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Senate elections were held in Uruguay on 24 November 1918 to elect 6 of the 19 members of the Senate.
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado Party | Colorado Party | 9,744 | 47.49 | 5 | ||
Colorado Party (Rivera) | 174 | 0.85 | 0 | |||
Total | 9,918 | 48.34 | 5 | |||
National Party | 7,776 | 37.90 | 1 | |||
Colorado-National United List | 2,824 | 13.76 | 0 | |||
Total | 20,518 | 100.00 | 6 | |||
Source: Bottinelli et al. [1] |
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