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For the Paraguayan party of the same name, see Colorado Party (Paraguay).

Partido Colorado Colorado Party




President	Julio María Sanguinetti

Founded	1836
Headquarters	Montevideo, Uruguay

Official ideology/ political position	Liberalism
International affiliation	Liberal International

Website	www.partidocolorado.com.uy

The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay. It unites both liberal and social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic.

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

At the last 2004 national elections, the Colorado Party won 10 seats out of 99 in the Chamber of Deputies and 3 seats out of 31 in the Senate. Its presidential candidate, Guillermo Stirling, won the same 10.4 % of the popular vote.

1 Earlier History
2 Post 2004: defeat at polls and rise of Pedro Bordaberry
3 References
4 See also

Earlier History

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

Post 2004: defeat at polls and rise of Pedro Bordaberry

The Colorado Party suffered its worst defeat ever in the last 2004 national elections, with little over 10 per cent of the popular vote for its candidate Guillermo Stirling. Reasons for the party's weak results were many, but these include the economic crisis and old party leaders.

Currently, Colorado Pedro Bordaberry ¹ has a very strong personal following, and, backed by his 'Vamos Uruguay' ² grouping, is the runaway favourite for the party's Presidential nomination in 2009, although the party itself is in weak opposition with only three out of thirty national Senators.

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Contents

Earlier History

Post 2004: defeat at polls and rise of Pedro Bordaberry

References

See also