1989 Uruguayan general election

The Uruguayan general election that took place on November 26, 1989, resulted in a clear win for the Partido Nacional, and victory for the Herrerismo-Renovación y Victoria presidential candidate, Luis Alberto Lacalle.

This was only the third time in the 20th century that the Partido Nacional won a general election. The incumbent Partido Colorado was defeated.^[1]

Results

LEMA/SUBLEMA	Candidates	Votes	%	Ch. of Senators	Ch. of Deputies
National Party	Total	765990	37,25%	12	39
“Herrerismo-Renovación y Victoria”	Luis Alberto Lacalle	444839	21,63%	8	–
“En Defensa de la Nación”	Carlos Julio Pereyra	218656	10,63%	3	–
“Por la Patria”	Alberto Zumarán	101046	04,91%	1	–
Lema	–	1449	00,07%	–	–
Colorado Party	Total	596964	29,03%	9	30
“Batllismo”	Jorge Batlle	291944	14,20%	5	–
“Unión Colorada y Batllista”	Jorge Pacheco Areco	289222	14,06%	4	–
"Batllismo Unido"	Hugo Fernández Faingold	14482	00,70%	–	–
Lema	–	1316	00,06%	–	–
Broad Front	Liber Seregni	418403	20,35%	7	21
Party for the Government of the People	Hugo Batalla	177453	08,63%	2	9
Eto-Ecologist Green Party	Rodolfo V. Tálice	10835	00,53%	0	0
Justice Movement	Bolívar Espínola	441	00,02%	0	0
Workers' Party	Vital Andrada	310	00,02%	0	0
Convergence Party	Nancy Espasandín	190	00,01%	0	0
Total valid votes	–	1970586	95,83%	–	–
Blank votes	–	64284	03,13%	–	–
Null votes	–	21485	01,04%	–	–
Total votes	–	2056355	100,00%	–	–

External links

• Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)