2024 Uruguayan general election

Incumbent President Luis Lacalle Pou, who won the 2019 elections, is ineligible to run due to constitutional term limits. As a result, the governing National Party has to nominate a new candidate.

The President of Uruguay is elected using the two-round system, with a run-off held if no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the first round. The 30 members of the Senate are elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency.. The vice president, elected on the same ballot as the president, become president of the Senate, with his vote being determining in case of tie[1] The 99 members of the Chamber of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in 19 multi-member constituencies based on the departments. Seats are allocated using the highest averages method.[2]

The elections are held using the double simultaneous vote method, whereby voters cast a single vote for the party of their choice for all three of the Presidency, the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives.

Presidential primaries will be held in April or June to select the candidates. So far, the politicians with highest stakes of taking part in this process are as follows:

• National Party
  • Vice President Beatriz Argimón
  • Secretary of the Presidency Álvaro Delgado
• Broad Front
  • Intendant of Montevideo Carolina Cosse
  • Intendant of Canelones Yamandú Orsi[3]