1922 Uruguayan general election

none General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 November 1922 to elect the president, all members of the Chamber of Representatives, seven of the nineteen members of the Senate and three members of the National Council of Administration. It was the first time that the presidency had been directly elected,Martin Weinstein (1975) Uruguay: The Politics of Failure, p66 and the Colorado Party received most votes overall, and its lead candidate José Serrato was elected president. The Colorado Party factions also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Representatives,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p511 978-0-19-928358-3 while the National Party won five of the seven Senate seats.Bottinelli Oscar Alberto Giménez Wilfredo Marius Jorge Luis Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010 https://legislativo.parlamento.gub.uy/OtrosDocumentos/EnciclopediaElectoral1900_2010.pdf Parlamento del Uruguay Results President Colorado Party José Serrato 123076 National Party Luis Alberto de Herrera 117901 Communist Party — 3179 Bottinelli et al. National Council of Administration Colorado Party 122311 2 National Party 117895 1 Communist Party 3179 0 Bottinelli et al. Chamber of Representatives National Party 116104 56 Colorado Party 96612 65 Gral. Rivera Colorado Party 15250 Radical Colorado Party 9862 Communist Party 3071 1 Civic Union 2872 1 Socialist Party 953 Industrial Union 2 Bottinelli et al. Senate National Party 60924 5 Colorado Party 52003 2 Communist Party 3016 0 Bottinelli et al. Aftermath Following the elections, Serrato was inaugurated as president on 1 March 1923.Historical Context https://web.archive.org/web/20210203231055/http://cw90a.radiogruposur.org/?1,1,1,0 2021-02-03 Radiogruupo Sur Uruguay References Category:Parliamentary elections in Uruguay Category:Presidential elections in Uruguay Uruguay General Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results