1950 Uruguayan general election

none General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 November 1950, alongside a constitutional referendum.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 978-0-19-928358-3 The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election. Results Under the electoral system in place at the time, each political party could have as many as three presidential candidates. The combined result of the votes for a party's candidates determined which party would control the executive branch, and whichever of the winning party's candidates finished in first place would be declared President. The Batllista wing of the Colorado Party won 41 of the 53 Colorado seats in the Chamber, with the Liberty and Justice wing winning the other 12.Enciclopedia Electoral 1900–2010 Instituto Factum, p732 The Batllistas had similar success in the Senate, winning 12 of the 17 Colorado seats, while the 'To serve the country' wing won five.Enciclopedia Electoral 1900–2010 Instituto Factum, p724 y Presidential candidate Chamber +/– Senate +/– 300px300px Colorado Party 5 Andrés Martínez Trueba 161262 53 +6 17 +2 5 César Mayo Gutiérrez 150930 Eduardo Blanco Acevedo 120949 al lema 313 433454 National Party 4 Luis Alberto de Herrera 253077 31 0 10 0 4 Salvador Estradé 1421 al lema 336 254834 Independent National Party Asdrúbal Delgado 62701 7 –2 2 –1 Civic Union Juan Vicente Chiarino 36100 4 –1 1 0 Communist Party Eugenio Gómez 19026 2 –3 0 –1 Socialist Party Emilio Frugoni 17401 2 0 0 0 Democratic Party Elbio Rivero 242 0 0 0 0 Labor Concordance Party Domingo Tortorelli 38 0 New 0 New Liberal Party Luis Strazzarino 23 0 New 0 New Party for the Defence of Rights Ramón Rodríguez Socas 6 0 New 0 New Party of the People Froilan Aguilar 4 0 New 0 New 0 0 1168206 Instituto FactumInstituto Factum References External links Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Category:Parliamentary elections in Uruguay Category:Presidential elections in Uruguay Uruguay General Uruguay Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results