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Parliamentary elections were held in Uruguay on 29 November 1925. [1] Although the National Party won the most seats as a single party, the various factions of the Colorado Party took over half the seats in the Chamber of Representatives. [2]
Party and lema | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado Party | Batllista Colorado Party | 106,693 | 39.30 | 50 | +1 | ||
Gral. Rivera Colorado Party | 16,302 | 6.01 | 7 | –1 | |||
Radical Colorado Party | 8,436 | 3.11 | 3 | –2 | |||
Colorado Union of Durazno | 2,318 | 0.85 | 1 | New | |||
Agrupación Colorada Batllismo Libre | 868 | 0.32 | 0 | – | |||
Total | 134,617 | 49.59 | 61 | –2 | |||
National Party | 122,530 | 45.14 | 57 | –1 | |||
Communist Party | 4,838 | 1.78 | 2 | +1 | |||
Radical White Party | 4,677 | 1.72 | 2 | New | |||
Civic Union | 2,999 | 1.10 | 1 | 0 | |||
Socialist Party | 1,794 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | |||
People's Agrarian Party | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |||
Total | 271,468 | 100.00 | 123 | 0 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 331,743 | – | |||||
Source: Bottinelli et al. [3] |
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