Elections in Uruguay

Uruguay elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. The General Assembly (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 elected for a five-year term by proportional representation and the Vice-president. Uruguay has a multi-party system, with three dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Schedule

Election

Position	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Type	Presidential (October) National Congress (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None	None			Presidential (October) National Congress (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None
President and vice president	President and vice president	None	None			President and vice president	None
National Congress	All seats	None	None			All seats	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	None	All positions	None			None	All positions

Inauguration

Position	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Type	Presidential (March) National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)	None				Presidential (March) National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)
President and vice president	March 1st	None				March 1st
National Congress	February 15th	None				February 15th
Provinces, cities and municipalities	July 8th	None				July 11th

Latest elections

2014 general election

 Summary of the 26 October 2014 General Assembly of Uruguay election
and the 30 November 2014 presidential election run-off.

Party or coalition Presidential candidate		First round (General election)						Second round (Presidential runoff)
		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

Past elections and referendums

Local elections

• Uruguayan municipal elections, 2000
• Uruguayan municipal elections, 2005
• Uruguayan municipal elections, 2010
• Uruguayan municipal elections, 2015

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• Ley de lemas

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Political Data Bank at the Social Sciences School - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)