2004 Uruguayan general election explained

Country:

Uruguay

Previous Election:

1999 Uruguayan general election

Previous Year:

1999

Next Election:

2009 Uruguayan general election

Next Year:

2009

Election Date:

31 October 2004

Registered:

2,488,004

Turnout:

89.62% (2.17pp)

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Election Name:

Presidential election

Type:

presidential

Image1:

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Nominee1:

Tabaré Vázquez

Party1:

Broad Front (Uruguay)

Running Mate1:

Rodolfo Nin

Popular Vote1:

1,124,761

Percentage1:

51.68%

Party2:

National

Running Mate2:

Sergio Abreu

Popular Vote2:

764,739

Percentage2:

35.13%

Image3:

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Party3:

Colorado

Popular Vote3:

231,036

Percentage3:

10.61%

Running Mate3:

Tabaré Viera

President

Before Election:

Jorge Batlle

Before Party:

Colorado

After Election:

Tabaré Vázquez

After Party:

Broad Front (Uruguay)

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Election Name:

Parliamentary election

Heading1:

Chamber

Party1:

Broad Front (Uruguay)

Percentage1:

51.68

Seats1:

Last Election1:

Percentage2:

35.13

Seats2:

Last Election2:

Percentage3:

10.61

Seats3:

Last Election3:

Percentage4:

1.88

Seats4:

Last Election4:

new

Heading6:

Senate

Party6:

Broad Front (Uruguay)

Percentage6:

51.68

Seats6:

Last Election6:

Percentage7:

35.13

Seats7:

Last Election7:

Percentage8:

10.61

Seats8:

Last Election8:

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Election Name:	Maps

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 Party or National 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.

Presidential candidates

The Uruguayan presidential primaries were held on 27 June 2004, to choose single candidates for every party.

Party		Candidate		Ideology	Previous result
Party		Candidate		Ideology	Votes (%)	Seats
	Broad Front–Progressive Encounter–New Majority		Tabaré Vázquez	Democratic socialism Social democracy	44.67%
	National Party		Jorge Larrañaga	ConservatismChristian democracy	22.31%
	Colorado Party		Guillermo Stirling	Liberalism	32.78%
	Independent Party		Pablo Mieres	Social democracy Christian democracy	New party

Results

By department

Results! rowspan="3"
													Others		Valid votes		Invalid votes
Constituency	Broad Front			National Party			Colorado Party			Independent Party			Others		Valid votes		Invalid votes
data-sort-type="number"	Votes	data-sort-type="number"	%	D	data-sort-type="number"	Votes	data-sort-type="number"	%	D	data-sort-type="number"	Votes	data-sort-type="number"	%	D	Votes	%	D	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Artigas	16,220	32.1	1	24,517	48.5	1	8,563	16.9	0	153	0.3	0	49	0.10	49,502	97.8	1,090	2.2
Canelones	161,879	53.2	7	98,844	32.5	5	28,044	9.2	2	5,176	1.7	0	2,451	0.81	296,394	97.4	8,036	2.6
Cerro Largo	23,111	38.0	1	29,129	47.9	1	6,700	11.0	0	291	0.5	0	9	0.01	59,240	97.5	1,509	2.5
Colonia	36,677	41.4	1	37,302	42.1	1	10,136	11.4	1	1,527	1.7	0	641	0.72	86,283	97.4	2,298	2.6
Durazno	13,524	33.1	1	19,456	47.7	1	6,117	15.0	0	466	1.1	0	317	0.78	39,880	97.7	950	2.3
Flores	6,049	31.7	1	9,567	50.2	1	2,796	14.7	0	183	1.0	0	36	0.19	18,631	97.8	427	2.2
Florida	21,042	41.3	1	20,495	40.2	1	7,413	14.5	0	678	1.3	0	261	0.51	49,889	97.8	1,115	2.2
Lavalleja	14,612	31.7	1	22,122	48.1	1	7,189	15.6	0	761	1.7	0	111	0.24	44,795	97.3	1,243	2.7
Maldonado	46,945	47.8	2	36,218	36.9	2	9,278	9.4	0	2,620	2.7	0	553	0.56	95,614	97.4	2,568	2.6
Montevideo	565,974	61.3	27	226,552	24.6	11	76,099	8.2	3	24,933	2.7	1	9,545	1.03	903,103	97.9	19,672	2.1
Paysandú	35,053	45.3	1	35,357	45.7	1	4,720	6.1	0	472	0.6	0	45	0.06	75,647	97.7	1,805	2.3
Rio Negro	14,240	39.7	1	15,558	43.4	1	4,926	13.7	0	235	0.7	0	106	0.30	35,065	97.8	780	2.2
Rivera	21,300	30.0	1	32,006	45.1	1	15,419	21.7	1	347	0.5	0	199	0.28	69,271	97.7	1,663	2.3
Rocha	22,879	43.8	1	20,196	38.7	1	6,534	12.5	0	553	1.1	0	240	0.46	50,402	96.6	1,775	3.4
Salto	35,359	43.4	1	31,823	39.1	1	11,610	14.3	1	479	0.6	0	214	0.26	79,485	97.6	1,927	2.4
San Jose	29,277	42.8	1	29,663	43.4	1	6,683	9.8	1	799	1.2	0	319	0.47	66,741	97.6	1,671	2.4
Soriano	26,332	43.1	1	25,617	41.9	1	7,015	11.5	0	574	0.9	0	58	0.09	59,596	97.5	1,546	2.5
Tacuarembó	21,241	32.6	1	33,931	52.0	1	7,887	12.1	1	373	0.6	0	289	0.44	63,721	97.7	1,470	2.3
Treinta y Tres	13,047	37.5	1	16,386	47.1	1	3,907	11.2	0	391	1.1	0	49	0.14	33,780	97.0	1,027	3.0
Total	1,124,761	50.45	52	764,739	34.30	36	231,036	10.36	10	41,011	1.84	1	15,492	0.69	2,177,039	97.64	52,572	2.36

Source: Corte Electoral

External links

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

Notes and References

[Dieter Nohlen]
Web site: 2004 Uruguayan election results . Corte Electoral . 6 February 2014 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20160620113741/http://www.corteelectoral.gub.uy/gxportal/gxpfiles/elecciones/Elecciones%20Nacionales%202004.htm . 20 June 2016 . dead .