(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The governing coalition of left-leaning parties continues to be the most popular political organization in Uruguay, according to a poll by Interconsult published in Últimas Noticias. 42 per cent of respondents would vote for the Progressive Encounter - Broad Front (EP-FA) in the next election.

The conservative National Party-Whites (PN-B) is second with 34 per cent, followed by the Red Party (PC) with eight per cent, and the Independent Party (PI) with one per cent.

Tabaré Vázquez—nominee for the EP-FA—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.

Consecutive presidential re-election is not currently allowed in Uruguay. Former farming and agriculture minister José Mujica—a member of the EP-FA and a former leader of the rebel Tupamaro guerrilla—has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate.

On Jul. 22, Mujica discussed his past, saying, "Nobody can fully succeed in the world today if, instead of assimilating to change, one stays attached to the nostalgia of what could have been and never was."

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 in July 2008. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

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