1971 Uruguayan general election

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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.

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 Colorado candidate Juan Maria Bordaberry becoming 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. This allowed Bordaberry to become president even though he personally received around 60,000 fewer votes than Ferreira.

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 %
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
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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

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