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2004 Uruguayan general election

2004 Uruguayan general election

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Registered	2,488,004
Turnout	89.62% ( 2.17pp)
Presidential election
Nominee Tabaré Vázquez Jorge Larrañaga Guillermo Stirling Party Broad Front National Party Colorado Party Running mate Rodolfo Nin Sergio Abreu Tabaré Viera Popular vote 1,124,761 764,739 231,036 Percentage 51.68% 35.13% 10.61%
President before election Jorge Batlle Colorado Party Elected President Tabaré Vázquez Broad Front
Parliamentary election
Party Leader % Seats +/– Chamber Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez 51.68 52 +12 National Party Jorge Larrañaga 35.13 36 +14 Colorado Party Guillermo Stirling 10.61 10 −23 Independent Party Pablo Mieres 1.88 1 New Senate Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez 51.68 16 +4 National Party Jorge Larrañaga 35.13 11 +4 Colorado Party Guillermo Stirling 10.61 3 −7 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Uruguay on 31 October, alongside a constitutional referendum.^[1][2] The result was a victory for the Broad Front, marking the first time a party other than the Colorado PartyorNational Party had held power since the two parties were formed in the 1830s.

Broad Front leader Tabaré Vázquez was elected president on his third attempt after his party won just over 50% of the vote, enough for him to win the presidency in a single round. To date, this is the only time that a presidential election has been decided without a runoff since the two-round system was introduced in 1999. The Broad Front also won majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

The Uruguayan presidential primaries were held on 27 June 2004.^[3] Most parties had only one candidate running unopposed, including Tabaré VázquezofBroad Front–Progressive Encounter–New Majority;^[4] Pablo Mieres of the Independent Party; Victor Lissindi of the Intrasigent Party; Aldo Lamorte of the Civic Union; and Rafael Fernández of the Workers' Party.^{[citation needed]} Jorge Larrañaga, Luis Alberto Lacalle, and Cristina Maeso competed to represent the National Party, with Larrañaga claiming the role. Guillermo Stirling defeated Alberto Iglesias, Ricardo Lombardo, Manuel Flores Silva, Eisenhower Cardoso, Jorge Ruiz, and Gustavo Boquete to represent the Colorado Party.^[4] Julio Vera was chosen to represent the Liberal Party over Ramón Díaz and José Curotto.

Party		Candidate		Ideology	Previous result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	Broad Front–Progressive Encounter–New Majority		Tabaré Vázquez	Democratic socialism Social democracy	44.67%	44 / 99 13 / 30
	National Party		Jorge Larrañaga	Conservatism Christian democracy	22.31%	22 / 99 7 / 30
	Colorado Party		Guillermo Stirling	Liberalism	32.78%	33 / 99 10 / 30
	Independent Party		Pablo Mieres	Social democracy Christian democracy	New party

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Broad Front–Progressive Encounter	Tabaré Vázquez	1,124,761	51.66	52	+12	16	+4
	National Party	Jorge Larrañaga	764,739	35.13	36	+14	11	+4
	Colorado Party	Guillermo Stirling	231,036	10.61	10	–23	3	–7
	Independent Party	Pablo Mieres	41,011	1.88	1	New	0	New
	Intransigent Party	Victor Lissidini	8,572	0.39	0	New	0	New
	Civic Union	Aldo Lamorte	4,859	0.22	0	New	0	0
	Liberal Party	Julio Vera	1,548	0.07	0	New	0	New
	Workers' Party	Rafael Fernández	513	0.02	0	New	0	New
Total			2,177,039	100.00	99	0	30	0
Valid votes			2,177,039	97.64
Invalid/blank votes			52,572	2.36
Total votes			2,229,611	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,487,816	89.62
Source: Corte Electoral

• Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)

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