[8]

History

In May 2019, the former president of Uruguay, Julio María Sanguinetti expressed himself favouring a political alliance to compete with the ruling party in the general elections. According to the statements, the Colorado Party, the National Party and the Independent Party should be included. ^[9]

At the beginning of September 2019, the then candidate for the PN, Luis Lacalle Pou, expressed to Argentine businessmen that in Uruguay an alternation in power was taking place in which there would have to be an agreement between "four or five opposition parties", which he later referred to as "Multicolor Coalition". ^[10] On the night of 27 October, the day the general election was held, after knowing the projections of results, Ernesto Talvi, Guido Manini Ríos and Edgardo Novick announced their support of Lacalle Pou in the second round. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Pablo Mieres said that if certain agreements were reached, his party would support Lacalle Pou, ^[14] which became official a few days later. ^[15] On 5 November, the «Commitment for the Country» was presented, a basic document of programmatic agreement between the different parties that make up the Multicolor Coalition. ^[16]

On 24 November, the election was held, in which Lacalle Pou was victorious against Daniel Martínez (50.79% to 49.21%). ^[17] The adjusted result, regarding what the voting intention polls marked, prevented from officially knowing the winner on the same night of the election, since the difference that resulted from the primary scrutiny was less than the number of votes observed. ^[18]

Presidential election

In the first round held on 27 October, the sum of the votes of the parties that would later take part in the coalition was 1 315 258.29 ^[19] corresponding to 56.09% of the valid votes. In the second round held on 24 November, the Lacalle Pou-Beatriz Argimón formula received 1 189 313 votes, ^[20] in this case corresponding to 50.79% of the valid votes, surpassing the Daniel Martínez-Graciela Villar formula in all departments of the country except for Montevideo and Canelones. ^[21]

Year	Presidential formula				First round		Second round		Notes
	President		Vice President		Votes	%	Votes	%
2019		Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou		Beatriz Argimón	1 315 258	56.09	1 189 313	50.79	In the first round the coalition was not formed (result is sum of the members).

Legislative election

Chamber of Representatives

Year	Votes	%	Seats	Notas
2019			56 / 99	The parliamentary elections are simultaneous to the first round of the presidential elections; the coalition was not formed (result is sum of the members).

Senate

Year	Votes	%	Seats	Notas
2019			17 / 30	The parliamentary elections are simultaneous to the first round of the presidential elections; the coalition was not formed (result is sum of the members).

Members

Party		Political position	President	Leader		Seats
						Senators	Representatives
	National	Centre-right	Beatriz Argimón		Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou	10 / 30	30 / 99
	Colorado	Centre	Julio María Sanguinetti		Ernesto Talvi	4 / 30	13 / 99
	Open Cabildo	Far-right	Guillermo Domenech		Guido Manini Ríos	3 / 30	11 / 99
	Independent	Centre-left	Pablo Mieres		Pablo Mieres	0 / 30	1 / 99
	Party of the People	Right-wing	Edgardo Novick		Edgardo Novick	0 / 30	1 / 99

References

1. Queriolo, Rosario. "¿Qué significa el «giro a la derecha» uruguayo?". Nueva Sociedad. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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3. "Coalición de derechas tratará de detener la continuidad progresista en Uruguay". América Latina en movimiento. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
4. Martínez, Magdalena (29 October 2019). "La derecha uruguaya ensaya una coalición para derrotar al Frente Amplio en segunda vuelta". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
5. Martínez, Magdalena (25 November 2019). "Luis Lacalle Pou, el peso de un apellido". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 26 February 2020.
6. Redacción (28 October 2019). "Uruguay va a segunda vuelta en sus elecciones más disputadas en 15 años: quiénes son Daniel Martínez y Luis Lacalle Pou". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
7. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Los desafíos de Lacalle, el nuevo presidente del país más estable de Latinoamérica | DW | 29 November 2019". DW.COM (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
8. Risso, Elena (28 November 2019). "Quién es Luis Lacalle, el surfista que pone fin a 15 años de gobierno de izquierda en Uruguay". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
9. "Sanguinetti es partidario de formar una coalición "antes" de octubre". Diario La República (in Spanish). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
10. "Lacalle Pou dijo en Salto que aspira a una "coalición multicolor"". Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
11. "Talvi llamó a votar por Lacalle Pou y anunció que hará campaña por el líder blanco". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
12. Observador, El. "Manini Ríos anunció que su partido apoyará a Lacalle Pou en segunda vuelta". El Observador. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
13. ElPais. ""El 24 de noviembre vamos a apoyar a Lacalle Pou", dijo Novick". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
14. "Mieres: "Queremos ver si Lacalle se compromete a una serie de puntos que creemos claves"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
15. "El Partido Independiente oficializó su apoyo a Lacalle Pou". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
16. Observador, El. "Qué dice el documento firmado por la coalición y cuáles fueron los cambios para el acuerdo final". El Observador. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
17. "La Corte anunció que Luis Lacalle Pou ganó por 37.042 votos". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
18. "Corte Electoral: Resultados oficiales de segunda vuelta podrían conocerse el viernes" (in European Spanish). CNN. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
19. "ELECCIONES NACIONALES 2019". eleccionesnacionales.corteelectoral.gub.uy. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
20. "SEGUNDA ELECCION 2019". segundaeleccion2019.corteelectoral.gub.uy. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
21. "¿Cómo votaron Lacalle Pou y Martínez en los departamentos de todo el país?". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2020.