Presidential

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were held in

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on 1 June 2014 in order to nominate the presidential candidate for every

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.Reglamentación de las elecciones internas de los partidos políticos

Overview

According to the opinion polls,
the political landscape remained stable, due to the fact that most serious candidates had already run on the previous election. In the ruling coalition Broad Front, former president Tabare Vazquez who had left office in 2010 with approval ratings above 60%, was challenged by senator Constanza Moreira. The major surprise was the rise of representative

Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou (; ''Luis Lacalle'' locally or ; born 10 August 1973) is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer serving as President of Uruguay since 1 March 2020. Son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle, Lacalle ...

from the conservative faction of the National Party, and his narrow victory over the more liberal former presidential candidate and senator

Jorge Larrañaga Jorge Washington Larrañaga Fraga (8 August 1956 – 22 May 2021) was an Uruguayan politician of the National Party (PN) who was Minister of the Interior from 1 March 2020 until his death. He also previously served as Intendant of Paysandú ...

: * Broad Front: this party has a long tradition of single candidacies since 1971, with just a few exceptions. Finally, in November 2013, the Congress of the Broad Front announced two candidacies: **former President

Tabaré Vázquez Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (; ''Vázquez Rosas'' locally ; 17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician who served as the 41st president of Uruguay from 2015 to 2020. He previously served from 2005 to 2010 as the 39th presiden ...

(winner) **senator Constanza Moreira * National Party: the primary election within the National Party was a close contest, garnering most of the attention: **representative

, son of former president

Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera, GCMG (; ''Lacalle'' locally or ; born 13 July 1941), is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995. Background His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, ...

(winner) **senator

** Álvaro GermanoTwo more candidates ready to fight
(in Spanish). ** Alfredo OliúHasta donde nos lleve la gente
(in Spanish). * Colorado Party: **senator

Pedro Bordaberry Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herrán (born 28 April 1960) is a Uruguayan attorney, lecturer and politician, who served as a Senator of the Republic from 2010 to 2020, as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2003 to 2005, and as Minister of Industry, Ene ...

(winner) **senator

José Amorín Batlle José Gerardo Amorín Batlle (born 9 November 1954 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan lawyer and politician who has served as Minister of Education and Culture (2004–2005), representative (2005–2010) and senator (since 2010). Biography Amor ...

**former senator Manuel Flores Silva * Independent Party: **former representative

Pablo Mieres Pablo Andrés Mieres Gómez (born 30 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan lawyer, sociologist, professor and politician of the Independent Party (PI), serving as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Uruguay, since March 1, 2020. Politi ...

;Smaller parties: Many other smaller parties, most of them newly created, also took part in the elections and put forward presidential condidates: * Popular Unity:

Gonzalo Abella Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also * Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguation) * ...

* Unión para el Cambio: Marcelo Fuentes * Partido de la Concertación: José Luis Vega * Workers' Party: Rafael Fernández *

Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente The Ecologist Radical Intransigent Party ( es, Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente, acronym PERI) is a Uruguayan green party established in 2013. It participated in 2014 and 2019 primaries and general elections, obtaining in 2019 for the fir ...

: César Vega * Unidos por Nuestras Riquezas Naturales: Beatriz Banchero

References

External links

Electoral Process in Uruguay 2014-2015

Electoral Court of Uruguay The Electoral Court of Uruguay ( es, Corte Electoral de Uruguay) is the autonomous body which oversees the implementation of electioneering process, such as elections, referendums on laws and constitutional plebiscites in the Oriental Republic of ...

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