1950 Uruguayan general election

General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 November 1950, alongside a constitutional referendum. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election.

Results

Under the electoral system in place at the time, each political party could have as many as three presidential candidates. The combined result of the votes for a party's candidates determined which party would control the executive branch, and whichever of the winning party's candidates finished in first place would be declared President.

The Batllista wing of the Colorado Party won 41 of the 53 Colorado seats in the Chamber, with the Liberty and Justice wing winning the other 12. ^[2] The Batllistas had similar success in the Senate, winning 12 of the 17 Colorado seats, while the 'To serve the country' wing won five. ^[3]

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Colorado Party	Andrés Martínez Trueba	161,262	19.57	53	+6	17	+2
		César Mayo Gutiérrez	150,930	18.32
		Eduardo Blanco Acevedo	120,949	14.68
		al lema	313	0.04
		Total	433,454	52.61
	National Party	Luis Alberto de Herrera	253,077	30.72	31	0	10	0
		Salvador Estradé	1,421	0.17
		al lema	336	0.04
		Total	254,834	30.93
	Independent National Party	Asdrúbal Delgado	62,701	7.61	7	–2	2	–1
	Civic Union	Juan Vicente Chiarino	36,100	4.38	4	–1	1	0
	Communist Party	Eugenio Gómez	19,026	2.31	2	–3	0	–1
	Socialist Party	Emilio Frugoni	17,401	2.11	2	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	Elbio Rivero	242	0.03	0	0	0	0
	Party of the Agreement	Domingo Tortorelli	38	0.00	0	New	0	New
	Liberal Party	Luis Strazzarino	23	0.00	0	New	0	New
	Party for the Defence of Rights	Ramón Rodríguez Socas	6	0.00	0	New	0	New
	Party of the People	Froilan Aguilar	4	0.00	0	New	0	New
Total			823,829	100.00	99	0	30	0
Registered voters/turnout			1,168,206	–
Source: Instituto Factum

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
2. Enciclopedia Electoral 1900–2010 Instituto Factum, p732
3. Enciclopedia Electoral 1900–2010 Instituto Factum, p724

External links

• Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)