50th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay

The Fifty Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay is the current meeting of the upper house of the Uruguayan General Assembly. It convened in Montevideo on February 15, 2025, during the last weeks of Luis Lacalle Pou's presidency and will remain in session throughout the five-year term of Yamandú Orsi's presidency.

Senators were elected in the 2024 general election in a single constituency. The Broad Front will have a majority of seats, which will be complemented by the vice president, who has the right to vote.

Major events

15 February 2025: Elected Senators take their oaths and seats 1 March 2025: Inauguration of Yamandú Orsi as President of Uruguay

Party summary PartySenateVotes%Seats+/–Broad Front1,071,82643.8616 +3National Party655,42626.829–1Colorado Party392,59216.075 +1Sovereign Identity65,7962.690NewOpen Cabildo60,5492.480–3Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente33,4611.4300Constitutional Environmentalist Party11 8650.490NewIndependent Party41,6181.7000Popular Unity-Workers' Party10 1020.4100For Necessary Changes Party3,1830.140NewRepublican Advance Party1,9090.080NewInvalid/blank votes85,106–––Total2,443,901100.00300Source: Corte Electoral

Composition Seat numberSenatorPartyTermFromToNotesPresident of the SenateAlejandro SánchezBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025President from the beginning of the legislature until the inauguration of the Vice President.Carolina Cosse1 March 2025She took office as Vice President of the Republic. 1st.Alejandro SánchezBroad Front—As the top senator of the leading party, he temporarily presided over the Senate until Vice President Cosse's inauguration, then became Secretary of the Presidency.Nicolás VieraBroad Front15 February 2025Assumed seat as first alternate. 2ndBlanca RodríguezBroad Front15 February 2025 3rdCristina LustembergBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025Resigned to become Minister of Public Health.Patricia Kramer1 March 2025Assumed seat as first alternate. 4thDaniel CaggianiBroad Front15 February 2025 5thSandra LazoBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025Resigned to become Minister of National Defense.Pedro Irigoin1 March 202510 July 2025Assumed seat as first alternate; later resigned to become Secretary General of the Intendancy of Canelones.Zulimar Ferreira10 July 2025Assumed seat as second alternate. 6thSebastián SabiniBroad Front15 February 20257thCecilia CairoBroad Front—Resigned to become Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning of Uruguay.Bettiana Díaz15 February 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.8thAlfredo FrattiBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025Resigned to become Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries.Eduardo Antonini1 March 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.9thLucía EtcheverryBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025Resigned to become Minister of Transport and Public Works.Aníbal Pereyra1 March 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.10thÓscar AndradeBroad Front15 February 2025 11thConstanza MoreiraBroad Front15 February 202512thMario BergaraBroad Front15 February 20258 July 2025Resigned to take office as Intendant of Montevideo.Liliam Kechichián30 June 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.13thFelipe Carballo Da CostaBroad Front15 February 2025 14thGonzalo CivilaBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025Resigned to become Minister of Social Development.Gustavo González Soto1 March 2025Assumed seat as first alternate. 15thEdgardo OrtuñoBroad Front15 February 20251 March 2025Resigned to become Minister of Environment.Eduardo Brenta1 March 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.16thCarolina CosseBroad Front—Did not assume seat.Silvia Nane15 February 202510 July 2025Assumed seat as first alternate; later resigned to become Director of Sustainable and Smart Development of the Intendancy of Montevideo.Daniel Borbonet10 July 2025Assumed seat as second alternate. 17thJavier García DuchiniNational Party15 February 202518thSergio BotanaNational Party15 February 202519thMaría FajardoNational Party15 February 202520thSebastián da SilvaNational Party15 February 202521stLuis Lacalle PouNational Party—The 2020–2025 president resigned from his seat after being elected.Martín Lema15 February 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.22ndÁlvaro DelgadoNational Party15 February 20255 August 2025Resigned to become President of the National PartyJosé Luis Falero8 July 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.23rdGraciela BianchiNational Party15 February 202524thNicolas Olivera SeiguermanNational Party15 February 20258 July 2025Resigned to take office as Intendant of Paysandú.Carlos Moreira15 July 2025Assumed seat as first alternate.25thLuis Alberto HéberNational Party15 February 202514 October 2025Resigned upon retirement.Rodrigo Blás14 October 2025Assumed seat as first alternate. 26thAndrés OjedaColorado Party15 February 2025 27thGustavo ZubíaColorado Party15 February 2025 28thPedro BordaberryColorado Party15 February 202529thTabaré VieraColorado Party15 February 202530thRobert SilvaColorado Party15 February 2020Source: Members of the Senate

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