Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a Uruguayan political party that emerged in 1836. Together with the National Party, it is one of the traditional parties of Uruguay.

Founded on November 19, 1836, it is the second oldest party in the country, only 3 months younger than the PN. It is also the party that has governed Uruguay the longest, counting 139 years of national government leadership, albeit interrupted, since its foundation. Its longest continuous period was 94 years, spanning the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the XX, more precisely, between February 20, 1865, with the beginning of the interim term of Venancio Flores, and March 1, the 1959, with the beginning of the first white collegiate of 1959-1963.

Historically it encompassed sectors of very diverse ideologies, such as Batllismo, liberalism, republicanism, Krausism, social democracy, conservatism and pragmatism, adopting positions on the spectrum that goes from the political center to the right politics.

History

Origins and evolution

It has its origins in the confrontations between the leaders of the independence of 1825. In 1836 the supporters of President Manuel Oribe and the group that supports Fructuoso Rivera (president between 1830-1834) clashed. In the battle of Carpintería, the colors of the currencies that later identify each political group arise. The White Party, Oribe's supporters, and the Colorado Party, led by Rivera, which make up a bipartisanship that lasted until the end of the century XX.

From 1865 to 1959, the Colorado Party successively held the Presidency of the Republic. Historically, the colorados represented the interests of the popular urban groups of the city of Montevideo, immigrant groups and the opening to the European. While their historical opponents, the whites, had their base in the rural environment (interior of Uruguay) and the interests of the common people and the landowners.

With the election of José Batlle y Ordóñez in 1903, an avant-garde program of social demands (the social question) and economic demands (development of state companies) began that democratized and guaranteed a certain level of participation of the white opposition and the creation of a welfare state and secular.

As of that date, the factions of the Colorado party organized themselves in opposition (right) or expansion (left) of the ideas of batllismo. This accentuates the process that characterizes the party more as a motto, that is, a grouping of political factions that share the name of the electoral list but that compete through parallel lists in the election of positions. Each submotto (factions or political groups) adds their votes to the national list or motto. Identical process but under different circumstances both whites and the party known as the Broad Front experience.

The Latorre-Santos dynasty

Between 1875 and 1886 the country was governed directly or indirectly by two Colorado soldiers, Latorre, who had a lot of influence on President Varela, and Santos, who also had a lot of influence on President Vidal, who ruled for a few years. Both governments were characterized by the decrease in public debt and the budget for the army, the latter occurred especially in the Latorre government, which was more austere than Santos. Among the positive aspects of both governments were the school reform of José P. Varela and the beginning of the separation of the State from the Catholic Church. There were many complaints of persecution of the opposition, especially the press. Santos won immediate re-election by crafting a complex legal strategy that included the creation of the Flores department. His second period was 177 days. In August 1886 he suffered an attack and had to resign to go to Europe to cure his ailments. Both Latorre and Santos are exiled by law and die abroad.

The Batlle Dynasty

One of the most famous political families of the Colorado Party, the Batlles, have given the country four presidents, one per generation. The first was Lorenzo Batlle, who ruled between 1868 and 1872. He had to face a serious economic crisis that arose in 1868 and the uprising of the nationalist Timoteo Aparicio.

The second was José Batlle y Ordóñez, son of the former, who ruled between 1903 and 1907 and between 1911 and 1915. His social, electoral and economic reforms led Uruguay to be "The Switzerland of America". Among them are the abolition of the death penalty, the divorce law by the sole will of the woman, the removal of crucifixes from public hospitals, the separation of the State and the Catholic Church, the creation of the School for the Blind and the eight hour day.

The third was Luis Batlle Berres, nephew of the former, he was vice president for a few months and then became president when the incumbent died in 1946, he governed until 1950. His period was known as neobatllismo. He was the most influential member of the National Administration Council elected in 1955. He had to face a harsh economic crisis that put an end to the Colorado Party's 93 years in power.

The fourth is Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, son of the previous one, he was a five-time candidate for the presidency, he was the first president elected by ballot, he had to face a severe economic crisis in 2002.

Other members of the Batlle family have been elected senators or representatives. The three brothers César, Lorenzo and Rafael Batlle Pacheco, sons of José Batlle y Ordóñez and cousins of Luis Batlle Berres, with whom they maintained a long political rivalry that manifested itself in the electoral bid between lists 14 and 15, stood out. José Amorin Batlle, Jorge Batlle's nephew, was elected deputy in 2004, senator in 2009, and was a pre-candidate for the presidency of the Republic on list 15, coming in second place with 14% of the vote.

The five-year period 2005-2010

After the results of the 2004 elections, the Colorado Party became the third political group in parliamentary terms after the Broad Front and the National Party, obtaining 10.36% of the vote, the lowest vote of its history.

It has representation in both chambers and 17 of the 19 departmental boards. In the last poll carried out by Equipos Mori in June 2006, the Colorado Party registered a 23% approval rating for its performance as the opposition. According to the Equipos Mori poll of March 2008, Julio María Sanguinetti had a 27% approval rating and Jorge Batlle 18%. According to the Equipos Mori survey of May 2008, Julio María Sanguinetti had a 23% approval rating and Jorge Batlle 15%.

A new group called Vamos Uruguay was created, led by Pedro Bordaberry, which at the end of 2008 reached 58% within the Colorado Party. Within its sector are: Young Alternative (Fernando Amado), Authentic Democracy (Nicolás Ortiz De Lucía), Independent Alternative (Fitzgerald Cantero), among other groups.

On Saturday, May 17, 2008, an assembly of list 15 proclaimed José Amorín Batlle as pre-candidate for the presidency for the Colorado Party. The event was held at the Platense Patín Club, where hundreds of leaders from all over the country met. Amorín disputed the candidacy with the former Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Martín Aguirrezabala, who formed his own movement within list 15, the “Movimiento 15 de Mayo”.

In June 2008, the pre-candidate for Vamos Uruguay, Pedro Bordaberry, presented to the President of the Republic and the Minister of the Interior 50 measures to combat insecurity. Among them, the creation of a map of crimes for the prevention and effectiveness of the police stands out. President Tabaré Vázquez told him that there are several proposals on security that are in the process of being applied by the Ministry of the Interior and others that correspond to parliament. Interior Minister Daisy Tourné rejected the proposal to lower the age of majority for violent crimes.

On July 15, 2008, Luis Hierro López was designated pre-presidential candidate by the Batllista Forum. Hierro had the support of Julio María Sanguinetti and Tabaré Viera, Rivera's mayor. Washington Abdala moved away from the sector, founding his own group & # 34; Podemos Más & # 34;.

On August 5, 2008, the Lower House rejected a proposal to pay homage to former Colorado president Jorge Pacheco Areco. The proposal, promoted by the Colorado Party, received the support of the National Party, totaling 45 votes, which were not enough since the Broad Front voted against it.

On August 20, 2008, the Lower House approved the impeachment of deputy Carlos Signorelli, former mayor of Artigas for the Colorado Party. This was the second violation of a legislator since the return to democracy in 1985 (the first was that of the Frente Amplio legislator José Germán Araújo in 1986). The challenge was approved with 83 votes out of 91 present. The legislators present from the Broad Front, the National Party and the Colorados Washington Abdala (Podemos Más) and Germán Cardoso (Vamos Uruguay) spoke in favor. The remaining 7 Colorado deputies spoke against (excluding Carlos Signorelli himself).

Carlos Signorelli had already had his party rights suspended on December 13, 2006 by the National Executive Committee (CEN), following a report presented by the party's Ethics and Disciplinary Commission. On that occasion, the CEN had assessed that Signorelli had acted in a way that was at odds "with the tradition in the ways of doing politics of the Colorado Party".

Ideas

Originally, the Colorado Party was linked to the Argentine Unitary Party and the Brazilian separatists who created the Republic of Rio Grande do Sul. Unitarism derived from the centralism of the times of independence and the model of the centralized state offered by the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Unitarians were a group made up mostly of the elite, members of the upper class, intellectuals, and the military. The colorados sought the supremacy of Montevideo against the interior of the country, supported by the National Party. In the economic aspect, they defended liberalism, free trade, free navigation of rivers by European ships, the modernization of the financial system through the creation of a bank issuing paper money and the contracting of loans for the execution of works. For this reason, the first Colorados are known as the Uruguayan liberals.

However, at the beginning of the XX century, Batlle y Ordóñez created a new current within the party. For many years Batllismo was opposed by Riverismo, a colorada current contrary to the statist position of Batllismo and which aspired to a party more linked to classical liberalism. Riverismo was also in favor of a one-person Executive Branch "that would really govern" and opposed to the collegiate executive model of Batllismo. Its main leader was Pedro Manini Ríos, who expressed himself through the morning newspaper La Mañana.

The appearance of Batllismo represented a resounding change in the physiognomy of the party. Batllismo draws on various ideological sources from Krausism, republicanism and radicalism. During the last decades, it was very common to make a simplification: "to be colorado is to be a batllista". In fact, Batllismo stained practically the entire party with its preaching and action; If you see the names of the various sectors in electoral acts, the reference to Batlle is common: Batllismo Unido, Unión Colorada y Batllista, Vanguardia Batllista, Corriente Batllista Independiente, Batllismo Radical, Movimiento de Reaffirmación Batllista, etc. The figure of Batlle y Ordóñez is considered a patrimony of the entire party by politicians and adherents of very different positions, by people from the center, from the right and from the left (also outside the Colorado Party). In addition, for decades, it was common to hear it said in Uruguay that "the Colorado Party is the only one qualified to govern", which shows the intense identification that this party had with government action. All this going to the extreme of defending the state secret as an imperative need, contrary to the traditional white idiosyncrasy, characterized by exhibiting public discussions and fights almost as a registered trademark.

News

Currently the Colorado Party is divided on social issues such as abortion, euthanasia, voting by letter, the decriminalization of marijuana and the rights of homosexuals (marriage, civil union, gender identity law and adoption law), which can be observed in the voting on these issues in parliament.

During the 2005-2010 legislature, Julio María Sanguinetti was the only Colorado legislator to vote for the Sexual and Reproductive Health bill (vetoed by the Executive Power) that sought to legalize abortion and for the Law of Commonwealth (in force since 2008). In 2011, the Vamos Uruguay sector approved party discipline to vote against the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy project agreed upon by 49 representatives of the Broad Front and an independent legislator. The only two legislators from Vamos Uruguay who voted against party discipline were the then General Secretary of the Colorado Party, Senator Ope Pasquet, and Deputy Fernando Amado, who, despite being in favor of the project, complied with the resolution, a A year later, in December 2012, all the Colorado deputies present at the time the Equal Marriage Law was voted in favor of it.

Regarding the other reforms carried out by the Broad Front government, the Colorado Party opposed the reintroduction of the personal income tax (IRPF) and began a campaign to collect signatures to promote a constitutional amendment that the personal income tax on retirement and pensions will be rendered null and void. Given that said section of the tax was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Justice, in 2008 the government approved a substitute law that created the Social Security Assistance Tax (IASS). Despite this, the Colorado Party continued with the collection of signatures, since it is against any tax on passivities. Finally, the required signatures were not achieved, since only 40,000 were reached.

In 2007, the "Movimiento Plancha", vote sheet 666, was founded, made up of people who suffered from social exclusion. Its main objective was to fight for the application of laws against employment discrimination and the integration into society of strongly excluded people, such as slum dwellers, homosexuals and Afro-descendants. In the Colorado youth elections held on December 1, 2007, they obtained 348 votes, almost 1% of the votes cast in that election.

In 2011, the Vamos Uruguay sector launched a campaign to collect signatures to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years. In the first two months, 170,000 signatures were collected and various surveys show at least 60% of the population in favor of said measure.

In the years 2010 and 2011, the Broad Front promoted the annulment of the Expiration Law, the position of the Colorado Party being unfavorable to its annulment, with some minorities in favor of its repeal and/or annulment, such as the leader Diego Fau, who supported the collection of signatures that sought to annul the law by constitutional plebiscite, failing by a narrow margin. Diego Fau's position on the issue was the first that achieved media coverage since 1986, when a Colorado deputy, Víctor Vaillant, voted against the approval of said law.

The following table shows the opinion of Colorado voters on various parliamentary proposals presented from 2005 to date.

Proposals for Constitutional Amendment by collecting signatures

Since it was in opposition in 2004, the Colorado Party as a whole or some of its sub-mottos have attempted to bring two constitutional amendment proposals to a vote by collecting signatures (10% of those qualified are required). The first proposal foundered due to lack of signatures and the second will be submitted to a popular vote in October 2014, together with the next presidential elections. The Colorado Party had not promoted a collection of signatures since 1966, when it was in opposition to the last collegiate government presided over by the National Party.

Amendment to Article 67 of the Constitution

In 2007, the Batllista Forum announced the beginning of the collection of signatures to prohibit taxes on passive activities and thus repeal the Tax on Social Security Assistance (I.A.S.S) created by the Broad Front after the Tax on Income was declared unconstitutional income to Individuals in the case of retirement (with contradictory rulings of the Supreme Court after the change of one of its ministers) as well as any other tax. By February 2008, the collection of signatures reached 20,000 just from the members of the Foro Batllista. In August 2008, Sanguinetti criticized the demobilization of the signature collectors after the creation of the Social Security Assistance Tax. In September 2008, Luis Hierro announced that between 30,000 and 45,000 signatures had been collected. Finally, the plebiscite was not held since not enough signatures were collected. The text proposed adding the following to article 67 of the Constitution: "Add to article 67 of the Constitution of the Republic the following paragraph: "Retirements, pensions, withdrawals and passive benefits of a similar nature, may not constitute an event that generates any tax, whatever its nature"

Amendment to Article 43 of the Constitution

In 2009, a commission promoting a constitutional amendment to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years for all crimes presented on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, more than 350,000 signatures (the minimum required to call a popular consultation is about 250,000 signatures), which require verification by the Electoral Court before the call for a plebiscite is approved.

The 350 boxes containing the signatures were presented to the president of the General Assembly, Danilo Astori in parliament.

The proposed reform establishes the protection of crime victims as a priority and aims to lower the age of criminal prosecution of adolescents to 16 years in cases of homicide, serious injury, robbery, extortion, kidnapping and rape, as well as other crimes.

In addition, it seeks to maintain the records of minors who have violated the law when they reach the age of 18, and to create a specialized rehabilitation institute independent of the Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU).

The campaign to collect signatures was organized by the National and Colorado parties (PC, center right) and led by former president (1990-1995) and senator for the National Party (PN) Luis Alberto Lacalle and Colorado senator Pedro Bordaberry.

The so-called "National Commission to Live in Peace-I sign" It was also made up of relatives of crime victims and merchants.

The ruling Broad Front (left), the Independent Party and the National Alliance sector of the National Party demonstrated against the reform project, as well as social organizations grouped in the "National Commission No to the Lowering" 3. 4;.

In June 2011, according to the polling firm Cifra, 65% of Uruguayans agreed with lowering the age of criminal prosecution, 28% disagreed and 7% had no opinion. The approval of this measure was the majority among the voters of the FA (55%). Among whites the level of support was 73% and among Colorados 84%.

In March 2012, according to the polling firm Interconsult, 66% of the Uruguayan population agreed to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years, 27% were against the initiative and 7% does not know. Voters of the traditional parties, residents in the interior of the country and people with a lower educational level are the most prone to this measure. On the contrary, the greatest resistance is found among the voters of the Broad Front, Montevideans, and the inhabitants with more years of formal education. However, according to this survey, more than half of those who declare themselves to be a front supporter approve of lowering the age of criminal responsibility. On the other hand, the majority of those surveyed (72%) believe that minors have a very important incidence in the concretion of crimes, compared to 15% who believe that they have little or nothing.

The following table shows the opinion of Colorado voters on lowering the age of criminal prosecution according to the various surveys.

The text of the proposed amendment establishes the following:

Transitory and Special Provisions

Add the following:

Article 1. Substitute article 43 and transitory and special provision B of the Constitution of the Republic, which will be worded as follows:

“Article 43. The law will establish the protection of crime victims as a priority.

Persons over the age of sixteen and under the age of eighteen will be criminally responsible and will be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code (Law 9,155 of December 4, 1933 and its amendments), for the intentional commission of the crimes of homicide, especially aggravated homicide, very especially aggravated homicide, serious injuries, very serious injuries, robbery, robbery with deprivation of liberty (hijacking), extortion, kidnapping and rape, as well as for other crimes indicated by law.

In criminal proceedings against minors under eighteen years of age, the acting Court may admit the lack of sufficient maturity or discernment as an excuse or mitigation.

The records of adolescents who have been in conflict with criminal law will not be destroyed and will be considered in criminal proceedings to which they may be subjected after their sixteenth birthday.

The commission of crimes, using the participation of children and adolescents, will be especially punished”.

“Transitory and special provision B. The State will ensure the existence of a Decentralized Service dedicated exclusively to the hospitalization and rehabilitation of delinquents under the age of eighteen, and must provide it with the necessary resources for its operation.

This Decentralized Service will be subject to special monitoring in which the Parliamentary Penitentiary Commissioner will participate”.

Article 2. This constitutional reform will take effect immediately, once the result of the approval plebiscite has been proclaimed.

Electoral history

Relevant members of the Colorado Party

Among the relevant members of the party are: Fructuoso Rivera, Joaquín Suárez, Venancio Flores, Lorenzo Batlle, Juan Idiarte Borda, Julio Herrera y Obes, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Domingo Arena, Pedro Manini Ríos, Baltasar Brum, Julio César Grauert, Héctor Grauert, Tomás Berreta, Luis Batlle Berres, Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Manuel Flores Mora, Amílcar Vasconcellos, Pedro Bordaberry, Luis Hierro Gambardella, Julio María Sanguinetti, Jorge Batlle, Luis Hierro López, Ope Pasquet Iribarne, Manuel Flores Silva, Germán Coutinho, José Amorín Batlle, Tabaré Viera, among others.

Municipalities

The Colorado Party is in charge of the administration of the Municipality of Rivera.

Authorities

2004-2009

The Colorado Party is led by the National Executive Committee (CEN). In the National Convention held in September 2004, list 1, an agreement between the Batllista Forum and List 15 and headed by Julio María Sanguinetti, obtained a large majority for the CEN election: 12 positions out of 15. For its part, the Unión Colorada y Batllista led by Alberto Iglesias, with 22 conventional votes, obtained 71 votes and two seats in the CEN, while Ope Pasquet's Open Batllismo, with only two conventional votes, received 33 votes and won a seat in the Executive. The General Secretariat was left in charge of Julio María Sanguinetti and only one woman, Glenda Rondán, was a member of the CEN in the 2004-2009 period.

2009 onwards

At the National Convention held on September 12, 2009, the Vamos Uruguay sector obtained 10 of the 15 members of the National Executive Committee. In turn, List 15 obtained two positions, the Uruguay is Possible sector of Alberto Iglesias another two and the Batllista Forum one. Pedro Bordaberry was elected the party's new general secretary for the period 2009-2014. Julio María Sanguinetti will no longer integrate the CEN for the first time in 40 years. Neither will former President Jorge Batlle.

In this way, the CEN Colorado is made up of: Pedro Bordaberry, Cristina Ergas, Martha Montaner, Walter Riesgo, Juan Justo Amaro, Pablo Ferrari, Celmar Panichini, Max Sapolinsky, Germán Cardoso, Alberto Iglesias, Ope Pasquet, Roberto Yavarone, Germán Coutinho, Eduardo Malaquina and Yeanneth Puñales.

In April 2011, Bordaberry implemented a new system in which the position of general secretary rotated. He was replaced in the General Secretariat by Ope Pasquet; and, a year later, Martha Montaner took her place, becoming the first female general secretary in the party's history. In turn, she was succeeded by Adrián Peña.

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In 2018 the Ciudadanos sector was founded, headed by Ernesto Talvi. This economist was anointed the sole candidate for the presidency for the 2019 elections. Facing the ballot in November of that year, Talvi supports Luis Lacalle Pou against Daniel Martínez Villamil, winning the first. This leads Lacalle Pou to form a government coalition with other parties in order to govern, of which the Colorado Party is a part.

Currently, the Colorado Party holds several public positions in the coalition government: ministries, public companies, sub-secretaries, etc. But after the resignation of Ernesto Talvi, anointed chancellor, to participate in political activity and the age of Julio María Sanguinetti, who took over as general secretary in 2019, the Colorado Party does not have clear candidates for the upcoming 2024 elections. This has caused several leaders to turn again to the figure of Pedro Bordaberry, retired from politics, despite Bordaberry's refusal to return according to some sources. This has caused other names to emerge as possible candidates for 2024, such such as Gabriel Gurméndez, Andrés Ojeda, Robert Silva, Adrián Peña, Gustavo Zubía, Carmen Sanguinetti, Ope Pasquet or the OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro.

In 2022 the Party has resumed a policy of reopening the historic zone clubs according to the neighborhoods of Montevideo.

Elective positions of the Colorado Party

Period 2015-2020

Senators

• Pedro Bordaberry (Come Uruguay)
• Germán Coutinho (Come Uruguay)
• José Amorín Batlle (ProBa)
• Martha Montaner (1955 - 2016, Come on Uruguay)

Deputies

Period 2010-2015

Senators

Deputies

Political groups that make up the Colorado Party

2019 election slogans

• Citizens
• Batllists

Third track

National election lists 2019

2014 internal election lists

Latest voting intention polls

• See: Internal Elections of Uruguay 2019
• See: Uruguay's presidential elections of 2019

Election results

Legislative elections

Presidential Elections

Election	Candidates	Political group	First round				Outcome
			Votes to the candidate	%	Votes to the party	%
1922	José Serrato		123,279	50.05%	123,279	50.05%	Yes. electorate
1926	Juan Campisteguy		97.475	33.71%	141,553	48.96%	Yes. electorate
	Julio María Sosa		43.929	15.19%			No. electorate
1930	Gabriel Terra		136.832	42.93%	165.827	520.02%	Yes. electorate
	Pedro Manini Rios		28,882	9.06%			No. electorate
	Federico Fleurquin		8,340	2.62 per cent			No. electorate
1938	Alfredo Baldomir		121,259	33.95%	219,311	61.40%	Yes. electorate
	Eduardo Blanco Acevedo		97.998	27.43%			No. electorate
1942	Juan José de Amézaga		S/D	No data	309,630	53.88%	Yes. electorate
	Eduardo Blanco Acevedo		S/D	No data			No. electorate
	Eugenio Lagarmilla		S/D	No data			No. electorate
1946	Tomas Berreta		185.715	27.71%	310.496	46.33%	Yes. electorate
	Rafael Schiaffino		83.534	12.46%			No. electorate
	Alfredo Baldomir		40.875	6.10%			No. electorate
1950	Andrés Martínez Trueba		161.262	19.58%	433.454	52.61%	Yes. electorate
	Cesar Mayo Gutiérrez		150.930	18.32%			No. electorate
	Eduardo Blanco Acevedo		120.949	14.68 per cent			No. electorate
Election	Candidates to the National Council of Government	Political group	First round				Outcome
			Votes to the list	%	Votes to the party	%
1954	Luis Batlle Berres, Alberto Fermín Zubiría, Arturo Lezama, Carlos Fischer, Justino Zavala Muniz, Zoilo Chelle	List 15	254,648	28.96%	444.429	50.55%	Yes. electorate 6 counts for the majority
	Orestes Lanza, Eduardo Acevedo Álvarez, Giordano Bruno Eccher, Daniel Castellanos, Álvaro Correa Moreno, Federico García Capurro	List 14	180,164	20.49%			No. electorate
	César Charlone, Roberto Barreira, Manuel Troncoso, Carlos Vilaró Rubio, Arsenio Bargo, Juan Rodríguez López	Coloured and Battleship Union	9,292	1.06%			No. electorate
1958	Manuel Rodríguez Correa, Ledo Arroyo Torres, Héctor Grauert, Amílcar Vasconcellos, Julio C. Estrella, Armando I. Barbieri	List 15	215,881	21.47 per cent	379,062	37.70%	Yes. electorate 2 minority charges
	César Batlle Pacheco, Luis A. Brause, Juan P. Fabini, Orestes Lanza, Andrés Martínez Trueba, Armando Malet	List 14	154,110	15.33%			Yes. electorate 1 position by minority
	Washington Fernández, Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga, Carlos A. Surraco, Juan Enrique Llovet, Ceibal Artigas, Felisindo Castro	Batllista Unit	8.514	0.85%			No. electorate
1962	Luis Batlle Berres, Amílcar Vasconcellos, Alberto Abdala, José Acquistapace, Julio Lacarte Muró, Enrique Rodríguez Fabregat	List 15	277,259	23.68%	521.231	44,51%	Yes. electorate 2 minority charges
	Óscar Gestido, Augusto Legnani, Carlos Manini Rios, Tabaré Berreta, Esteban Rostagnol Bein, Carlos Viana Aranguren	Coloured and Battleship Union	167,085	14.27 per cent			Yes. electorate 1 position by minority
	Zelmar Michelini, Renán Rodríguez, Esteban Campal, Delfos Roche, Luis I. Garibaldi, Ceibal Artigas	List 99	76.510	6.53%			No. electorate
Election	Candidates	Political group	First round				Outcome
			Votes to the candidate	%	Votes to the party	%
1966	Óscar Gestido		262,040	21.27 per cent	607,633	49.33%	Yes. electorate
	Jorge Batlle	List 15	215,642	17.5%			No. electorate
	Amílcar Vasconcellos		77,476	6.29%			No. electorate
	Zelmar Michelini		48,022	3,90%			No. electorate
	Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga		4,064	0.333%			No. electorate
1971	Juan María Bordaberry	National Reelection Union	379.515	21.97 per cent	681,624	40.96%	Yes. electorate
	Jorge Batlle	List 15	242,804	14.06%			No. electorate
	Amílcar Vasconcellos	List 315	48.839	2.83 per cent			No. electorate
	Juan Luis Pintos		5,402	0.31%			No. electorate
	Juan Pedro Ribas		4.025	0.23%			No. electorate
1984	Julio María Sanguinetti	UK Battleship - List 15	592,061	30.67%	777,701	41.22%	Yes. electorate
	Jorge Pacheco Areco	Coloured and Battleship Union	183,801	9.52%			No. electorate
1989	Jorge Batlle	List 15	291,944	14.20 %	596.964	30.10%	No. electorate
	Jorge Pacheco Areco	Coloured and Battleship Union	289,222	14.06 %			No. electorate
	Hugo Fernández Faingold	Battle Forum	14,482	0.70 %			No. electorate
1994	Julio María Sanguinetti	Battle Forum	500.767	23.59%	656,428	32.35%	Yes. electorate
	Jorge Batlle	List 15	102.551	4.83 %			No. electorate
	Jorge Pacheco Areco	Coloured and Battleship Union	51.936	2.45 %			No. electorate
	Jorge Barreiro		227	0.01%			No. electorate
Election	Candidates	Political group	First round		Second round		Outcome
			Votes	%	Votes	%
1999	Jorge Batlle	List 15	703.915	32.80%	1,158,708	54.13%	Yes. electorate
2004	Guillermo Stirling	Battle Forum	231,036	10.61%			No. electorate
2009	Pedro Bordaberry	Come on.	392,307	17.02%			No. electorate
2014	Pedro Bordaberry	Come on.	305,699	12.89%			No. electorate
2019	Ernesto Talvi	Citizens	300,177	12.34%			No. electorate

Internal elections

Election	Precandidates	Political group	Votes	%	Votes to the party	Outcome
1999	Jorge Batlle	List 15	264,770	54.92%	482,088	Yes. elected as candidate
	Luis Hierro López	Battle Forum	212,777	44.14%		No. electorate
	Victor Vaillant	List 27	2,157	0.45%		No. electorate
	Federico Bouza	New Option	1.646	0.34%		No. electorate
	César Cabrera	Entrepreneurship	738	0.15 per cent		No. electorate
2004	Guillermo Stirling	Battle Forum	144.997	91.0%	159,223	Yes. elected as candidate
	Alberto Iglesias	Coloured and Battleship Union	10,881	6.8%		No. electorate
	Ricardo Lombardo	Independent Renewal Force	2.029	1.3%		No. electorate
	Manuel Flores Silva	Corriente Batllista Independiente	1,187	0.7 per cent		No. electorate
	Gustavo Boquete	Uruguayan political renewal	74	0.07%		No. electorate
	Eisenhower Cardoso	For a better society	55	0.04%		No. electorate
	Jorge Ruiz Garateguy	33 Eastern Movement	0	0.0%		No. electorate
2009	Pedro Bordaberry	Come on.	92.726	71.20%	128.422	Yes. elected as candidate
	José Amorín Batlle	List 15	19,000	14.79%		No. electorate
	Luis Hierro López	Battle Forum	15,474	12.05%		No. electorate
	Daniel Lamas	Renewal and Change	1,115	0.87%		No. electorate
	Pedro Etchegaray	Marking the Rumbo	58	0.05%		No. electorate
	Eisenhower Cardoso	For a Better Society	49	0.04%		No. electorate
2014	Pedro Bordaberry	Come on.	103,142	73.62%	140,099	Yes. elected as candidate
	José Amorín Batlle	List 15	36,310	25.92%		No. electorate
	Manuel Flores Silva	Ala Batllista	497	0.35 %		No. electorate
2019	Ernesto Talvi	Citizens	99.280	53.72%	184,819	Yes. elected as candidate
	Julio María Sanguinetti	Batllists	60.635	32.81%		No. electorate
	José Amorín Batlle	List 15	24,487	13.25 per cent		No. electorate
	Edgardo Martínez Zimarioff	Colored option	188	0.10%		No. electorate
	Pedro Etchegaray	Marking the Rumbo	46	0.025%		No. electorate
	José González Querio	Transformer	3	0.0016%		No. electorate