Uruguayan general election, 1994

General elections were held in Uruguay on 27 November 1994, alongside a double referendum.^[1] The result was a narrow victory for the Colorado Party, which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election.

This was the last time the old multiple-candidate system was in force, as originally stated in the 1967 Constitution.

Results

President

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Colorado Party	Julio María Sanguinetti	500,760	24.7
	Jorge Batlle Ibáñez	102,551	5.1
	Jorge Pacheco Areco	51,935	2.6
	Total	656,426	32.3
National Party	Alberto Volonté	301,655	14.9
	Juan Andrés Ramírez	264,255	13.0
	Carlos Julio Pereyra	65,650	3.2
	Total	633,384	31.2
Broad Front–Progressive Encounter	Tabaré Vázquez	621,226	30.6
New Space	Rafael Michelini	104,773	5.2
Green Party	Rodolfo Tálice	5,498	0.25
Other parties (incl. candidate Roberto Canessa)		7,972	0.35
Invalid/blank votes		101,337	–
Total		2,130,616	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,330,154	91.4
Source: Nohlen

General Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Chamber of Deputies		Senate
			Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Colorado Party	656,426	32.3	32	+2	11	+2
National Party	633,384	31.1	31	–8	10	–2
Broad Front–Progressive Encounter	621,226	30.8	31	+10	9	+2
New Space	104,773	5.2	5	–4	1	–1
Green Party	5,498	0.25	0	–	0	–
Other parties	7,972	0.35	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	101,337	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2,130,616	100	99	0	31	+1
Registered voters/turnout	2,330,154	91.4	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

External links

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

Further reading

• Mieres, Pablo. Elecciones 1994: una nueva fase de la transformación electoral en el Uruguay (PDF) (in Spanish). Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

References

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