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.
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Results
President
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.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Party | Andrés Martínez Trueba - Alfeo Brum | 161,262 | 19.6 |
| César Mayo Gutiérrez - Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco | 150,930 | 18.3 | |
| Eduardo Blanco Acevedo - Cyro Giambruno | 120,949 | 14.7 | |
| al lema | 313 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 433,454 | 52.6 | |
| National Party | Luis Alberto de Herrera - Martín Echegoyen | 253,077 | 30.7 |
| Salvador Estradé - Emeterio Arrospide | 1,421 | 0.2 | |
| al lema | 336 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 254,843 | 30.9 | |
| Independent National Party | Asdrúbal Delgado - Alberto Roldán | 62,701 | 7.6 |
| Civic Union | Juan Vicente Chiarino - Julio García Otero | 36,100 | 4.4 |
| Communist Party | Eugenio Gómez - Emilio Costa | 19,026 | 2.3 |
| Socialist Party | Emilio Frugoni - Ulises Riestra | 17,401 | 2.1 |
| Social Democratic Party | Elbio Rivero - José Percovich | 242 | 0.0 |
| Party of the Agreement | Domingo Tortorelli - Anatolia Manrupe | 38 | 0.0 |
| Liberal Party | Luis Strazzarino - Francisco Reboredo | 23 | 0.0 |
| Party for the Defence of Rights | Ramón Rodríguez Socas - José dall'Orso | 6 | 0.0 |
| Party of the People | Froilan Aguilar - José Victorio Puig | 4 | 0.0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | ||
| Total | 823,829 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,168,206 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Party | 433,628 | 52.3 | 53 | +6 |
| National Party | 254,788 | 30.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Independent National Party | 62,868 | 7.6 | 7 | –2 |
| Civic Union | 39,093 | 4.4 | 4 | –1 |
| Communist Party | 19,026 | 2.3 | 2 | –3 |
| Socialist Party | 17,400 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 4,711 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 71 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
| Total | 828,403 | 100 | 99 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,168,206 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Party | 433,440 | 52.9 | 17 | +2 |
| National Party | 254,834 | 30.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Independent National Party | 62,701 | 7.5 | 2 | –1 |
| Civic Union | 36,100 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Communist Party | 19,026 | 2.3 | 0 | –1 |
| Socialist Party | 17,401 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 4,715 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Other parties | 71 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
| Total | 828,288 | 100 | 30 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,168,206 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
References
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