National Party Partido Nacional | |
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| Abbreviation | PN |
| Leader | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| President | Álvaro Delgado |
| Founder | Manuel Oribe |
| Founded | 10 August 1836; 189 years ago (1836-08-10) |
| Headquarters | Juan Carlos Gómez 1384,Montevideo |
| Youth wing | Juventud Partido Nacional |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[5] |
| National affiliation | Republican Coalition |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International[6] |
| Regional affiliation | COPPPAL[7] OCDA[8] (observer) |
| Colors | Sky Blue andWhite |
| Slogan | La unión nos hará fuerza ("Unity makes strength") |
| Anthem | Marcha de Tres Árboles |
| Chamber of Deputies | 29 / 99 |
| Senate | 9 / 30 |
| Intendencias | 15 / 19 |
| Mayors | 87 / 125 |
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TheNational Party (Spanish:Partido Nacional,PN) also known as theWhite Party (Spanish:Partido Blanco), is a majorpolitical party inUruguay. Founded in 1836 by GeneralManuel Oribe, it is one of the country's oldest active political parties along with theColorado Party, their origin dates back to theestablishment of Uruguay as an independent state.
Positioned on the centre-right of the political spectrum, the National Party is ideologicallyliberal,nationalist,Pan-Americanist andhumanist.[9][10] Considering the interim co-government of theGobierno del Cerrito headed by Manuel Oribe, and theDefense Government from Montevideo led by the ColoradoJoaquín Suarez, in the middle of theUruguayan Civil War, and with the exception of theadministration of Luis Lacalle Pou, the PN has ruled the country for 35 years interruptedly throughout its history.[11] The party has a long tradition of being in the political opposition during the 19th and 20th centuries, against its traditional adversary, the Colorado Party.[12] Although Manuel Oribe is recognized as the party's founder,Aparicio Saravia is considered its idealist and main historicalcaudillo.[13]
The National Party is a defender of decentralization, and its demographic base skews toward people living in rural areas.[14]
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The identity of the National Party dates back to 10 August 1836, when the then president Manuel Oribe decreed the use of the white banner with the inscription "Defenders of the Laws", in the battle of Carpintería, Oribe faced the revolutionary army ofFructuoso Rivera and colored badges were used to distinguish between the parties.[15] For this reason, the National Party is also known as the "White Party."[16]
On 7 July 1872, the firstProgram of Principles was approved, in which respect for freedoms, the maintenance of peace as the supreme good for the Nation, the representation of minorities, the decentralization of the country, the strengthening of justice, and the promotio of education and instruction.[15]
In March 2020, National Party'sLuis Lacalle Pou was sworn as the newPresident of Uruguay, meaning Uruguay got the first conservative government after 15 years of left-wing leadership under theBroad Front coalition.[17]
Positioned on thecenter-right of thepolitical spectrum, the Uruguay National Party encompasses both conservative and liberal tendencies.[12] Ideologically, it has been described asliberal,nationalist,Pan-Americanist andhumanist.[9] Additionally, in the party there is a lack of internal agreement on social issues such as thelegalisation of abortion,euthanasia, theage of criminal responsibility andsame-sex marriage.[18] However, over time, several sectors and the party's youth wing have demonstrated a favorable position onLGBT rights.[19]
Throughout its history, the National Party has had a strong base of votes in the interior of the country and support from rural voters, due to its historical policy of decentralization of power, compared to the capital's centralist and unitary policy of theColorado Party.[20]
The National Party is composed of numerous sectors that encompass different ideologies that range from the center-right to the right-wing. The three main factions are the centrist and Christian democraticNational Alliance, the economic liberal and conservativeHerrerism, and the social-liberalWilsonist Current.[21]
The conservative wing is the most influential. It dates back toLuis Alberto de Herrera in the early 20th century, and has reproduced a family line of leaders that continued with former presidentLuis Alberto Lacalle, and has returned to dominate the party, renewing itself generationally through the leadership of his son,Luis Lacalle Pou.[12]
| Election | Party candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
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| First Round | Second Round | ||||||
| Elections under the Ley de Lemas system | |||||||
| 1938 | 114,506 | 32.1% | — | — | Lost N | ||
| 1942 | Luis Alberto de Herrera | Roberto Berro | 129,132 | 22.5% | — | — | LostN |
| Turena | Olivera | 1,384 | 0.2% | — | — | ||
| Saraiva | 667 | 0.1% | — | — | |||
| al lema | 52 | 0.0% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 131,235 | 22.8% | — | — | |||
| 1946 | Luis Alberto de Herrera | Martín Echegoyen | 205,923 | 31.7% | — | — | LostN |
| Basilio Muñoz | José Rogelio Fontela | 1,479 | 0.2% | — | — | ||
| Jacinto D. Durán | 557 | 0.1% | — | — | |||
| al lema | 161 | 0.0% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 208,120 | 47.8% | — | — | |||
| 1950 | Luis Alberto de Herrera | Martín Echegoyen | 253,077 | 30.7% | — | — | LostN |
| Salvador Estradé | Emeterio Arrospide | 1,421 | 0.2% | — | — | ||
| al lema | 336 | 0.0% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 254,843 | 30.9% | — | — | |||
| 1966 | Martín Echegoyen | Dardo Ortiz | 228,309 | 18.5% | — | — | LostN |
| Alberto Gallinal Heber | Zeballos | 171,618 | 13.9% | — | — | ||
| Alberto Héber Usher | Nicolás Storace Arrosa | 96,772 | 7.9% | — | — | ||
| al lema | 211 | 0.0% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 496,910 | 40.3% | — | — | |||
| 1971 | Wilson Ferreira Aldunate | Carlos Julio Pereyra | 439,649 | 26.4% | — | — | LostN |
| Mario Aguerrondo | Alberto Héber Usher | 228,569 | 13.7% | — | — | ||
| al lema | 211 | 0.0% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 668,822 | 40.2% | — | — | |||
| 1984 | Alberto Zumarán | Gonzalo Aguirre | 553,193 | 29.3 | — | — | LostN |
| Dardo Ortiz | 76,014 | 4.0 | — | — | |||
| Juan Carlos Payssé | Cristina Maeso | 21,903 | 1.2 | — | — | ||
| al lema | 9,657 | 0.5 | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 660,767 | 35.0% | — | — | |||
| 1989 | Luis Alberto Lacalle | 444,839 | 21,63% | — | — | Elected Y | |
| Carlos Julio Pereyra | 218,656 | 10,63% | — | — | LostN | ||
| Alberto Zumarán | 101,046 | 04,91% | — | — | |||
| Lema | 1,449 | 00,07% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 765,990 | 37,25% | — | — | |||
| 1994 | Alberto Volonté | 301,655 | 14.9% | — | — | LostN | |
| Juan Andrés Ramírez | 264,255 | 13.0% | — | — | |||
| Carlos Julio Pereyra | 65,650 | 3.2% | — | — | |||
| Total votes | 633,384 | 31.2% | — | — | |||
| Elections under single presidential candidate per party | |||||||
| 1999 | Luis Alberto Lacalle | 478,980 | 22.3% | — | — | LostN | |
| 2004 | Jorge Larrañaga | 764,739 | 34.30% | — | — | LostN | |
| 2009 | Luis Alberto Lacalle | Jorge Larrañaga | 669,942 | 29.07% | 994,510 | 45.37% | LostN |
| 2014 | Luis Lacalle Pou | 732,601 | 30.88% | 939,074 | 41.17% | LostN | |
| 2019 | Beatriz Argimón | 696,452 | 29.70% | 1,189,313 | 50.79% | ElectedY | |
| 2024 | Álvaro Delgado | Valeria Ripoll | 655,426 | 28.20% | 1,101,296 | 47.92% | LostN |
Under the electoral system in place at the time called Ley de Lemas system, each political party could have as many as three presidential candidates. The combined result of the votes for a party's candidates determined which party would control the executive branch, and whichever of the winning party's candidates finished in first place would be declared President this system was used form the1942 election until the1994 election until in 1996, areferendum amended the constitution to restrict each party to a single presidential candidate, effective from the1999 elections.
| Election | % | Votes | % | Chamber seats | +/– | Position | Senate seats | +/- | Position |
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| 1916 | 68,073 | 46.6% | 105 / 218 |  105 | 1st | ||||
| 1917 | 29,257 | 22.7% | Unknown |  3rd | |||||
| 1919 | 71,538 | 38.0% | 56 / 123 | 1st | |||||
| 1922 | 116,080 | 47.1% | 58 / 123 | 2 |  1st | ||||
| 1925 | 122,530 | 45.1% | 56 / 123 | 2 | 1st | ||||
| 1928 | 140,940 | 47.1% | 60 / 123 | 4 | 1st | ||||
| 1931 | 133,625 | 43.2% | 55 / 123 | 5 | 1st | ||||
| 1933 | 101,419 | 41.1% | 117 / 284 | 122 | 2nd | ||||
| 1934 | 92,903 | 37.3% | 39 / 99 | 138 | 2nd | 15 / 30 | 15 | 2nd | |
| Senate | 91,585 | 41.4% | |||||||
| 1938 | 122,440 | 32.6% | 29 / 99 | 10 | 2nd | 15 / 30 | 0 | 2nd | |
| Senate | 114,571 | 31.7% | |||||||
| 1942 | 199,265 | 34.6% | 34 / 99 | 5 | 2nd | 7 / 30 | 8 | 2nd | |
| Senate | 131,235 | 22.8% | |||||||
| 1946 | 271,037 | 40.4% | 40 / 99 | 6 | 2nd | 10 / 30 | 3 | 2nd | |
| Senate | 208,085 | 31.1% | |||||||
| 1950 | 254,788 | 30.8% | 31 / 99 | 9 | 2nd | 10 / 30 | 0 | 2nd | |
| Senate | 254,834 | 30.4% | |||||||
| 1954 | 309,818 | 35.2% | 35 / 99 | 4 | 2nd | 11 / 31 | 1 | 2nd | |
| 1958 | 499,425 | 49.7% | 51 / 99 | 16 | 1st | 17 / 31 | 6 | 1st | |
| 1962 | 545,029 | 46.5% | 47 / 99 | 4 | 1st | 15 / 31 | 2 | 1st | |
| 1966 | 496,910 | 40.3% | 41 / 99 | 6 | 2nd | 13 / 30 | 2 | 2nd | |
| 1971 | 668,822 | 40.2% | 40 / 99 | 1 | 2nd | 12 / 30 | 1 | 2nd | |
| 1984 | 660,767 | 35.1% | 35 / 99 | 5 | 2nd | 11 / 30 | 1 | 2nd | |
| 1989 | 765,990 | 37.25% | 39 / 99 | 4 | 1st | 12 / 30 | 1 | 1st | |
| 1994 | 633,384 | 31.1% | 31 / 99 | 8 | 2nd | 10 / 31 | 2 | 2nd | |
| 1999 | 478,980 | 22.3% | 22 / 99 | 9 | 3rd | 7 / 30 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 2004 | 764,739 | 34.30% | 36 / 99 | 14 | 2nd | 11 / 30 | 4 | 2nd | |
| 2009 | 669,942 | 29.07% | 30 / 99 | 6 | 2nd | 9 / 30 | 2 | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 732,601 | 30.88% | 32 / 99 | 2 | 2nd | 10 / 30 | 1 | 2nd | |
| 2019 | 696,452 | 29.70% | 30 / 99 | 2 | 2nd | 10 / 30 | | 2nd | |
| 2024 | 655,426 | 28.20% | 29 / 99 | 1 | 2nd | 9 / 30 | 1 | 2nd | |
| Election | Votes | % | Council seats | +/- | Position |
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| 1925 | 119,255 | 49.3% | Unknown | 1st | |
| 1926 | 139,959 | 48.4% | Unknown | 1st | |
| 1928 | 141,055 | 48.2% | Unknown | 2nd | |
| 1930 | 149,339 | 47.2% | Unknown | 2nd | |
| 1932 | 41,908 | 26.1% | Unknown | 2nd | |
| Abolished in 1933 re-established as National Council of Government | |||||
| 1954 | 309,818 | 35.2% | 3 / 9 | 3 | 2nd |
| 1958 | 499,425 | 49.7% | 6 / 9 | 3 | 1st |
| 1962 | 545,029 | 46.5% | 6 / 9 | | 1st |
| National Councilabolished in 1966, presidential system reestablished | |||||
TheNational Council of Administration ruling alongside thePresident of the Republic between 1918 and 1933 and it was re-established asNational Council of Government was the ruling body inUruguay between 1952 and 1967.[citation needed]
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