Elections in Uruguay
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Uruguay elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
Presidential elections
The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people.
Each party must elect its candidates for President and Vice-President in primary elections, which are usually held in June. The selected candidates face the electorate in the general elections in October. If no candidate obtains the absolute majority of votes, there is a runoff between the two most-voted candidates.
Parliamentary elections
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
Election
| Position | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 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 | ||
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 |
March 1st | None | March 1st | |||
| National Congress | February 15th | None | February 15th | |||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | July 8th | None | July 11th | |||
Latest elections
2014 general election
| Party or coalition Presidential candidate |
First round (General election) | Second round (Presidential runoff) | |||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
Past elections and referendums
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Local elections
See also
External links
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Political Data Bank at the Social Sciences School - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
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