2004 Uruguayan general election
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General elections were held in Uruguay on 31 October, alongside a constitutional referendum.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Broad Front, marking the first time a party other than the Colorado Party or National Party had held power since the two parties were formed in the 1830s.
As a result of the Broad Front receiving more than 50% of the vote, its leader, Tabaré Vázquez, was elected president without the need for a second round. To date, this is the only time that a presidential election has been decided in a single round since the two-round system was introduced in 1999. The Broad Front also won majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Presidential candidates
Party | Candidate | Ideology | Previous result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
bgcolor="Template:Broad Front (Uruguay)/meta/color" width="1" | | Broad Front–Progressive Encounter–New Majority | ![]() |
Tabaré Vázquez | Democratic socialism | 44.67% | 44 / 99 13 / 30
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bgcolor="Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" width="1" | | National Party | ![]() |
Jorge Larrañaga | Conservatism | 22.31% | 22 / 99 7 / 30
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bgcolor="Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" width="1" | | Colorado Party | ![]() |
Guillermo Stirling | Liberalism | 32.78% | 33 / 99 10 / 30
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bgcolor="Template:Independent Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" width="1" | | Independent Party | ![]() |
Pablo Mieres | Social democracy | New party |
Results
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Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||
Broad Front–Progressive Encounter | Tabaré Vázquez | 1,124,761 | 51.67 | 52 | +12 | 16 | +4 |
National Party | Jorge Larrañaga | 764,739 | 35.13 | 36 | +14 | 11 | +4 |
Colorado Party | Guillermo Stirling | 231,036 | 10.61 | 10 | –23 | 3 | –7 |
Independent Party | Pablo Mieres | 41,011 | 1.90 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
Intransigent Party | Victor Lissidini | 8,572 | 0.39 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Civic Union | Aldo Lamorte | 4,859 | 0.22 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Liberal Party | Julio Vera | 1,548 | 0.07 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Workers Party | Rafael Fernández | 513 | 0.02 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 52,613 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 2,229,611 | 100 | 99 | 0 | 30 | –1 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,487,816 | 89.62 | – | – | – | – | |
Source: Corte Electoral |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ "2004 Uruguayan election results" (in Spanish). Corte Electoral. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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