The Digital Party ( es, Partido Digital) is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or po ...

. Founded in 2013 and registered in 2018, they advocate for political transparency and direct engagement of the citizens via social networks and other

e-democracy E-democracy (a combination of the words electronic and democracy), also known as digital democracy or Internet democracy, is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in political and governance processes. The term is believ ...

tools. Other than this, the party has no consistent other ideology, as official policy positions are voted on by party members online. They took part in the

2019 Uruguayan general election General elections were held in Uruguay on Sunday, 27 October 2019 to elect the President and General Assembly. As no presidential candidate received a majority in the first round of voting, a runoff election took place on 24 November. In the 2 ...

, with their leader Daniel Goldman running as their presidential candidate.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

References

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