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General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 November 1962, alongside a constitutional referendum. [1] The result was a victory for the National Party, which won the most seats in the National Council of Government, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| NCG | CoD | +/– | Sen | +/– | ||||
| National Party | 545,029 | 46.54 | 6 | 47 | –4 | 15 | –2 | |
| Colorado Party | 521,231 | 44.51 | 3 | 44 | +6 | 14 | 2 | |
| Liberation Left Front | 40,886 | 3.49 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 35,703 | 3.05 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Popular Union | 27,041 | 2.31 | 0 | 2 | New | 0 | New | |
| Progressive Movement | 650 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Revolutionary Workers' Party | 213 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party for Solís Department | 167 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Federal Party | 63 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Party of the Workers | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Labour Party | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oriental Revolutionary Movement | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 1,171,020 | 100.00 | 9 | 99 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,528,239 | – | ||||||
| Source: Electoral Court | ||||||||
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