2010 Uruguayan municipal elections

Uruguay's local government elections, held on May 9, 2010, to elect the intendente of the 19 departments that are the administrative divisions of Uruguay, resulted in losses for the Frente Amplio government, and some gains for the opposition Partido Nacional and Partido Colorado.

The Frente Amplio (left-wing) had won with a narrow margin the presidential and parliamentary elections on October 25, 2009, having to face a runoff on November 29.

This relatively poor showing was reflected in the municipal elections of 2010.

As a result of the municipal elections of 2010, the Partido Nacional won 12 departments, the Frente Amplio 5, and the Partido Colorado 2.

Many political pundits commented that this was the heaviest loss of the Frente Amplio in all its electoral history.