General elections were held in Uruguay on 28 March 1938.[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 Alfredo Baldomir faction emerged as the largest. Baldomir subsequently became President on 19 June.

This was the first time that Uruguayan women exerted their right to vote in a national election.[2]

Results

President

Party Candidate Votes %
Colorado PartyAlfredo Baldomir121,25933.95
Eduardo Blanco Acevedo97,99827.43
al lema540.02
Total219,31161.40
National PartyJuan José de Arteaga114,50632.06
Partido por las Libertades PúblicasEmilio Frugoni16,9014.73
Partido Concentración PatrióticaJusto M. Alonso6,4871.82
Total357,205100.00
Registered voters/turnout636,171–
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Colorado Party219,36258.3864+9
National PartyNational Party114,56430.4929–10
Saravist Party7,8762.1000
Total122,44032.5829–10
Civic Union14,8023.9420
Socialist Party13,1523.503+1
Communist Party5,7361.5310
Independent Democratic Feminist Party1220.030New
Black Native Party870.020New
Party of the Agreement690.020New
Partido M. Pachecho y Obes10.000New
Total375,771100.00990
Registered voters/turnout636,171–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Colorado Party219,37560.61150
National Party114,57131.66150
Civic Union14,8024.090New
Socialist Party13,1753.640New
Total361,923100.00300
Registered voters/turnout636,171–
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ↑ When the women started voting in Uruguay (in Spanish)
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