Colorado Party (Uruguay)

Political party of Uruguay

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Colorado Party

Partido Colorado

General Secretary| Julio María Sanguinetti
Founder| Fructuoso Rivera
Founded| 17 September 1836; 188 years ago (1836-09-17)
Headquarters| Martínez Trueba 1271, Montevideo
Ideology| Liberalism (Uruguayan)[1]
Social liberalism[2][3][4]
Republicanism[5]
Batllism[6]
Political position| Centre[7][8][9]
National affiliation| Coalición Multicolor
Regional affiliation| COPPPAL[10]
Colors|  Red, yellow
Chamber of Deputies|

13 / 99

Senate|

4 / 30

Intendencias|

1 / 19

Mayors|

3 / 125

Party flag
Website
www.partidocolorado.com.uy

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The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado, lit. 'Red Party') is a liberal political party in Uruguay.

## Ideology

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The party seeks to unite moderate and liberal groups, although its members have had a diverse set of ideologies since its foundation, including Krausism and liberal conservatism, as well as general pragmatism. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilization of the Uruguayan republic.

The Colorado Party has traditionally been an ideologically diverse party, with one study from the 1950s noting that "the liberal ideological position assumed by the Colorado. a half-century ago under the drive of Battle has forced the Blancos or Nationalists to become more relatively conservative in position. On the part of both major parties, however, many inconsistencies and many ideological subdivisions, temporary or permanent, occur. Each of the large parties has its conservatives and its liberals, and party lines are often difficult to hold in congressional debate.”[11]

## History

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At the 2004 national elections, the Colorado Party won 10 seats out of 99 in the Chamber of Representatives and 3 seats out of 31 in the Senate. Its presidential candidate, Guillermo Stirling, won 10.4% of the popular vote and placed third, ending the 10-year rule of the Colorado Party and the two-party system.

### Earlier history

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The Colorado Party was founded in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 17 September 1836.

Some of its significant historical leaders were Fructuoso Rivera, Venancio Flores, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Luis Batlle Berres, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Juan María Bordaberry, Julio María Sanguinetti, Luis Bernardo Pozzolo, and Jorge Batlle.

The party has historically been the most elected party in Uruguayan history with almost uninterrupted dominance during the 20th century. The Colorados were in office from 1865 to 1959, when they were defeated by the Partido Nacional in the 1958 elections. They returned to office after the 1966 elections. They won the first elections at the end of the military dictatorship, in 1984. They went on to win the 1994 and 1999 elections.

#### Traditional rivals

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From its birth until the last decades of the 20th century its traditional rival was the conservative Partido Nacional (also called Partido Blanco).

### Post-2004: defeat at polls and rise of Pedro Bordaberry Herrán

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The Colorado Party suffered its worst defeat ever in the 2004 national elections, with little over 10 per cent of the popular vote for its presidential candidate Guillermo Stirling, and having only three out of thirty national Senators. There were many reasons for the party's failure, including the economic crisis and old party leaders.

Pro-Colorado graffito in Montevideo.

Subsequently, to his defeat in 2004, Guillermo Stirling endorsed Pedro Bordaberry Herrán's Vamos Uruguay movement. Bordaberry Herrán became the presidential candidate for the 2009 presidential election, and placed third, with 17 percent of the vote, behind José Mujica and Luis Alberto Lacalle. Bordaberry Herrán placed third again in the 2014 presidential election, with 13% of the vote.

## Electoral history

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### Presidential elections

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Election | Party candidate  | Running mate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result

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First Round | Second Round
Elections under the Ley de Lemas system
1938 | Alfredo Baldomir | César Charlone | 121,259  | 33.9%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo | Eugenio Martínez Thedy | 97,998  | 27.4%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Lema  | 54  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 219,311  | 61.4%  | \-  | \-
1942 | Juan José de Amézaga | Alberto Guani | 234,127  | 40.7%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo | Carlos Vilaró Rubio  | 74,767  | 13.0%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Williman  | Mermot  | 670  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-
Lema  | 66  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 309,630  | 57.2%  | \-  | \-
1946 | Tomás Berreta | Luis Batlle Berres | 185,715  | 28.6%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Rafael Schiaffino  | Daniel Castellanos  | 83,534  | 12.9%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Alfredo Baldomir | Juan Carlos Mussio Fournier  | 40,875  | 6.3%  | \-  | \-
Lema  | 372  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 310,496  | 47.8%  | \-  | \-
1950 | Andrés Martínez Trueba | Alfeo Brum | 161,262  | 19.6%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
César Mayo Gutiérrez  | Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco | 150,930  | 18.3%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo | Cyro Giambruno  | 120,949  | 14.7%  | \-  | \-
Lema  | 313  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 433,454  | 52.6%  | \-  | \-
1966 | Óscar Diego Gestido | Jorge Pacheco Areco | 262,040  | 21.3%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Jorge Batlle | Julio Lacarte Muró | 215,642  | 17.5%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Amílcar Vasconcellos | Renán Rodríguez | 77,476  | 6.3%  | \-  | \-
Zelmar Michelini | Aquiles Lanza  | 48,992  | 4.0%  | \-  | \-
Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga  | Nilo Berchesi  | 4,064  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Lema  | 389  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 607,633  | 49.3%  | \-  | \-
1971 | Juan María Bordaberry | Jorge Sapelli | 379,515  | 22.8%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Jorge Batlle | Renán Rodríguez | 242,804  | 14.6%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Amílcar Vasconcellos | Manuel Flores Mora | 48,844  | 2.9%  | \-  | \-
Juan Luis Pintos  | Torialli  | 5,402  | 0.3%  | \-  | \-
Juan Pedro Ribas  | Gorlero  | 4,025  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-
Lema  | 604  | 0.0%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 681,624  | 41.0%  | \-  | \-
1984 | Julio María Sanguinetti | Enrique Tarigo | 588,143  | 31.2%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Jorge Pacheco Areco | Carlos Pirán  | 183,588  | 9.7%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Lema  | 5,970  | 0.3%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 777,701  | 41.2%  | \-  | \-
1989 | Jorge Batlle | Jorge Sanguinetti | 291,944  | 14.20%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Jorge Pacheco Areco | Pablo Millor  | 289,222  | 14.06%  | \-  | \-
Hugo Fernández Faingold | Enrique Vispo  | 14,482  | 0.70%  | \-  | \-
Lema  | 1,316  | 0.06%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 596,964  | 29.03%  | \-  | \-
1994 | Julio María Sanguinetti | Hugo Batalla | 500,760  | 24.7%  | \-  | \-  | Elected Y
Jorge Batlle | Federico Bouza  | 102,551  | 5.1%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
Jorge Pacheco Areco | Eduardo Ache  | 51,935  | 2.6%  | \-  | \-
Total votes  | 656,426  | 32.3%  | \-  | \-
Elections under single presidential candidate per party
1999 | Jorge Batlle | Luis Antonio Hierro López | 703,915  | 32.8%  | 1,158,708  | 54.1%  | Elected Y
2004 | Guillermo Stirling | Tabaré Viera | 231,036  | 10.36%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
2009 | Pedro Bordaberry | Hugo de León | 392,307  | 17.02%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
2014 | Pedro Bordaberry | Germán Coutinho  | 305,699  | 12.89%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N
2019 | Ernesto Talvi | Robert Silva | 300,177  | 12.80%  | \-  | \-  | Lost N

### Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

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Election | Votes | % | Chamber seats | +/–  | Senate seats  | +/-  | Position  | Size

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1916 | 60,420  | 41.2%  |

87 / 218

|  87  |  |  |  |  2nd
1917 | 63,617  | 49.4%  | Unknown |  |  |  |  |  1st
1919 | Ran as various factions, see 1919 Uruguayan parliamentary election
1922 | Ran as various factions, see 1922 Uruguayan parliamentary election
1925 | Ran as various factions, see 1925 Uruguayan parliamentary election
1928 | Ran as various factions, see 1928 Uruguayan general election
1931 | Ran as various factions, see 1931 Uruguayan parliamentary election
1933 | Ran as various factions, see 1933 Uruguayan Constitutional Assembly election
1934 | 139,832  | 56.1%  |

55 / 99

|  5  |

15 / 30

|  15  |  |  1st
Senate  | 125,981  | 57.0%
1938 | 219,362  | 58.4%  |

64 / 99

|  9  |

15 / 30

|  0  |  |  1st
Senate  | 219,375  | 60.6%
1942 | 328,596  | 57.1%  |

58 / 99

|  6  |

19 / 30

|  4  |  |  1st
Senate  | 328,599  | 57.2%
1946 | 310,556  | 46.3%  |

47 / 99

|  11  |

15 / 30

|  4  |  |  1st
Senate  | 310,390  | 46.3%
1950 | 433,628  | 52.3%  |

53 / 99

|  6  |

17 / 30

|  2  |  |  1st
Senate  | 433,440  | 52.9%
1954 | 444,429  | 50.6%  |

51 / 99

|  2  |

17 / 31

|  0  |  |  1st
1958 | 379,062  | 37.7%  |

38 / 99

|  13  |

12 / 31

|  5  |  |  2nd
1962 | 521,231  | 44.5%  |

44 / 99

|  6  |

14 / 31

|  2  |  |  2nd
1966 | 607,633  | 49.3%  |

50 / 99

|  6  |

16 / 30

|  2  |  |  2nd
1971 | 681,624  | 41.0%  |

41 / 99

|  9  |

13 / 30

|  3  |  |  1st
1984 | 777,701  | 41.2%  |

41 / 99

|  0  |

13 / 30

|  0  |  |  1st
1989 | 596,964  | 29.03%  |

30 / 99

|  11  |

9 / 30

|  4  |  |  2nd
1994 | 656,426  | 32.3%  |

32 / 99

|  2  |

11 / 31

|  2  |  |  1st
1999 | 703,915  | 32.8%  |

33 / 99

|  1  |

10 / 30

|  1  | Coalition (PC–PN) |  2nd
2004 | 231,036  | 10.36%  |

10 / 99

|  23  |

3 / 30

|  7  | Opposition  |  3rd
2009 | 392,307  | 17.02%  |

17 / 99

|  7  |

5 / 30

|  2  | Opposition  |  3rd
2014 | 305,699  | 12.89%  |

13 / 99

|  4  |

4 / 30

|  2  | Opposition  |  3rd
2019 | 300,177  | 12.80%  |

13 / 99

|  0  |

4 / 30

|  0  | Coalition (PN–PC–CA–PG–PI) |  3rd

### National Council of Administration and National Council of Government elections

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Election | Votes | % | Council seats | +/-  | Position

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1925 | Ran as various factions, see 1925 Uruguayan parliamentary election
1926 | Ran as various factions, see 1926 Uruguayan general election
1928 | Ran as various factions, see 1928 Uruguayan general election
1930 | 165,069  | 52.1%  | Unknown  |  | 1st
1932 | 107,664  | 67.0%  | Unknown  |  |  1st
Abolished in 1933, reestablished as National Council of Government
1954 | 444,429  | 50.6%  |

6 / 9

|  6  | 1st
1958 | 379,062  | 37.7%  |

3 / 9

|  3  |  2nd
1962 | 545,029  | 521,231  |

3 / 9

|  |  2nd
National Council abolished in 1966, presidential system reestablished

## See also

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* Uruguay portal
* Liberalism portal

* Colorado Party (Paraguay)
* National Party (Uruguay)
* Liberalism worldwide
* Battle of Carpintería
* List of liberal parties
* Liberalism in Uruguay
* Fructuoso Rivera
* José Batllé y Ordóñez
* Jorge Batlle
* Pedro Bordaberry

## References

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1. ^ Claps, Manuel Arturo; Lamas, Mario Daniel (1999). El batllismo como ideología. Cal y Canto.
2. ^ Giudici, Roberto B.; González Conci, Efraín (1959). Batlle Y El Batllismo. Medina.
3. ^ "El elegido para renovar a los colorados". 25 February 2018.
4. ^ "Julio María Sanguinetti: "Uruguay no va a dejar pasar un acuerdo con la Unión Europea"". 6 March 2020.
5. ^ Caetano, Gerardo (2021). "El "Impulso republicano" del Uruguay del 900: La reforma política del "primer batllismo" (1890-1930)". Varia Historia. 37 (73): 217–250. doi:10.1590/0104-87752021000100008. S2CID 233523381.
6. ^ Nahum, Benjamín; Barrán, José Pedro (1982). El nacimiento del batllismo. Ediciones de la Banda Oriental.
7. ^ "Ideas y Valores". 10 April 2016.
8. ^ Moreira, Constanza (2004). Final de juego: del bipartidismo tradicional al triunfo de la izquierda en Uruguay. Ediciones Trilce. p. 167.
9. ^ Caetano, Gerardo; Lanzaro, Jorge Luis (2000). La "segunda" transición en el Uruguay: gobierno y partidos en un tiempo de reformas. Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica. p. 381.
10. ^ "Países y Partidos Miembros de la COPPPAL – Copppal". Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
11. ^ Uruguay: Portrait of a Democracy By Russell Humke Fitzgibbon, 1956 P.148-149

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