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If Frente Amplio remains a major political party, with a victory in the first round, it seems difficult for his candidate Daniel Martinez to win the second round of the presidential election scheduled for November 24, 2019.
With our correspondent in Montevideo, Theo Conscience
While the representatives of the Frente Amplio are pleased to be still the first political force in the country with 39% of the vote, this victory has a bitter taste. First, because the left expected a higher score, because of a surge in polls in recent weeks, and a historic participation of 90%, although in Uruguay the vote is mandatory.
In addition, the Frente Amplio has no parliamentary majority, and it will be very difficult for his presidential candidate, Daniel Martinez, to fetch the votes to win the second round. Indeed, after 15 years in power, the Frente Amplio federated all the other parties against him. Not easy, in this context, to form alliances, which is not the case of Luis Lacalle, candidate for Partido Nacional, who qualified for the second round with 28% of the vote.
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Since the beginning of the campaign, he has positioned himself as the rallying point of a right-wing opposition so far fragmented. From early estimates Sunday night, Luis Lacalle announced wanting to form a " multicolored government ", which would bring together the Partido Colorado center-right and the far-right party Cabildo Abierto. In the process, candidates from both parties called to vote for him in the second round. Between them, they cumulate 25% of the votes, to add to the 28% of Luis Lacalle.
The far right, a new phenomenon
The far right is indeed entering Parliament, with 3 senators and 11 deputies for the party Cabildo Abierto. A year ago, this party did not exist and its leader, Guido Manini Rios, was still commander in chief of the armies.
Since then he has been dismissed for having questioned justice in the trials of the crimes of the dictatorship, and achieved an electoral breakthrough denouncing " the ideology of gender ", associating immigration and unemployment and also proposing to relax the legislation on bearing arms. In the meantime, he will enter the Senate, never seen before for a former military since the return of democracy in 1985.
The constitutional reform rejected
Only 46% of voters voted in favor of this reform entitled " Living without fear " and aimed at fighting insecurity . The referendum, however, was flawed. On the social networks, some voters have called and have seen themselves stealing newsletters in favor of reform.
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Results, several polling stations found themselves short. The promoters of the reform made a claim before the Electoral Court. However, it is very unlikely that the plebiscite will be canceled, as additional " Yes " ballots were issued in all the places where it was missing according to the same Electoral Court.