Uruguayan general election, 1966

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General elections were held in Uruguay on 27 November 1966, alongside a constitutional referendum.^[1] 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

Party	Candidates	Votes	%
Colorado Party	Óscar Diego Gestido - Jorge Pacheco Areco	262,040	21.3
	Jorge Batlle Ibáñez - Julio Lacarte Muró	215,642	17.5
	Amílcar Vasconcellos - Renán Rodríguez	77,476	6.3
	Zelmar Michelini - Aquiles Lanza	48,992	4.0
	Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga - Nilo Berschesi	4,064	0.0
	al lema	389	0.0
	Total	607,633	49.3
National Party	Martín Echegoyen - Dardo Ortiz	228,309	18.5
	Alberto Gallinal Heber - Zeballos	171,618	13.9
	Alberto Héber Usher - Nicolás Storace Arrosa	96,772	7.9
	al lema	211	0.0
	Total	496,910	40.3
Liberation Left Front	Aguirre González - Pastorino	69,750	5.7
Civic Union	Adolfo Gelsi Bidart - Saralegui	37,219	3.0
Socialist Party	José Pedro Cardoso - Berhnard	7,892	0.6
	Emilio Frugoni - Gavazzo	3,646	0.3
	Total	11,559	0.9
Christian Civic Movement	Juan Vicente Chiarino - Flores	4,230	0.3
Popular Union		2,655	0.2
Other parties		1,806	0.1
Invalid/blank votes			–
Total		1,231,762	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,658,368
Source: Nohlen

Party	Votes	%	Chamber of Deputies		Senate
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
Colorado Party	607,633	49.3	50	+6	16	+2
National Party	496,910	40.3	41	–6	13	–2
Liberation Left Front	69,750	5.7	5	+2	1	0
Christian Democratic Party	37,219	3.0	3	0	0	–1
Socialist Party	11,559	0.9	0	0	0	0
Christian Civic Movement	4,230	0.3	0	New	0	New
Popular Union	2,655	0.2	0	–2	0	0
Other parties	1,806	0.1	0	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–	–
Total	1,231,762	100	99	0	30	–1
Registered voters/turnout	1,658,368		–	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

Elections and referendums in Uruguay

Presidential elections	1920 1926 1930 1938 1942 1946 1950 1966 1971 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Parliamentary elections	1828 (CA) 1916 (CA) 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1933 (CA) 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1971 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Colegiado elections	1925 1926 1928 1930 1932 1954 1958 1962

Municipal elections	2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Referendums	1917 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1951 1958 1962 1966 1971 1980 1989 (Apr) 1989 (Nov) 1992 1994 (Aug) 1994 (Nov) 1996 1999 2003 2004 2009 2014

CA= Constitutional Assembly

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