1938 Uruguayan general election

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 Representatives 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 Party	Alfredo Baldomir	121,259	33.95
		Eduardo Blanco Acevedo	97,998	27.43
		al lema	54	0.02
		Total	219,311	61.40
	National Party	Juan José de Arteaga	114,506	32.06
	Partido por las Libertades Públicas	Emilio Frugoni	16,901	4.73
	Concentración Patriótica Cándida Díaz de Saravia	Justo M. Alonso	6,487	1.82
Total			357,205	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			636,171	–
Source: Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.[3]

Chamber of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colorado Party	219,362	58.38	64	+9
	National Party	114,564	30.49	29	–10
	Civic Union	14,802	3.94	2	0
	Socialist Party	13,152	3.50	3	+1
	Concentración Patriótica Cándida Díaz de Saravia	7,876	2.10	0	0
	Communist Party	5,736	1.53	1	0
	Independent Democratic Feminist Party	122	0.03	0	New
	Black Native Party	87	0.02	0	New
	Party of the Agreement	69	0.02	0	New
	Gral. Melchor Pachecho y Obes	1	0.00	0	New
Total		375,771	100.00	99	0
Registered voters/turnout		636,171	–
Source: Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.[3]

Senate

Party and lema				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colorado Party		Para Servir al País	121,259	33.51	9	–
			Viva Terra	98,049	27.09	6	–
			al lema	54	0.01	–	–
		Total		219,375	60.62	15	0
	National Party			114,571	31.66	15	0
	Civic Union			14,802	4.09	0	New
	Socialist Party			13,175	3.64	0	New
Total				361,910	100.00	30	0
Registered voters/turnout				636,171	–
Source: Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.[3]

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)
3. Bottinelli, Oscar Alberto; Giménez, Wilfredo; Marius, Jorge Luis. "Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010" (PDF). Parlamento del Uruguay.