Elections in Uruguay 2014

The 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections in Uruguay took place on Sunday, October 26, 2014.

The president, the vice-president, 30 senators and 99 deputies were elected. Since none of the presidential candidates received an absolute majority, there was a runoff election on November 30, 2014 , in which Tabaré Vázquez won.

Presidential election

Tabaré Vázquez, winner of the presidential election

Each party elected its candidate in the primaries for the 2014 presidential election in Uruguay on June 1 (in brackets, the result as a percentage of the votes cast in the first round):

• Frente Amplio : Tabaré Vázquez. (49.5%)
• Partido Nacional : Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou . (31.9%)
• Partido Colorado : Pedro Bordaberry . (13.3%)
• Partido Independiente : Pablo Mieres . (3.2%)
• Unidad Popular : Gonzalo Abella . (1.2%)

In the runoff election of the first two candidates, Tabaré Vázquez won with 53.6% against Luis Lacalle Pou, who scored 41.1%.

See also

• Primaries for the 2014 presidential election in Uruguay
• Local elections in Uruguay 2015

Web links

• Electoral Justice in Uruguay
• electionguide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Elections in Uruguay 2014-2015 . Corte Electoral. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
2. ^ Runoff election: Socialist Vázquez becomes President in Uruguay. Spiegel Online, November 30, 2014, accessed December 1, 2014 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Victoria de Lacalle Pou, Vázquez y Bordaberry en las internas ( Spanish ) EL PAIS . June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.