General elections were held in Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

 on 31 October 1999. A second round of the presidential election was held on 28 November 1999.

First round

In the first round of voting, no candidate won the necessary 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Tabaré Vázquez Tabaré Vázquez Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...	Broad Front – Progressive Encounter Broad Front (Uruguay) The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...	861,202	40.1%
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez is a politician from Uruguay, a member of the Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005....	Colorado Party Colorado Party (Uruguay) The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....	703,915	32.8%
Luis Alberto Lacalle Luis Alberto Lacalle Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera is a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.-Background:His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, was the daughter of the Blanco political leader Luis Alberto de Herrera, after whom Lacalle was named. Luis...	National Party National Party (Uruguay) The National Party , also known as the White Party , is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government....	478,980	22.3%
Rafael Michelini Rafael Michelini Rafael Michelini Delle Piane is a Uruguayan politician. He is currently Senator of the Republic of Uruguay as a member of the Frente Amplio party, and was the founder of New Space party. He was the seventh of ten children, and is the son of Zelmar Michelini, a former senator who was assassinated...	New Space	97,943	4.6%
Luis Pieri	Civic Union Party Civic Union Party Civic Union Party was a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1892 by Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel....	5,109	0.2%
Total		2,147,149	100%
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

Second round

Although Vázquez obtained a plurality of more than 7% over Batlle in the first round, in the second round roughly 90% of voters of Lacalle in the first round switched to Batlle (following the endorsement of the National Party in favour of the Batlle candidacy), enabling him to win the election with a rather comfortable 8% margin.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez is a politician from Uruguay, a member of the Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005....	Colorado Party Colorado Party (Uruguay) The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....	1,158,708	54.13%
Tabaré Ramon Vázquez Rosas Tabaré Vázquez Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas is a former President of Uruguay. A physician by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition . Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010...	Broad Front – Progressive Encounter Broad Front (Uruguay) The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...	982,049	45.87%
Total		2,140,757	100%
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

Parliamentary election

In the parliamentary elections, the party of losing presidential candidate Tabaré Vázquez won the most seats, though they failed to gain a parliamentary majority.

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Progressive Encounter	861,202	40.1%	40
Colorado Party Colorado Party (Uruguay) The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....	703,915	32.8%	33
National Party National Party (Uruguay) The National Party , also known as the White Party , is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government....	478,980	22.3%	22
New Space	97,943	4.6%	4
Others	5,109	0.02%	0
Total	2,147,149	100%	99
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

There were 44,895 invalid or blank votes, and a total turnout of 93.8%.

External links

• Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)