Uruguayan general election, 1984

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General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 November 1984,^[1] the first since the 1973 coup. Since then the country had been run by a civic-military dictatorship. The electoral process was considered transparent and marked the end of the dictatorship.^[2] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election.

Results

President

Party	Candidates	Votes	%
Colorado Party	Julio María Sanguinetti - Enrique Tarigo	588,143	31.2
	Jorge Pacheco Areco - Carlos Pirán	183,588	9.7
	al lema	5,970	0.3
	Total	777,701	41.2
National Party	Alberto Zumarán - Gonzalo Aguirre	553,193	29.3
	Dardo Ortiz	76,014	4.0
	Juan Carlos Payssé - Cristina Maeso	21,903	1.2
	al lema	9,657	0.5
	Total	660,767	35.0
Broad Front	Juan José Crottogini - José D'Elía	401,104	21.3
Civic Union	Juan Vicente Chiarino - Federico Slinger	46,241	2.5
Other parties		943	0.0
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		1,886,756	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,200,086
Source: Nohlen

General Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Chamber of Deputies		Senate
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Colorado Party	777,701	41.0	41	0	13	0
National Party	660,767	35.1	35	–5	11	–1
Broad Front	401,104	21.3	21	+3	6	+1
Civic Union	46,241	2.5	2	New	0	New
Other parties	943	0.1	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	44,569	–	–	–	–	–
Total	1,931,325	100	99	0	30	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,197,503	87.9	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

External links

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

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ "Remembering the 1984 elections". Retrieved 2012-05-17.

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