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, 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

Election

Position	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Type	Presidential (October) National Congress (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None				Presidential (October) National Congress (October) Gubernatorial (October)
President and vice president	President and vice president	None				President and vice president
National Congress	All seats	None				All seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All positions	None				All positions

Inauguration

Position	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Type	Presidential (March) National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)	None				Presidential (March) National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)
President and vice president	1 March	None				1 March
National Congress	1 March	None				1 March
Provinces, cities and municipalities	1 March	None				1 March

Latest elections

Main article: Uruguayan general election, 2009

2009 Presidential election

 2009 Uruguayan presidential election results

Candidates (Parties)	First round		Runoff		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%
José Mujica (Broad Front)	1,105,262	47.96	1,197,638	52.39	President
Luis Alberto Lacalle (National Party)	669,942	29.07	994,510	43.51
Pedro Bordaberry (Colorado Party)	392,307	17.02
Pablo Mieres (Independent Party)	57,360	2.49
Raúl Rodríguez (Popular Assembly)	15,428	0.67
Ballots with YES sheets only (no presidential vote cast)	14,410	0.63
Blank votes	22,828	0.99	53,100	2.32
Total null ballots	26,950	1.17	40,103	1.75
Null provisional ballots	199	0.01	607	0.02
Total votes cast	2,304,686	100.00	2,285,958	100.00
Registered voters	2,563,250	89.91% turnout	2,563,285	89.18% turnout
Source: Corte Electoral (first round), El Dictamen (runoff)

2009 Parliamentary election

 2009 Uruguayan parliamentary election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber of Deputies	Senate
Broad Front	1,093,869	47.49	50	16
National Party	657,327	28.54	30	9
Colorado Party	383,912	16.67	17	5
Independent Party	56,156	2.44	2	—
Popular Assembly	15,166	0.66	—	—
Total	2,303,336	100.00
Registered voters	2,563,250	89.86% turnout
Source: Corte Electoral

Local elections

• Uruguayan municipal elections, 2000
• Uruguayan municipal elections, 2005

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• Ley de lemas

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Political Data Bank at the Social Sciences School - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)