1942 Uruguayan general election
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General elections were held in Uruguay on 29 November 1942, alongside a constitutional referendum.[1] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Juan José de Amézaga faction emerged as the largest. Amézaga subsequently became President on 1 March 1943.
Results
[edit]Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | ||||||
Colorado Party | Juan José de Amézaga | 234,127 | 40.74 | 58 | –6 | 19 | +4 | ||
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo | 74,767 | 13.01 | |||||||
Eugenio Lagarmilla | 18,969 | 3.30 | |||||||
José C. Williman | 670 | 0.12 | |||||||
al lema | 66 | 0.01 | |||||||
Total | 328,599 | 57.18 | |||||||
National Party | Luis Alberto de Herrera | 129,132 | 22.47 | 23 | –6 | 7 | –8 | ||
José P. Turena | 1,384 | 0.24 | |||||||
José P. Turena | 667 | 0.12 | |||||||
al lema | 52 | 0.01 | |||||||
Total | 131,235 | 22.84 | |||||||
Independent National Party | Martín C. Martínez | 67,030 | 11.66 | 11 | New | 3 | New | ||
Civic Union | Joaquín Secco Illa | 24,433 | 4.25 | 4 | +2 | 1 | +1 | ||
Communist Party | Eugenio Gómez | 14,330 | 2.49 | 2 | +1 | 0 | New | ||
Socialist Party | Emilio Frugoni | 9,036 | 1.57 | 1 | –2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Party of the Agreement | Domingo Tortorelli | 40 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Total | 574,703 | 100.00 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 858,713 | – | |||||||
Source: Parliament |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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