General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 October 2009 alongside a two-part referendum. As no candidate for president received more than 50% of the vote, a second round was held on 29 November between the top two candidates, José Mujica of the ruling Broad Front (who received 48% of the vote) and Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party (29%). Mujica won the run-off with 55% of the vote.
In the parliamentary elections, the Broad Front retained its majorities in both chambers, winning 16 of the 30 seats in the senators and 50 of the 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The National Party finished second with 9 senators and 30 deputies, the Colorado Party third with 5 Senators and 17 Deputies, and the Independent Party fourth with 2 deputies.[1]
Analysts indicated that Mujica won largely because of the popularity of the Broad Front and incumbent President Tabaré Vázquez's pro-business policies that had strengthened the country's economy.[3] After taking office in 2005, Vazquez cut the unemployment rate from 12.3 to 7.3 percent, encouraged trade and foreign investment, increased wages and social spending, and boosted the central bank reserves and the country's credit rating.[4]
The Broad Front retained a majority in parliament with 15 senators (plus Danilo Astori, later elected vice-president and thus president of the General Assembly) out of a total of 30 and 50 deputies out of a total of 99. The National Party came in second with 9 senators and 30 deputies. Both parties lost votes and legislative seats in comparison with 2004. The historically dominant Colorado made gains and increased its representation to 5 senators and 17 deputies. Finally, the Independent Party did not achieve its main goal of winning a seat in the Senate, but obtained 2 seats in the lower chamber.
Pedro Bordaberry led the Colorado Party to a notable electoral recovery, practically doubling its votes cast in 2004. The Independent Party, with candidates Pablo Mieres and Iván Posada, gained an additional seat in the Chamber of Deputies. Popular Assembly, a small, new extreme left party, did not win much support.
^Parties which gained no parliamentary representation: Popular Assembly.
Referencesedit
^"Uruguayan ruling coalition retains majority in next Parliament — MercoPress". En.mercopress.com. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
^Reglamentación de las elecciones internas de los partidos políticos (in Spanish)
^Farrell, Jeff (30 November 2009). "In Uruguay, former guerrilla wins by moving away from Chávez". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
^Orihuela, Rodrigo (November 30, 2009). "Former Uruguay Rebel Mujica Wins Presidency on Runoff". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
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General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 October 2009 alongside a two part referendum As no candidate for president received more than 50 of the vote a second round was held on 29 November between the top two candidates Jose Mujica of the ruling Broad Front who received 48 of the vote and Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party 29 Mujica won the run off with 55 of the vote 2009 Uruguayan general election 20042014 Presidential election25 October 2009 first round 29 November 2009 second round Nominee Jose Mujica Luis Alberto LacalleParty Broad Front National PartyRunning mate Danilo Astori Jorge LarranagaPopular vote 1 197 638 994 510Percentage 54 63 45 37 President before electionTabare VazquezBroad Front Elected President Jose MujicaBroad FrontParliamentary electionParty Leader Seats ChamberBroad Front Jose Mujica 49 34 50 2National Party Luis Alberto Lacalle 29 90 30 6Colorado Party Pedro Bordaberry 17 51 17 7Independent Party Pablo Mieres 2 56 2 1SenateBroad Front Jose Mujica 49 34 16 0National Party Luis Alberto Lacalle 29 90 9 2Colorado Party Pedro Bordaberry 17 51 5 2MapsPresidential election first round resultsPresidential election second round resultsParliamentary election results by constituencyIn the parliamentary elections the Broad Front retained its majorities in both chambers winning 16 of the 30 seats in the senators and 50 of the 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies The National Party finished second with 9 senators and 30 deputies the Colorado Party third with 5 Senators and 17 Deputies and the Independent Party fourth with 2 deputies 1 Contents 1 Primaries 2 Presidential candidates 3 Results 3 1 By department 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksPrimaries editThe presidential primary elections were held on 28 June 2009 to nominate a candidate for each party 2 Jose Mujica became the Broad Front s candidate winning over Danilo Astori and Marcos Carambula The National Party chose Luis Alberto Lacalle over Jorge Larranaga and Irineu Riet Correa Pedro Bordaberry won the Colorado Party candidacy beating out Jose Amorin Luis Antonio Hierro Lopez and Daniel Lamas Pablo Mieres Independent Party and Raul Rodriguez Popular Assembly ran unopposed Not all contenders were members of the party they sought to represent citation needed Presidential candidates editPresidential primaries were held on 28 June to select the candidates Party Candidate Ideology Previous resultVotes SeatsBroad Front nbsp Jose Mujica Democratic socialism Social democracy 50 45 52 9916 30National Party nbsp Luis Alberto Lacalle Conservatism Christian democracy 34 30 36 9911 30Colorado Party nbsp Pedro Bordaberry Liberalism 10 36 10 993 30Independent Party nbsp Pablo Mieres Social democracy Christian democracy 1 84 1 990 30Popular Assembly nbsp Raul Rodriguez Marxism Did not contestResults editAnalysts indicated that Mujica won largely because of the popularity of the Broad Front and incumbent President Tabare Vazquez s pro business policies that had strengthened the country s economy 3 After taking office in 2005 Vazquez cut the unemployment rate from 12 3 to 7 3 percent encouraged trade and foreign investment increased wages and social spending and boosted the central bank reserves and the country s credit rating 4 The Broad Front retained a majority in parliament with 15 senators plus Danilo Astori later elected vice president and thus president of the General Assembly out of a total of 30 and 50 deputies out of a total of 99 The National Party came in second with 9 senators and 30 deputies Both parties lost votes and legislative seats in comparison with 2004 The historically dominant Colorado made gains and increased its representation to 5 senators and 17 deputies Finally the Independent Party did not achieve its main goal of winning a seat in the Senate but obtained 2 seats in the lower chamber Pedro Bordaberry led the Colorado Party to a notable electoral recovery practically doubling its votes cast in 2004 The Independent Party with candidates Pablo Mieres and Ivan Posada gained an additional seat in the Chamber of Deputies Popular Assembly a small new extreme left party did not win much support nbsp nbsp PartyPresidential candidateFirst roundSecond roundSeatsVotes Votes Chamber Senate Broad FrontJose Mujica1 105 26249 341 197 63854 6350 2160National PartyLuis Alberto Lacalle669 94229 90994 51045 3730 69 2Colorado PartyPedro Bordaberry392 30717 5117 75 2Independent PartyPablo Mieres57 3602 562 100Popular AssemblyRaul Rodriguez15 4280 690New0NewTotal2 240 299100 002 192 148100 00990300Valid votes2 240 29997 212 192 14895 90Invalid blank votes64 3872 7993 8104 10Total votes2 304 686100 002 285 958100 00Registered voters turnout2 563 25089 912 563 25089 18Source Corte ElectoralBy department edit First round Constituency Broad Front National Party Colorado Party Independent Party Others a Valid votes Invalid votesVotes D Votes D Votes D Votes D Votes Votes Votes Artigas 19 362 36 9 1 21 464 40 9 1 9 801 18 7 0 422 0 80 0 113 0 22 51 162 97 6 1 266 2 4Canelones 166 185 51 0 8 91 412 28 1 4 46 580 14 3 2 7 888 2 42 0 2 374 0 73 314 439 96 6 11 131 3 4Cerro Largo 24 968 40 1 1 26 508 42 6 1 8 489 13 6 0 609 0 98 0 162 0 26 60 736 97 6 1 490 2 4Colonia 35 369 38 4 1 32 720 35 5 1 19 221 20 9 1 2 134 2 32 1 216 0 23 89 660 97 4 2 418 2 6Durazno 14 870 34 7 1 17 819 41 6 1 8 019 18 7 0 876 2 05 0 121 0 28 41 705 97 4 1 131 2 6Flores 6 146 30 9 1 8 815 44 3 1 4 162 20 9 0 243 1 22 0 73 0 37 19 439 97 8 439 2 2Florida 19 750 38 4 1 18 604 36 2 1 10 459 20 3 0 1 147 2 23 0 227 0 44 50 187 97 6 1 225 2 4Lavalleja 14 411 30 8 1 19 522 41 7 1 10 488 22 4 0 1 040 2 22 0 128 0 27 45 589 97 3 1 275 2 7Maldonado 44 580 40 9 2 34 409 31 6 1 23 231 21 3 1 3 145 2 88 0 318 0 29 105 683 96 9 3 353 3 1Montevideo 522 205 56 2 24 202 210 21 8 9 138 987 15 0 7 31 238 3 36 1 9 687 1 04 904 327 97 3 24 997 2 7Paysandu 37 056 45 6 1 28 451 35 0 1 11 677 14 4 1 1 456 1 79 0 286 0 35 78 926 97 2 2 299 2 8Rio Negro 15 480 40 5 1 11 604 30 4 1 9 447 24 7 0 612 1 60 0 96 0 25 37 239 97 5 942 2 5Rivera 24 974 33 9 1 25 976 35 2 1 20 002 27 1 1 724 0 98 0 144 0 20 71 820 97 5 1 873 2 5Rocha 22 123 41 4 1 18 067 33 8 1 10 305 19 3 0 879 1 64 0 281 0 53 51 655 96 6 1 819 3 4Salto 39 982 46 3 1 23 344 27 0 1 19 445 22 5 2 1 243 1 44 0 216 0 25 84 230 97 5 2 202 2 5San Jose 30 783 42 8 1 25 305 35 2 1 11 860 16 5 1 1 378 1 92 0 439 0 61 69 765 97 0 2 189 3 0Soriano 27 595 43 7 1 19 098 30 3 1 13 530 21 4 0 893 1 41 0 260 0 41 61 376 97 2 1 741 2 8Tacuarembo 25 312 37 2 1 28 605 42 1 1 11 251 16 6 1 964 1 42 0 175 0 26 66 307 97 6 1 659 2 4Treinta y Tres 14 111 38 1 1 16 009 43 3 1 5 353 14 5 0 469 1 27 0 112 0 30 36 054 97 5 938 2 5Total 1 105 262 47 96 50 669 942 29 07 30 392 307 17 02 17 57 360 2 49 2 15 428 0 67 2 240 299 97 21 64 387 2 79Source Corte ElectoralSecond round Constituency Broad Front National Party Valid votes Invalid votesVotes Votes Votes Artigas 21 823 42 5 28 133 54 8 49 956 97 3 1 411 2 7Canelones 180 138 55 7 130 099 40 2 310 237 95 9 13 288 4 1Cerro Largo 28 190 45 9 31 147 50 7 59 337 96 6 2 092 3 4Colonia 39 763 43 5 47 993 52 5 87 756 96 1 3 595 3 9Durazno 17 160 40 6 23 581 55 7 40 741 96 3 1 558 3 7Flores 7 477 38 1 11 253 57 3 18 730 95 4 893 4 6Florida 22 196 43 5 26 612 52 2 48 808 95 7 2 209 4 3Lavalleja 16 664 35 8 27 928 60 0 44 592 95 8 1 945 4 2Maldonado 50 314 46 4 53 110 48 9 103 424 95 3 5 103 4 7Montevideo 552 578 59 8 332 232 35 9 884 810 95 7 39 451 4 3Paysandu 39 123 48 9 37 865 47 3 76 988 96 2 3 018 3 8Rio Negro 17 263 45 8 18 899 50 2 36 162 96 0 1 522 4 0Rivera 29 677 41 0 39 930 55 2 69 607 96 2 2 764 3 8Rocha 24 107 45 5 26 252 49 5 50 359 95 0 2 640 5 0Salto 44 375 52 0 37 944 44 5 82 319 96 5 2 985 3 5San Jose 33 644 47 1 34 866 48 8 68 510 95 9 2 953 4 1Soriano 30 521 48 9 29 164 46 7 59 685 95 5 2 784 4 5Tacuarembo 27 191 40 5 37 627 56 1 64 818 96 6 2 298 3 4Treinta y Tres 15 434 42 2 19 875 54 3 35 309 96 4 1 301 3 6Total 1 197 638 52 39 994 510 43 51 2 192 148 95 9 93 810 4 10Source Corte ElectoralNotes edit Parties which gained no parliamentary representation Popular Assembly References edit Uruguayan ruling coalition retains majority in next Parliament MercoPress En mercopress com 2009 10 27 Retrieved 2012 11 08 Reglamentacion de las elecciones internas de los partidos politicos in Spanish Farrell Jeff 30 November 2009 In Uruguay former guerrilla wins by moving away from Chavez The Christian Science Monitor Retrieved 1 December 2009 Orihuela Rodrigo November 30 2009 Former Uruguay Rebel Mujica Wins Presidency on Runoff Bloomberg Retrieved 1 December 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2009 Uruguayan presidential election Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 Uruguayan general election amp oldid 1182324049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
