2004 Uruguayan general election

2004 Uruguayan general election

← 1999 31 October 2004 2009 →
Registered2,488,004
Turnout89.62% (Decrease 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.
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.

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ "2004 Uruguayan election results" (in Spanish). Corte Electoral. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

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