Independent Party (Uruguay)

Independent Party Partido Independiente
Leader	Pablo Mieres
Founded	November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
Split from	New Space
Headquarters	Av. Italia 2580, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ideology	Social democracy Christian humanism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colours	Yellow, Purple
Chamber of Deputies	1 / 99
Senate	0 / 30
Intendencias	0 / 19
Mayors	0 / 112
Website
www.partidoindependiente.org.uy
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The Independent Party (Spanish: Partido Independiente) is a social democratic and Christian humanist political party in Uruguay. The party is led by Pablo Mieres, who was presidential candidate in the 2004 national elections and in 2009.

Ideology[]

Its goal is to build a third way away from the heterodox left-wing coalition Frente Amplio and the traditional right wing parties Colorado Party and National Party.

History[]

Founded in 2002 by Pablo Mieres, Mieres left the New Space in aftermath of Rafael Michelini's decision to rejoin Broad Front

2004 election[]

At the 2004 national elections, it won 1.89% of the popular vote, one seat in the Chamber of Deputies (which is occupied by ), and none in the Senate. It is the fourth largest party in Uruguay, and the smallest with parliamentary representation.

2009 election[]

At the 2009 national elections, it won 2.49% of the popular vote, and two seats in the Chamber of Deputies (occupied by and Daniel Radío).

2014 election[]

At the 2014 national elections, it won 3.09 of the popular vote. They claimed three seats in the Chamber of Deputies (occupied by , Daniel Radío and Heriberto Sosa), and one seat at the Senate (occupied by Pablo Mieres).

Electoral history[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Party candidate	Running mate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
			First Round		Second Round
2004	Pablo Mieres	Iván Posada	41,011	1.84%	—		Lost N
2009	Pablo Mieres	Iván Posada	57,360	2.49%	—		Lost N
2014	Pablo Mieres	Conrado Ramos	73,379	3.09%	—		Lost N
2019	Pablo Mieres	Mónica Bottero	23,580	1.01%	—		Lost N

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections[]

Election	Votes	%	Chamber seats	+/-	Senate seats	+/-	Position	Size
2004	41,011	1.84%	1 / 99	New	0 / 30	New	Opposition	4th
2009	57,360	2.49%	2 / 99	1	0 / 30		Opposition	4th
2014	73,379	3.09%	3 / 99	1	1 / 30	1	Opposition	4th
2019	26,313	1.01%	1 / 99	2	0 / 30	1	Coalition (PN–PC–CA–PG–PI)	7th

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Partido Independiente (Uruguay).

• Official website
• La integración de la nueva Cámara de Diputados (año 2009)

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