Uruguayan general election, 1954

The government and parliamentary elections in Uruguay in 1954 found on Sunday, 28 November 1954.

From the concurrent government and parliamentary elections, the Partido Colorado, which included three Sublemas, the winner emerged, the Partido Nacional, who also belonged to three Sublema subject.

In the elections, the electoral system was aligned so-called Lema system of relative majority, was both the constitutional amendment of 1952 again introduced nine-member collegial executive, known as the Consejo Nacional de Gobierno (CNG), and the 99 deputies and 31 senators in selected part of a proportional representation for a term of four years. On March 1, 1955, the Consejo Nacional de Gobierno joined with a majority of Lista 15 to the official business. He sat down beside composed of nine members. These Council members - provided by the strongest Sublema the majority party (ie, the Partido Colorado ) and the two in the minority party, the majority on uniting groups - in a 2:1 ratio ( six council members / three Council members).

The allocation of seats for the House of Representatives was as follows:

  • Partido Colorado: 51.5 % ( the two strongest Sublema: Lista 15 (fraction Luis Batlle Berres ): 33.3 %; Lista 14 (traditional Batllismo Group ): 15.2%)
  • Partido Nacional: 35.4 % ( the two strongest Sublema: Herrera Group: 22.2%; Movimiento Nacionalista Popular: 12.1%)
  • Other parties: 13.1%

The distribution of seats in the Cámara de Senadores:

  • Partido Colorado: 54.8 %
  • Partido Nacional: 35.5%
  • Other parties: 6.4%

Election result with respect to the parties

  • Eligible voters: 1,295,502
  • Valid Votes: 879 242
  • Turnout: 67.86 %

Reference for this table:

Colorado Party (Uruguay) National Party (Uruguay) National Council of Government (Uruguay) Socialist Party of Uruguay Uruguayan general election, 1942 Uruguayan general election, 1946 Uruguayan general election, 1950 Uruguayan general election, 1958 Uruguayan general election, 1962 Uruguayan general election, 1966 Uruguayan general election, 1971 Uruguayan general election, 1984 Uruguayan general election, 1989 Uruguayan general election, 1994 Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay Uruguayan municipal elections, 2000 Uruguayan municipal elections, 2005 Uruguayan municipal elections, 2010 Uruguayan municipal elections, 2015
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