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Socialist Party of Uruguay Partido Socialista del Uruguay | |
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Secretary-General | Gonzalo Civila |
Founder | Emilio Frugoni |
Founded | December 12, 1910 |
Headquarters | Soriano 1218, Montevideo, Uruguay |
Youth wing | Socialist Youth of Uruguay |
Ideology | Socialism of the 21st century Social democracy [1] Democratic socialism Progressivism Anti-imperialism |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation | Broad Front |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
Colors | Green |
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www.ps.org.uy | |
The Socialist Party of Uruguay (Spanish : Partido Socialista del Uruguay) is a socialist political party in Uruguay. Founded in 1910, it is part of the Broad Front political coalition and the Progressive Alliance. [2]
The party was founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, a prominent advocate of socialist ideas in Uruguay. Its central organ was the newspaper Germinal , later superseded by El Sol.
The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1932 and 1940. [3] In 1951 it joined the Socialist International, which it later left in 1960, and rejoined it in 1999. In 2017 the party once again withdrew from the Socialist International and joined the Progressive Alliance. [4]
In 1971, the party was one of the founding members of the Broad Front, a left-wing coalition than won the 2004 election, 2009 election and 2014 election, also electing one of its affiliates, Tabaré Vázquez, as president.
It is currently led by Gonzalo Civila.
The Broad Front supported Daniel Martinez, a member of Socialist Party of Uruguay, for the 2019 general election. Martinez arrived first at the first turn, but was defeated in the run-off by Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou of the National Party (also endorsed by Colorado Party and Open Cabildo). For the first time in 15 years, the Broad Front was defeated at the polls. The party also lost its majority and in the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, while remaining the largest party in the General Assembly. [5]
Due to its membership in the Broad Front, the party has endorsed the candidates of other parties on several occasions. Presidential elections in Uruguay are held using a two-round system, the results of which are displayed below.
Election | Party candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
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1989 | Liber Seregni | Danilo Astori | 418,403 | 20.35% | Lost![]() | ||
1994 | Tabaré Vázquez | Rodolfo Nin Novoa | 621,226 | 30.6% | Lost![]() | ||
1999 | 861,202 | 40.1% | 982,049 | 45.9% | Lost![]() | ||
2004 | 1,124,761 | 51.7% | Elected![]() | ||||
2009 | José Mujica | Danilo Astori | 1,105,262 | 47.96% | 1,197,638 | 54.63% | Elected![]() |
2014 | Tabaré Vázquez | Raúl Sendic | 1,134,187 | 47.81% | 1,226,105 | 53.48% | Elected![]() |
2019 | Daniel Martínez | Graciela Villar | 949,376 | 40.49% | 1,152,271 | 49.21% | Lost![]() |
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