2019 Uruguayan general election

27 October 2019 (first round) 24 November 2019 (second round)
Registered	2,669,980
Turnout	90.13% (first round) 0.38pp 90.12% (second round) 1.54pp
Presidential election
Nominee Luis Lacalle Pou Daniel Martínez Party National Socialist Alliance Multicolor Coalition Broad Front Running mate Beatriz Argimón Graciela Villar Popular vote 1,189,313 1,152,271 Percentage 50.79% 49.21%
Results by department
President before election Tabaré Vázquez Broad Front Elected President Luis Lacalle Pou National
Parliamentary election
All 99 seats in the Chamber of Representatives All 30 seats in the Senate
Party Leader % Seats ± Chamber of Representatives Broad Front Daniel Martínez 40.49 42 National Luis Lacalle Pou 29.70 30 Colorado Ernesto Talvi 12.80 13 Open Cabildo Guido Manini Ríos 11.46 11 PERI César Vega 1.43 1 Partido de la Gente Edgardo Novick 1.12 1 Independent Pablo Mieres 1.01 1 Senate Broad Front Daniel Martínez 40.49 13 National Luis Lacalle Pou 29.70 10 Colorado Ernesto Talvi 12.80 4 Open Cabildo Guido Manini Ríos 11.46 3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Uruguay on 27 October 2019 to elect the President and General Assembly. Since no presidential candidate won a majority in the first round of voting, a runoff election took place on 24 November.

Incumbent president Tabaré Vázquez was unable to run for re-election because of term limits. The Broad Front nominated former Montevideo mayor Daniel Martínez as its presidential candidate. The National Party nominated its 2014 candidate Luis Lacalle Pou, the Colorado Party nominated the economist Ernesto Talvi.

During the election cycle, most opinion polls said that a run-off between Martínez and Lacalle Pou, along with the loss of the Broad Front's congressional majority.

In the first round of voting, the Broad Front saw its worst results since the 1999 elections, but Martínez still received the most votes and advanced for the runoff along with Lacalle Pou.^[1] In the runoff, Lacalle Pou beat Martínez by just over 37,000 votes in a close race.^[2]

References

1. "Lea aquí el borrador del acuerdo de la coalición de los partidos de la oposición". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-01.
2. "Uruguay election: Lacalle wins presidency as rival concedes". BBC News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2020.