The Socialist Party of Uruguay ( es, Partido Socialista del Uruguay) 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 ...

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political party.

History

The party was founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr

Emilio Frugoni Emilio Frugoni Queirolo (March 30, 1880 – August 28, 1969) was a Uruguayan socialist politician, lawyer, poet, essayist, and journalist. He founded the Socialist Party of Uruguay (PS) in 1910 and was its first general secretary, as well as its f ...

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 Its central organ was the newspaper '' Germinal'', later superseded by ''El Sol''.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

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between 1932 and 1940. In 1951 it joined the

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations. ...

, 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

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. In 1971, the party was one of the founding members of the Broad Front, a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

coalition than won the 2004 election, 2009 election and 2014 election, also electing one of its affiliates, Tabaré Vasquez, 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 An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

. Martinez arrived first at the first turn, but was defeated in the run-off by

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 ...

of the National Party (also endorsed by Colorado Party and

Open Cabildo The open cabildo (Spanish: ''cabildo abierto'') is a traditional Hispanic American political action for convening citizens to make important decisions. It is comparable to the North American town hall meeting. History Colonial period The open c ...

). 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

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, while remaining the largest party in the General Assembly.

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 two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resul ...

, the results of which are displayed below.

References

External links

Official webpage (in Spanish)
1910 establishments in Uruguay Anti-imperialist organizations Broad Front (Uruguay) Democratic socialist parties in South America Former member parties of the Socialist International Members of the Labour and Socialist International Political parties established in 1910 Political party factions in Uruguay Progressive Alliance Progressive parties Social democratic parties in Uruguay Socialism in Uruguay {{Uruguay-party-stub