Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, José Raúl  and  CARDARELLO IGLESIAS, Salvador Antonio. Electoral contagion under the Covid-2019 pandemic. The 2020 subnational elections in Uruguay. Elecciones [online]. 2023, vol.22, n.25, pp.213-254.  Epub June 30, 2023. ISSN 1994-5272.  http://dx.doi.org/10.53557/elecciones.2023.v22n25.07.

This article describes the main challenges involved in organizing the 2020 departmental and municipal elections in Uruguay amidst the Covid-19 health crisis, and analyzes the restrictions and risks imposed by this context. Specifically, this article examines the effects that postponing the elections had on electoral competition, focusing on three dimensions: (i) coordination and design of the electoral offer, (ii) the influence of the national government on electoral campaigns, and (iii) the effect on the chances of candidates in competitive contexts. Specifically, we observed that the postponement

Keywords : 2020 subnational elections; competition; health crisis; coordination and electoral offer; government influence; Uruguay.

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