Senate of Uruguay
| Senate Cámara de Senadores | |
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| Seats | 30 |
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Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method | |
Last election | 26 October 2014 |
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| The Senate into the Palacio Legislativo | |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Uruguay |
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The Palacio Legislativo, meeting place of the Senate
The Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) is the upper house of the General Assembly (Asamblea General) of Uruguay. The Chamber has 30 members elected for a five-year term by proportional representation; the vice-president of Uruguay presides over the chamber's sessions.
As of the 2014 recent general election, 16 Senators represent the Frente Amplio, 10 represent the National Party, 4 represent the Colorado Party, and 1 represents the Independent Party. However, one Colorado Party senator left to the Folk's Party.
Latest elections
| 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 | |||||||||
Senators
2014 election
As of the Uruguayan general election, 2014.
2009 election
As of the Uruguayan general election, 2009.
2004 election
As of the Uruguayan general election, 2004.
- (1) Assistant Secretary (Deputy Minister) of Livestock since 2005, replaced Leonardo Nicolini (2005 - 2007) and Alberto Breccia (since February 2007).
- (2) On resignation of Jorge Batlle.
- (3) Minister of Housing since 2005, replaced Margarita Percovich.
- (4) Minister for Social Development since 2005, replaced Eduardo Lorier.
- (5) Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2008, replaced Carlos Baráibar.
- (6) Foreign Minister since 2005, replaced José Korzeniak.
- (7) Minister of Tourism since 2005, replaced Eduardo Ríos.
- (8) was Minister of Livestock between 2005 and 2008, replaced by Lucía Topolansky.
- (9) resigned in March 2007 to assume ownership of the OPP, as did Juan José Bentancor.
Members
- List of members of the Senate of Uruguay, 1989–1994
- List of members of the Senate of Uruguay, 1994–1999
- List of members of the Senate of Uruguay, 1999–2004
- List of members of the Senate of Uruguay, 2004–2009
- List of members of the Senate of Uruguay (current)
See also
References
External links
Coordinates: 34°53′28″S 56°11′14″W / 34.89111°S 56.18722°W
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