Socialist Party of Uruguay

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Socialist Party of Uruguay
Partido Socialista del Uruguay
Secretary-General Gonzalo Civila
Founder Emilio Frugoni
FoundedDecember 12, 1910;113 years ago (1910-12-12)
HeadquartersSoriano 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
Website
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]

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History

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 Its central organ was the newspaper Germinal , later superseded by El Sol.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]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

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.

ElectionParty candidateRunning mateVotes%Votes%Result
First RoundSecond Round
1989 Liber Seregni Danilo Astori 418,40320.35%LostRed x.svg
1994 Tabaré Vázquez Rodolfo Nin Novoa 621,22630.6%LostRed x.svg
1999 861,20240.1%982,04945.9%LostRed x.svg
2004 1,124,76151.7%ElectedGreen check.svg
2009 José Mujica Danilo Astori 1,105,26247.96%1,197,63854.63%ElectedGreen check.svg
2014 Tabaré Vázquez Raúl Sendic 1,134,18747.81%1,226,10553.48%ElectedGreen check.svg
2019 Daniel Martínez Graciela Villar949,37640.49%1,152,27149.21%LostRed x.svg


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