2020_Uruguayan_municipal_elections

2020 Uruguayan municipal elections

2020 Uruguayan municipal elections

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Uruguay held local government elections on September 27, 2020, to elect the intendente 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.

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Initially, the election was to be held on May 10, however, in March 2020 all the political parties that made up the General Assembly, the Electoral Court and Vice President Beatriz Argimón, in a joint decision, agreed to postpone for the only time for Sunday, September 27, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.[1]

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

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Canelones

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Cerro Largo

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Colonia

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Durazno

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Flores

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Florida

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Lavalleja

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Maldonado

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Montevideo

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Paysandú

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Río Negro

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Rivera

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Rocha

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Salto

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San José

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Soriano

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Tacuarembó

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Treinta y Tres

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See also


References

  1. "Elecciones departamentales se postergan hasta octubre – Diario El Telégrafo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. "Rodríguez será el suplente de Raffo por el PI". Diario La República (in Spanish). 23 June 2020.

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