2010 Uruguayan municipal elections
Background
The Frente Amplio (left-wing) had won with a narrow margin the presidential and parliamentary elections on October 25, 2009, having to face a runoff on November 29. This relatively poor showing was reflected in the municipal elections of 2010.[1]
In the municipal elections of May 2005, the Partido Nacional had won 10 departments, the Partido Colorado only one department, and the Frente Amplio 8 departments, for the very first time. As a result of the municipal elections of 2010, the Partido Nacional won 12 departments, the Frente Amplio 5, and the Partido Colorado 2. The Partido Nacional had a net gain of two departments, the Partido Colorado had a net gain of one department and the Frente Amplio had a net loss of three departments. Many political pundits commented that this was the heaviest loss of the Frente Amplio in all its electoral history.[1][2]
List of winning candidates for intendente
Following is a list of the departments in Uruguay, with the name of the intendente elected, his party affiliation and the faction within the party to which he belongs:
- Montevideo: Ana Olivera (Frente Amplio, Communist Party of Uruguay). Hold for the Frente Amplio.
- Artigas: Patricia Ayala (Frente Amplio, Movimiento de Participación Popular). Pickup for the Frente Amplio from the Partido Nacional.
- Canelones: Marcos Carámbula (Frente Amplio, Alianza Progresista). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Frente Amplio.
- Cerro Largo: Sergio Botana (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Colonia: Walter Zimmer (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Durazno: Benjamín Irazábal (Partido Nacional, Herrerismo). Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Flores: Armando Castaingdebat (Partido Nacional, Herrerismo). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Florida: Carlos Enciso (Partido Nacional, Correntada Wilsonista). Pickup for the Partido Nacional from the Frente Amplio.
- Lavalleja: Adriana Peña(Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Maldonado: Oscar de los Santos (Frente Amplio, Alianza Progresista). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Frente Amplio.
- Paysandú: Bertil Bentos (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Pickup for the Partido Nacional from the Frente Amplio.
- Río Negro: Omar Lafluf (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Rivera: Marne Osorio (Partido Colorado, Foro Batllista). Hold for the Partido Colorado.
- Rocha: Artigas Barrios (Frente Amplio, Socialist Party of Uruguay). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Frente Amplio.
- Salto: Germán Coutinho (Partido Colorado, Vamos Uruguay). Pickup for the Partido Colorado from the Frente Amplio.
- San José: José Luis Falero (Partido Nacional, Herrerismo). Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Soriano: Guillermo Besozzi (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Tacuarembó: Wilson Ezquerra (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Re-elected incumbent. Hold for the Partido Nacional.
- Treinta y Tres: Dardo Sánchez Cal (Partido Nacional, Alianza Nacional). Pickup for the Partido Nacional from the Frente Amplio.
References
- ^ a b Constanza Moreira (2010-08-31). "Alone with numbers". LR21. (in Spanish)
- ^ ""Sectarism" contributed to electoral losses of the Broad Front". EL PAIS. 2010-11-24. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-24. (in Spanish)