1958 Uruguayan general election

1958 Uruguayan general election

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Registered	1,410,105
National Council of Government
Party Vote % Seats +/– National Party 49.68 6 +3 Colorado Party 37.70 3 −3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies
Party Vote % Seats +/– National Party 49.68 51 +16 Colorado Party 37.70 38 −13 Civic Union 3.74 3 −2 Socialist 3.53 3 0 Communist 2.69 2 +2 URD 1.99 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
Party Vote % Seats +/– National Party 49.68 17 +6 Colorado Party 37.70 12 −5 Civic Union 3.74 1 0 Socialist 3.53 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Uruguay on 30 November 1958, alongside a constitutional referendum. ^[1] Following the end of a schism between the National Party and the Independent National Party, the National Party received almost half the vote, winning a majority of seats in the National Council of Government, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and allowing it to lead the government for the first time since 1865. ^[2]

As per the electoral rule, all nominees (Martín Echegoyen, Benito Nardone, Eduardo Víctor Haedo, Faustino Harrison, Justo M. Alonso and Pedro Zalbalza) of the Herrerism group of the National Party, as the most-voted group of the most-voted party, were elected as members of the National Council of Government, with the first four as presidential members and the remaining as non-presidential members. The remaining seats were filled by the first two nominees of the most-voted group of the second-voted party, and the first nominee of the second-voted group of the same party, who were Manuel Rodríguez Correa and Ledo Arroyo Torres of the "Fifteenist" Batllism group and César Batlle Pacheco of the "Fourteenist" Batllism group.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				NCG	CoD	+/–	Sen	+/–
	National Party	499,425	49.68	6	51	+16	17	+6
	Colorado Party	379,062	37.70	3	38	–13	12	–5
	Civic Union	37,625	3.74	0	3	–2	1	0
	Socialist Party	35,478	3.53	0	3	0	1	0
	Communist Party	27,080	2.69	0	2	0	0	0
	Democratic Reformist Union	19,979	1.99	0	2	New	0	New
	Renewal Movement	6,325	0.63	0	0	New	0	New
	Passive Classes and Social Security Party	142	0.01	0	0	New	0	New
	Revolutionary Workers' Party	142	0.01	0	0	New	0	New
	Labour Party	52	0.01	0	0	New	0	New
	Trade Union Workers' Front	52	0.01	0	0	New	0	New
Total		1,005,362	100.00	9	99	0	31	0
Registered voters/turnout		1,410,105	–
Source: Electoral Court

Results of National Council of Government

Elected candidates are marked in bold.

Party		Group	Nominees	Votes
	National Party	Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera	Martín Echegoyen Benito Nardone Eduardo Víctor Haedo Faustino Harrison Justo M. Alonso Pedro Zabalza	241,939
		Democratic White Union	Salvador Ferrer Serra Javier Barrios Amorín Alberto Gallinal Carlos M. Penadés Gervasio A. de Posadas Juan C. López	230,649
		Intransigent Nationalism	Ángel M. Cusano Amadeo J. Arosteguy Francisco M. Ubillos Antonio M. Fernández Aparicio Méndez Carlos A. Perera	26,522
	Colorado Party	Batllism - For the Union of the Party	Manuel Rodríguez Correa Ledo Arroyo Torres Héctor Grauert Amílcar Vasconcellos Julio C. Estrella Armando I. Barbieri	215,881
		Batllism - For the Ideals of Batlle	César Batlle Pacheco Luis A. Brause Juan P. Fabini Orestes Lanza Andrés Martínez Trueba Armando R. Malet	154,110
		Batllism - Batllist Unity	Washington Fernández Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Carlos Surraco Juan Enrique Llovet Ceibal Artigas Felisindro Castro	8,514
	Civic Union		Dardo Regules Juan V. Chiarino Julio C. García Otero Tomás G. Brena Horacio Terra Arocena Miguel Saralegui	37,625
	Socialist Party		Emilio Frugoni Roberto Ibáñez Aurelio V. Geronazzo Adolfo M. Ballesteros Leopoldo Agorio Félix O. Barthagaray	35,478
	Communist Party		Francisco R. Pintos Bernabé Michelena Julio Baccino	27,080
	Democratic Reformist Union		Juan José Aguiar José Martirene Arsenio M. Bargo José G. Antuña León Peyrou Alfredo Terra	19,979
	Renewal Movement		Humberto May Edgardo U. Genta Enrique Buero Álvarez Federico Sourmastre Héctor Lagarmilla Julio Badano Repetto	6,325
	Revolutionary Workers' Party		Zulma Nogara Luis E. Naguil José Manginelli Elena Amestoy Luis A. Ponce Tabaré García	142
	Passive Classes and Social Security Party		Andrés Folle Illa Julio P. Aicardi Jorge P. Servetti Sosa Fileno F. Sosa Valentín Pena Barreto Dionisio Ramis	142
	Labour Party		Pedro Roirás Héctor P. Rodríguez Julio Díaz Peluffo Elio G. Pereyra José Vila Paz Timoteo Carballo	52
	Trade Union Workers' Front		Ricardo Volpe Raúl Martín Jorge Hernández	52

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
2. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .Rex A. Hudson (December 1993). "Decline of the Economy and the Colorado Party, 1951-58". In Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W. (eds.). Uruguay: A country study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. LCCN   92006702.