1942 Uruguayan general election

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General elections were held in Uruguay on 29 November 1942, alongside a constitutional referendum.^[1] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Juan José de Amézaga faction emerged as the largest. Amézaga subsequently became President on 1 March 1943.

Results

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	Colorado Party	Juan José de Amézaga	234,127	40.74	58	–6	19	+4
		Eduardo Blanco Acevedo	74,767	13.01
		Eugenio Lagarmilla	18,969	3.30
		José C. Williman	670	0.12
		al lema	66	0.01
		Total	328,599	57.18
	National Party	Luis Alberto de Herrera	129,132	22.47	23	–6	7	–8
		José P. Turena	1,384	0.24
		José P. Turena	667	0.12
		al lema	52	0.01
		Total	131,235	22.84
	Independent National Party	Martín C. Martínez	67,030	11.66	11	New	3	New
	Civic Union	Joaquín Secco Illa	24,433	4.25	4	+2	1	+1
	Communist Party	Eugenio Gómez	14,330	2.49	2	+1	0	New
	Socialist Party	Emilio Frugoni	9,036	1.57	1	–2	0	0
	Party of the Agreement	Domingo Tortorelli	40	0.01	0	0	0	New
Total			574,703	100.00	99	0	30	0
Registered voters/turnout			858,713	–
Source: Parliament

References

External links

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

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