Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
will be holding local government elections on 11 May, 2025, to elect the ''
intendente
An intendant (; ; ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the War of the Spanish Success ...
'' and departmental councils of the 19
departments
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
* Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
(first-lever administrative divisions of Uruguay) as well as 136
local governments. Across the country, 19 intendants, 589 ediles, 136 mayors and 544 local councilors will be elected.
Background
In the municipal elections of September 2020, the
National Party National Party or Nationalist Party may refer to:
Active parties
* National Party of Australia, commonly known as ''The Nationals''
* Bangladesh:
** Bangladesh Nationalist Party
** Jatiya Party (Ershad) a.k.a. ''National Party (Ershad)''
* Californ ...
won 15 departments, the
Broad Front won 3 departments, and the
Colorado Party won 1 department.
Canelones
Canelones has been held by the Broad Front coalition since 2005.
Yamandú Orsi
Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez (born 13 June 1967) is a Uruguayan politician and history teacher who has been the 43rd president of Uruguay since March 2025. A member of the left-wing Movement of Popular Participation, the main faction ...
has been elected President, so other candidates are coming up. Francisco Legnani has already been proposed.
Montevideo
There will be an ad-hoc party,
Republican Coalition, made up of politicians from the National Party, Colorado Party,
Independent Party, and
Cabildo Abierto
''Cabildo Abierto'' ( Spanish for " Open cabildo" or "Town hall meeting") is an Uruguayan political party founded in 2019. The party is described as right-wing populist, nationalist and conservative, as well as mostly characterized as far-right ...
parties.
Martín Lema
Martín Alejandro Lema Perretta (born September 6, 1982) is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party (Uruguay), National Party, serving as Senator of the Republic in the 50th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay, 50th L ...
has already been proposed as candidate.
See also
*
2024 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 27 October 2024. Since no presidential candidate received a majority in the first round of voting, a runoff took place on 24 November 2024, with Yamandú Orsi of the Broad Front (Uruguay), Broad Front de ...
References
External links
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Local and municipal elections in Uruguay
2025 elections in South America
Municipal elections
May 2025 in Uruguay
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