title: 2004 Uruguayan presidential primaries
text: # 2004 Uruguayan presidential primaries
  
  Presidential primary elections were held in Uruguay on 27 June 2004 in order to nominate the presidential candidate for every political party.
  
  ## Candidates
  
  ### National Party
  
  This was almost the only party with competitive primaries:
  
  * Jorge Larrañaga (winner)
  * Luis Alberto Lacalle
  * Cristina Maeso
  
  ### Broad Front–Progressive Encounter
  
  One of the most important parties in terms of voter preferences, it had already decided to have only one candidate:
  
  * Tabaré Vázquez (unopposed)
  
  ### Colorado Party
  
  The main candidate had already been decided between the most important political factions:
  
  * Guillermo Stirling (winner)
  * Alberto Iglesias
  * Ricardo Lombardo
  * Manuel Flores Silva
  * Eisenhower Cardoso
  * Jorge Ruiz
  * Gustavo Boquete
  
  ### Independent Party
  
  * Pablo Mieres (unopposed)
  
  ### Intransigent Party
  
  * Víctor Lissidini (unopposed)
  
      Civic Union
  * Aldo Lamorte (unopposed)
  
  ### Liberal Party
  
  * Julio Vera (winner)
  * Ramón Díaz
  * José Curotto
  
  ### Workers' Party
  
  * Rafael Fernández (unopposed)
  