1907 Uruguayan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Uruguay on 24 November 1907 to elect all members of the Chamber of Representatives. ^[1] The main opposition, the National Party did not contest the elections, although some National Party members ran under the "Nationalist Directorate" name. ^[1]

Electoral system

The elections were held using a majority/minority system, in which the first and second parties in each constituency (based on departments) received a set number of seats, regardless of their vote shares. In Montevideo and constituencies with four seats, three-quarters of the seats were awarded to the first-placed party and one-quarter to the second-placed party. In constituencies with three seats, two were given to the first-placed party and one to the runner-up, as long as the second-placed party received at least 25% of the vote. ^[1] In Flores Department (which had two seats) the second-placed party had to receive at least 50% of the number of votes received by the first-placed party to win a seat.

Suffrage was limited to literate men. Voting was not secret, as voters had to sign their ballot paper. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colorado Party	28,202	63.54	69	+18
	Nationalist Directorate	13,335	30.04	14	New
	Civic Reaction	2,801	6.31	1	New
	Other parties	47	0.11	0	–
Total		44,385	100.00	84	+13
Source: Bottinelli et al. [1]

References

1. Bottinelli, Oscar Alberto; Giménez, Wilfredo; Marius, Jorge Luis. "Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010" (PDF). Parlamento del Uruguay.
2. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p491 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3