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 ...

held local government elections on September 27, 2020, to elect the ''

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'' of the 19 departments that are the administrative divisions of Uruguay, as well as 31 councilors; and a mayor and four councilors for each of the municipalities. Across the country, 19 intendants, 589 ediles, 125 mayors and 500 councilors will be elected. This will be the second time that both ''intendentes'' and ''alcaldes'' are elected simultaneously. Initially, the election was to be held on May 10, however, in March 2020 all the political parties that made up the

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, the

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and Vice President

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, in a joint decision, agreed to postpone for the only time for Sunday, September 27, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Election by department

In the municipal elections of May 2015, the ''Partido Nacional'' had won 12 departments, the ''Partido Colorado'' 1 departments, and the ''Frente Amplio'' 6 departments.

Artigas

Canelones

Cerro Largo

Colonia

Durazno

Flores

Florida

Lavalleja

Maldonado

Montevideo

Paysandú

Río Negro

Rivera

Rocha

Salto

San José

Soriano

Tacuarembó

Treinta y Tres

References

External links

* {{Uruguayan elections Local and municipal elections in Uruguay

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September 2020 events in South America