Uruguayan general election, 1999

Uruguayan general election, 1999

31 October and 29 November 1999

Nominee Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Tabaré Vázquez Party Colorado Party Broad Front Running mate Luis Antonio Hierro López Rodolfo Nin Popular vote 1,158,708 982,049 Percentage 54.13% 45.87%

President before election Julio María Sanguinetti Colorado Party Elected President Jorge Batlle Colorado Party

General elections were held in Uruguay on 31 October 1999 alongside a double referendum, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 November. The election resulted in a victory for the Broad Front – Progressive Encounter alliance in the General Assembly elections, together with a win for Jorge Batlle Ibáñez of the Colorado Party in the presidential election.

Results

Although Vázquez obtained a plurality of more than 7% over Batlle in the first round, in the second round roughly 90% of voters of Lacalle in the first round switched to Batlle (following the endorsement of the National Party in favour of the Batlle candidacy), enabling him to win the election with a comfortable 8% margin. In the parliamentary elections, the party of losing presidential candidate Tabaré Vázquez won the most seats, though they failed to gain a parliamentary majority.

Party	Presidential candidate	First round		Second round		Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
Broad Front–Progressive Encounter	Tabaré Vázquez	861,202	40.1	981,778	45.9	40	+9	12	+3
Colorado Party	Jorge Batlle Ibáñez	703,915	32.8	1,158,708	54.1	33	+1	10	–1
National Party	Luis Alberto Lacalle	478,980	22.3			22	–9	7	–3
New Space	Rafael Michelini	97,943	4.6			4	–1	1	0
Civic Union	Luis Pieri	5,109	0.2			0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		57,735	–	65,626	–	–	–	–	–
Total		2,204,884	100	2,206,112	100	99	0	30	–1
Registered voters/turnout		2,402,160	91.8	2,402,135	91.8	–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

External links

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