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Parliamentary elections were held in Uruguay on 14 January 1917. [1] The Colorado Party won a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.
Party or lema | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado Party | Colorado Party (Batllistas) | 63,250 | 49.37 | ||
Colorado Party (Gral. Rivera) | 2,920 | 2.28 | |||
Total | 66,170 | 51.65 | |||
National Party | Civic Nationalist | 32,304 | 25.21 | ||
National Party | 28,941 | 22.59 | |||
Total | 61,245 | 47.80 | |||
Socialist Party | 703 | 0.55 | |||
Total | 128,118 | 100.00 | |||
Source: Bottinelli et al. [2] |
Party or lema | Votes | % | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado Party | Colorado Party (Batllistas) | 37,768 | 51.92 | 4 | ||
Colorado Party (Gral. Rivera) | 738 | 1.01 | ||||
Total | 38,506 | 52.93 | ||||
National Party | Civic Nationalist | 21,720 | 29.86 | 3 | ||
National Party | 11,900 | 16.36 | ||||
Total | 33,620 | 46.21 | ||||
Socialist Party | 622 | 0.86 | 0 | |||
Total | 72,748 | 100.00 | 7 | |||
Source: Bottinelli et al. [2] |
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