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.

[edit] Latest elections

Main article: Uruguayan general election, 2004

[edit] 2004 Presidential election

e • d Summary of the 31 October 2004 Uruguay presidential elections election results
Candidates - Parties	Votes	%
Tabaré Vázquez (Broad Front – Progressive Encounter – New Majority)	1,124,761	51.67
Jorge Larrañaga (National Party)	764,739	35.13
Guillermo Stirling (Colorado Party)	231,036	10.61
Pablo Mieres (Independent Party)	41,011	1.89
Victor Lissidini (Intransigent Party)	8,572	0.39
Aldo Lamorte (Civic Union Party)	4,859	0.22
Julio Vera (Liberal Party)	1,548	0.07
Rafael Fernández (Workers Party)	513	0.02
Total (turnout 89.6 %)
Source: Corte Electoral

[edit] 2004 Parliamentary election

e • d Summary of the 31 October 2004 General Assembly of Uruguay election results
Parties and alliances	Votes	Chamber of Deputies		Chamber of Senators
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats	%	Seats
Broad Front – Progressive Encounter – New Majority (Frente Amplio – Encuentro Progresista – Nueva Mayoría) Movement of Popular Participation (Movimiento de Participación Popular) Uruguay Assembly (Asamblea Uruguay) Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay (Partido Demócrata Cristiano del Uruguay) Communist Party of Uruguay (Partido Comunista del Uruguay) Socialist Party of Uruguay (Partido Socialista del Uruguay) Artiguista Fall (Vertiente Artiguista) New Space (Nuevo Espacio)		51.7	52		17
National Party (Partido Nacional-Blancos)		35.1	36		11
Colorado Party (Partido Colorado)		10.6	10		3
Independent Party (Partido Independiente)		1.9	1		-
Total (turnout %)			99		31
Source: Corte Electoral and El País Uruguay, Angus Reid