(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The governing coalition of leftist parties remains highly popular in Uruguay, according to a poll by Interconsult published in Últimas Noticias. 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the Progressive Encounter - Broad Front (EP-FA) of current president Tabaré Vázquez in the next legislative election, down one point since July.

The conservative National Party-Whites (PN-B) is second with 33 per cent, followed by the Red Party (PC) with eight per cent, and the Independent Party (PI) with two per cent. 16 per cent of respondents remain undecided.

Vázquez won the October 2004 election with 50.45 per cent of the vote, becoming the first Uruguayan president to represent a political organization other than the PC and the PN-B.

The president officially took over in March 2005, and began his government with majorities in the Chamber of Deputies—with 52 lawmakers in the 99-seat lower house—and the Chamber of Senators—with 18 legislators in the 31-seat upper house.

Earlier this month, Uruguayan finance minister Danilo Astori was replaced by Álvaro García. Astori described his work at the ministry as "privileged," adding, "I got to be finance minister in this country’s first left-wing government (...) with the dream that growth could be at the service of justice and equity and not the other way around, and I think that we started that path."

Consecutive presidential re-election is not allowed in Uruguay. Astori is widely expected to become the EP-FA’s presidential candidate in the October 2009 election.

Polling Data

If the presidential and parliamentary elections took place this Sunday, which party would you vote for?

Source: Interconsult / Últimas Noticias
Methodology: Interviews to 875 Uruguayan adults, conducted from Sept. 12 to Sept. 14, 2008. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

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