General Assembly of Uruguay
| General Assembly of Uruguay Asamblea General de Uruguay | |
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Chamber of Senators (upper house) Chamber of Deputies (lower house) |
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130 members 99 deputies 31 senators |
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| Proportional representation | |
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| Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo | |
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The General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General) has two chambers.
- the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.
- the Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) has 31 members, 30 members elected for a five-year term by proportional representation and the Vice-president.
Latest elections
Main article: Uruguayan general election, 2014
| Party or coalition Presidential candidate |
First round (General election) | Second round (Presidential runoff) | |||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
| Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– | Votes | % | ||||
| Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez |
1,134,187 | 49.45 | 50 | 0 | 15 | –1 | 1,226,105 | 56.63 | |
| National Party Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou |
732,601 | 31.94 | 32 | +2 | 10 | +1 | 939,074 | 43.37 | |
| Colorado Party Pedro Bordaberry |
305,699 | 13.33 | 13 | –4 | 4 | –1 | |||
| Independent Party Pablo Mieres |
73,379 | 3.20 | 3 | +1 | 1 | +1 | |||
| Popular Assembly Gonzalo Abella |
26,869 | 1.17 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente César Vega |
17,835 | 0.78 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |||
| Workers' Party Rafael Fernández |
3,218 | 0.14 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |||
| Total | 2,372,117 | 100 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2,321,230 | 100 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 78,329 | – | – | – | – | – | 156,051 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,620,791 | 90.51 | – | – | – | – | 2,620,791 | 88.57 | |
| Source: Corte Electoral, Buenos Aires Herald | |||||||||
See also
- Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay
- Senate of Uruguay
- Politics of Uruguay
- List of legislatures by country
External links
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