Elections in Uruguay in 1989

The presidential and parliamentary elections in Uruguay in 1989 took place on Sunday, November 26, 1989 .

The Partido Nacional emerged victorious from the government and parliamentary elections that took place at the same time . In the elections, the electoral system of which was based on the relative majority in the so-called Lema system , the president and vice-president as well as the 99 deputies and 30 senators were elected by proportional representation for a term of five years.

The mandates in the Chamber of Deputies were thus divided as follows:

• Partido Nacional (39)
• Partido Colorado (30)
• Partido Frente Amplio (21)
• Partido Por el Gobierno del Pueblo (9)

The Senate mandates in the Cámara de Senadores were thus divided as follows:

• Partido Nacional (12)
• Partido Colorado (9)
• Partido Frente Amplio (7)
• Partido Por el Gobierno del Pueblo (2)

Election result related to the parties

• Eligible voters: 2,319,022
• Voters: 2,056,355
• Turnout: 88.67%

Political party	be right	percentage
Partido Nacional	765990	37.25%
Partido Colorado	596.964	29.03%
Partido Frente Amplio	418,403	20.35%
Partido Por el Gobierno del Pueblo	177.453	8.63%
Partido Verde Eto-Ecologista	10,835	0.53%
Partido Movimiento Justiciero	441	0.02%
Partido de los Trabajadores	310	0.02%
Partido Convergencia	190	0.01%
Valid votes	1,970,586	95.83%
Blank ballot papers	64284	3.13%
Invalid votes	21,485	1.04%
Votes cast	2,056,355	100%

Reference for this table:

Web links

• official result on www.corteelectoral.gub.uy (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ official result on www.corteelectoral.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2009 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 28, 2012.