Uruguayan general election, 1999
Uruguayan general election, 1999
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General elections were held in Uruguay on 31 October 1999 alongside a double referendum, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 November.[1] The election resulted in a victory for the Broad Front – Progressive Encounter alliance in the General Assembly elections, together with a win for Jorge Batlle Ibáñez of the Colorado Party in the presidential election.
Results
Although Vázquez obtained a plurality of more than 7% over Batlle in the first round, in the second round roughly 90% of voters of Lacalle in the first round switched to Batlle (following the endorsement of the National Party in favour of the Batlle candidacy), enabling him to win the election with a comfortable 8% margin. In the parliamentary elections, the party of losing presidential candidate Tabaré Vázquez won the most seats, though they failed to gain a parliamentary majority.
| Party |
Presidential candidate |
First round |
Second round |
Seats |
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| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Chamber |
+/– |
Senate |
+/– |
| Broad Front–Progressive Encounter | Tabaré Vázquez | 861,202 | 40.1 | 981,778 | 45.9 | 40 | +9 | 12 | +3 |
| Colorado Party | Jorge Batlle Ibáñez | 703,915 | 32.8 | 1,158,708 | 54.1 | 33 | +1 | 10 | –1 |
| National Party | Luis Alberto Lacalle | 478,980 | 22.3 | | 22 | –9 | 7 | –3 |
| New Space | Rafael Michelini | 97,943 | 4.6 | 4 | –1 | 1 | 0 |
| Civic Union | Luis Pieri | 5,109 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 57,735 | – | 65,626 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,204,884 | 100 | 2,206,112 | 100 | 99 | 0 | 30 | –1 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,402,160 | 91.8 | 2,402,135 | 91.8 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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