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2014 Uruguayan general election

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← 2009 26 October 2014 (first round)
30 November 2014 (second round)
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Registered2,620,791
Turnout90.51% (first round) Increase 0.60pp
88.58% (second round) Decrease 0.60pp
Presidential election
 
Nominee Tabaré Vázquez Luis Lacalle Pou
Party Broad Front National
Running mate Raúl Sendic Jorge Larrañaga
Popular vote 1,241,568 955,741
Percentage 56.50% 43.50%

President before election

José Mujica
Broad Front

Elected President

Tabaré Vázquez
Broad Front

Parliamentary election

Party Leader % Seats ±
Chamber
Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez 49.45 50
National Luis Lacalle Pou 31.94 32
Colorado Pedro Bordaberry 13.33 13
Independent Pablo Mieres 3.20 3
Popular Unity Gonzalo Abella 1.17 1
Senate
Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez 49.45 15
National Luis Lacalle Pou 31.94 10
Colorado Pedro Bordaberry 13.33 4
Independent Pablo Mieres 3.20 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 October 2014, alongside a constitutional referendum. Since no presidential candidate won an absolute majority in the first round of voting, a runoff took place on 30 November.

Current President José Mujica was unable to run for another consecutive terms. The majority Broad Front Party nominated Mujica's predecessor, Tabaré Vázquez, as its candidate.

Vázquez advanced to the runoff with National Party candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera. In the runoff, Vázquez was elected in a landslide victory. The Broad Front also kept its majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 50 of the 99 seats.[1]

References

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  1. "Broad Front secures majority in Congress". Buenos Aires Herald. 28 October 2014.