1989 Uruguayan general election

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General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 November 1989. They resulted in a clear win for the National Party, and victory for the Herrerismo-Renovación y Victoria presidential candidate, Luis Alberto Lacalle.

This was only the third time in the 20th century that the National Party won a general election. The incumbent Colorado Party was defeated.

Results


Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–
	National Party	Luis Alberto Lacalle	444,839	22.57	39	+4	12	+1
		Carlos Julio Pereyra	218,656	11.10
		Alberto Zumarán	101,046	5.13
		al lema	1,449	0.07
		Total	765,990	38.87
	Colorado Party	Jorge Batlle	291,944	14.82	30	–11	9	–4
		Jorge Pacheco Areco	289,222	14.68
		Hugo Fernández Faingold	14,482	0.73
		al lema	1,316	0.07
		Total	596,964	30.29
	Broad Front	Liber Seregni	418,403	21.23	21	0	7	+1
	Party for the Government of the People	Hugo Batalla	177,453	9.01	9	New	2	New
	Partido Verde Eto-Ecologista	Rodolfo Tálice	10,835	0.55	0	New	0	New
	Righteous Movement	Bolívar Espínola	441	0.02	0	New	0	New
	Workers' Party	Vital Andrada	310	0.02	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Convergence	Nancy Espasandín	190	0.01	0	0	0	0
Total			1,970,586	100.00	99	0	30	0

Valid votes			1,970,586	95.83
Invalid/blank votes			85,769	4.17
Total votes			2,056,355	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,319,022	88.67
Source: FCU

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