Broad Front (Uruguay)

Infobox Uruguayan Political Party
party_name = Broad Front "Frente Amplio"
party_
colorcode = #FFFFFF
president = Jorge Brovetto
chairman =
spokesperson =
foundation = February 5, 1971
ideology = Center-left, Social-democracy

headquarters = Montevideo, Uruguay
newspaper = Voces del Frente
international =
website = [http://www.epfaprensa.org www.epfaprensa.org]

The Broad Front or FA (in Spanish: "Frente Amplio") is a Uruguayan centre-left political party. It is led by Tabaré Vázquez, the current President of Uruguay. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.

History

Frente Amplio was founded as a coalition of more than a dozen fractured leftist parties and movements in 1971. The first president of the front and its first candidate for the presidency of the country was General Liber Seregni. The front was declared illegal during 1973 military "coup d'état" of and emerged again in 1984 when democracy was restored in Uruguay.

In 1994 Progressive Encounter ("Encuentro Progresista") was formed by split-offs from the National Party and Colorado Party, as well by groups who had left FA. EP and FA started contesting elections jointly under the name "Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio". Later another force, Nuevo Espacio, became linked to the front. Thus it started contesting elections as "Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio - Nueva Mayoria".

In 2005 member organizations of Progressive Encounter and New Majority (essentially Nuevo Espacio) merged into the front, and the coalition was renamed "Frente Amplio". Previously, EP and later NM had been allied with FA but organizationally separate structures.

At the 2004 general election, the party won 51.7% of the popular vote and 52 out of 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 17 out of 31 in the Senate, making its presidential candidate, Tabaré Vázquez, win the same day.

The alliance is - as far as available - formed by:
*"Asamblea Uruguay" (Uruguay Assembly)
*"Partido Socialista del Uruguay" (Socialist Party of Uruguay)
*"Partido Comunista del Uruguay" (Communist Party of Uruguay)
*"Corriente 78" (Current 78)
*"Nuevo Espacio" (New Space)
*"Vertiente Artiguista" (Artiguist Stream)
*"Movimiento de Participación Popular" (Movement of Popular Participation)
*"Partido Demócrata Cristiano del Uruguay" (Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay)
*"Partido de los Comunes" (Party of the Communes)
*"Confluencia Frenteamplio" (Broad Front Confluence)
*"Corriente de Izquierda" (Corriente de Izquierda)

2004 electoral strength

Results in the 2004 internal elections

In 2004 the first internal elections for EP-FA-NM was held. Previously elections had only been held within FA.

align="right"|148,426
align="right"|33.18
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90|
align="right"|79,090
align="right"|17.68
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2121|
align="right"|40,741
align="right"|9.11
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738|
align="right"|37,628
align="right"|8.41
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77|
align="right"|34,536
align="right"|7.72
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99000|
align="right"|26,569
align="right"|5.94
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326|
align="right"|7,425
align="right"|1.66
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5271|
align="right"|5,233
align="right"|1.17
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567|
align="right"|2,664
align="right"|0.64
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9393|
align="right"|371
align="right"|0.08
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5205|
align="right"|447,313
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References

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ee also

*Politics of Uruguay

External links

* [http://www.epfaprensa.org EP-FA-NM] - Official web site