Elections in Uruguay in 1971

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The presidential and parliamentary elections in Uruguay in 1971 took place on Sunday, November 28, 1971.

In the elections, the electoral system of which was based on the relative majority in the so-called Lema system , the president as well as the 99 deputies and 30 senators were elected by proportional representation for a term of five years. 1,878,132 people were entitled to vote, 1,712,766 of whom exercised their right to vote. This corresponded to a voter turnout of 91.19%.

From the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place at the same time, the Partido Colorado (681,624 votes), to which three Sublema belonged, emerged victorious from the Partido Nacional (668,822 votes), which included two Sublema . For the first time, with the Frente Amplio (304,275 votes), another party broke into the monopoly of representation, which was essentially limited to the two large, traditional parties.

Juan María Bordaberry of the Partido Colorado was elected President. He took office on March 1, 1972. This resulted in the constellation owed to the peculiarities of the Uruguayan electoral system, that it was not Wilson Ferreira's candidacy with 26.4% of the votes, but rather the 22.8% share of the vote, which was held by Bordaberry, who won the presidency. Such a situation had already existed in 1946 and 1950, both at the expense of the Partido Nacional.

Distribution of seats in the House of Representatives

The distribution of seats for the House of Representatives was as follows:

The seats in parliament were thus divided as follows:

  • Partido Colorado (41)
  • Partido Nacional (40)
  • Front Amplio (18)

The distribution of seats in the Cámara de Senadores :

  • Partido Colorado: 43.3%
  • Partido Nacional: 40.0%
  • Frente Amplio: 16.7%

The Senate mandates were thus divided as follows:

  • Partido Colorado (13)
  • Partido Nacional (12)
  • Front Amplio (5)

Election result related to the parties

Political party be right percentage
Partido Colorado 681.624 39.80%
Partido Nacional 668.822 39.05%
Partido Demócrata Cristiano ( Frente Amplio ) 304.275 17.77%
Unión Radical Cristiana 8,844 0.52%
Partido Jubilados y Pensionistas 288 0.02%
Partido Movimiento Justiciero 241 0.01%
Partido Juventud por el Desarrollo Oriental 25th 0.00%
Valid votes 1,664,119 97.16%
Blank ballot papers 6.139 0.36%
Invalid votes 42,508 2.48%
Votes cast 1,712,766 100%

Reference for this table:

Election result within the Lemas (parties) in relation to the Sublemas (presidential candidates)

Party (lema) Candidates be right percentage
Partido Colorado Bordaberry - Sapelli 379,515 21.97%
Batlle Ibañéz - Rodríguez 242,804 14.06%
Vasconcellos - Flores Mora 48,839 2.83%
Pintos - Torielli 5,402 0.31%
Ribas - Gorlero 4.025 0.23%
Adj. Lema 1,039 0.06%
Total 681.624 39.46%
Partido Nacional Ferreira - Pereyra 439,649 25.45%
Aguerrondo - Héber 228,569 13.23%
Fadol - Arias 35 00.00%
Adj. Lema 569 00.03%
Total 668.822 38.72%
Partido Demócrata Cristiano ( Frente Amplio ) Seregni - Crottogini 304.275 17.62%
Partido Unión Radical Cristiana Pérez del Castillo - Saralegui 8,844 00.51%
Partido Jubilados y Pensionistas Vázquez Méndez - Rodríguez Nadales 288 00.02%
Partido Movimiento Justiciero Espínola - Álvarez Varela 241 00.01%
Partido Juventud por el Desarrollo Oriental Suarez - Irujo de Grendene 25th 00.00%

Reference for this table:

literature

  • historia reciente (supplement to El País ), issue 22: Las elecciones de 1971 . In full text (Spanish; PDF; 1.3 MB)
  • Bernhard Thibaut : Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America - Chapter 3.5: Uruguay (1942–1973), p. 163 ff., Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ historiareciente (Spanish) in El País , accessed on May 27, 2012 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Bernhard Thibaut : Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America - Chapter 3.5: Uruguay (1942-1973) , p. 163ff, Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1996
  3. ↑ Bernhard Thibaut : Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America - Chapter 3.5: Uruguay (1942-1973) , p. 163ff, Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1996
  4. ↑ Result of the election at www.corteelectoral.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved May 27, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.corteelectoral.gub.uy
  5. ↑ Result of the election at www.corteelectoral.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved May 27, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.corteelectoral.gub.uy