Elections in Uruguay

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Uruguay elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. The General Assembly (Asamblea General) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) has 31 members elected for a five-year term by proportional representation and the Vice-president. Uruguay has a multi-party system, with three dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Schedule

Position	2009	2010	2011	2014	2015
Type	Presidential (October) National Congress (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None	None	Presidential (October) National Congress (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None
President and vice president	President and vice president	None	None	President and vice president	None
National Congress	All seats	None	None	All seats	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	None	All positions	None	None	All positions

Position	2010	2011	2015
Type	Presidential (March) National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)	None	Presidential (March) National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)
President and vice president	March 1st	None	March 1st
National Congress	February 15th	None	February 15th
Provinces, cities and municipalities	July 8th	None	July 11th

Summary of the 26 October 2014 General Assembly of Uruguay election
and the 30 November 2014 presidential election run-off.
Party or coalition Presidential candidate		First round (General election)						Second round (Presidential runoff)
		Votes	%	Seats				Second round (Presidential runoff)
		Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–	Votes	%
	Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez	1,134,187	49.45	50	0	15	–1	1,226,105	56.63
	National Party Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou	732,601	31.94	32	+2	10	+1	939,074	43.37
	Colorado Party Pedro Bordaberry	305,699	13.33	13	–4	4	–1
	Independent Party Pablo Mieres	73,379	3.20	3	+1	1	+1
	Popular Assembly Gonzalo Abella	26,869	1.17	1	+1	0	0
	Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente César Vega	17,835	0.78	0	N/A	0	N/A
	Workers' Party Rafael Fernández	3,218	0.14	0	N/A	0	N/A

Total		2,372,117	100	99	0	30	0	2,321,230	100

Invalid/blank votes		78,329	–	–	–	–	–	156,051	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,620,791	90.51	–	–	–	–	2,620,791	88.57

Source: Corte Electoral, Buenos Aires Herald

Elections and referendums in Uruguay

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Municipal elections	2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Referendums	1917 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1951 1958 1962 1966 1971 1980 1989 (Apr) 1989 (Nov) 1992 1994 (Aug) 1994 (Nov) 1996 1999 2003 2004 2009 2014

CA= Constitutional Assembly

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Elections and referendums in Uruguay

Presidential elections	1920 1926 1930 1938 1942 1946 1950 1966 1971 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Parliamentary elections	1828 (CA) 1916 (CA) 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1933 (CA) 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1971 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Colegiado elections	1925 1926 1928 1930 1932 1954 1958 1962

Municipal elections	2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Referendums	1917 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1951 1958 1962 1966 1971 1980 1989 (Apr) 1989 (Nov) 1992 1994 (Aug) 1994 (Nov) 1996 1999 2003 2004 2009 2014

CA= Constitutional Assembly

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