1971 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 28 November 1971, alongside a double referendum.[1] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the presidency and the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
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Wilson Ferreira Aldunate of the National Party received the most votes of any individual candidate. However, the combined Colorado vote exceeded the combined National vote by just over 12,000 votes, resulting in Juan Maria Bordaberry being elected president. Under the Ley de Lemas system in effect at the time, the highest-finishing candidate of the party that won the most votes was elected president.
Fifteen months after taking office, Bordaberry carried out a self-coup, closing down the General Assembly and giving the military and police full powers to restore order. This marked the start of a civic-military dictatorship that ruled the country until the next free elections in 1984.
Results
President
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % |
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| Colorado Party | Juan María Bordaberry - Jorge Sapelli | 379,515 | 22.8 |
| Jorge Batlle Ibáñez - Renán Rodríguez | 242,804 | 14.6 | |
| Amílcar Vasconcellos - Manuel Flores Mora | 48,844 | 2.9 | |
| Juan Luis Pintos - Torialli | 5,402 | 0.3 | |
| Juan Pedro Ribas - Gorlero | 4,025 | 0.2 | |
| al lema | 604 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 681,624 | 41.0 | |
| National Party | Wilson Ferreira Aldunate - Carlos Julio Pereyra | 439,649 | 26.4 |
| Mario Aguerrondo - Alberto Héber Usher | 228,569 | 13.7 | |
| al lema | 211 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 668,822 | 40.2 | |
| Broad Front | Líber Seregni - Juan José Crottogini | 304,275 | 18.3 |
| Christian Radical Union | Pérez del Castillo - Saralegui | 8,844 | 0.5 |
| Party of Retirees and Pensioners | Vázquez - Rodríguez | 288 | 0.0 |
| Justice Movement | Espínola - Álvarez Varela | 241 | 0.0 |
| Youth Party for Oriental Development | Suárez - Irujo de Grendene | 25 | 0.0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | ||
| Total | 1,664,119 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,878,132 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | |||
General Assembly
| Party | Votes | % | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||
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| Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
| Colorado Party | 681,624 | 41.0 | 41 | –9 | 13 | –3 |
| National Party | 668,822 | 40.2 | 40 | –1 | 12 | –1 |
| Broad Front | 304,275 | 18.3 | 18 | +16 | 5 | +4 |
| Christian Radical Union | 8,844 | 0.5 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 288 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Justice Movement | 241 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Youth Party for Oriental Development | 25 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 61,930 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,726,049 | 100 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,878,132 | 91.9 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
External links
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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