1989 Uruguayan general election

The Uruguayan general election that took place on November 26, 1989, resulted in a clear win for the Partido Nacional, and victory for the Herrerismo-Renovación y Victoria presidential candidate, Luis Alberto Lacalle.

This was only the third time in the 20th century that the Partido Nacional won a general election. The incumbent Partido Colorado was defeated.

Results

LEMA/SUBLEMA	Candidates	Votes	%	Ch. of Senators	Ch. of Deputies
National Party	Total	765,990	37.25%	12	39
“Herrerismo-Renovación y Victoria”	Luis Alberto Lacalle	444,839	21.63%	8	–
“En Defensa de la Nación”	Carlos Julio Pereyra	218,656	10.63%	3	–
“Por la Patria”	Alberto Zumarán	101,046	4.91%	1	–
Lema	–	1,449	0.07%	–	–
Colorado Party	Total	596,964	29.03%	9	30
“Batllismo”	Jorge Batlle	291,944	14.20%	5	–
“Unión Colorada y Batllista”	Jorge Pacheco Areco	289,222	14.06%	4	–
"Batllismo Unido"	Hugo Fernández Faingold	14,482	0.70%	–	–
Lema	–	1,316	0.06%	–	–
Broad Front	Liber Seregni	418,403	20.35%	7	21
Party for the Government of the People	Hugo Batalla	177,453	8.63%	2	9
Eto-Ecologist Green Party	Rodolfo V. Tálice	10,835	0.53%	0	0
Justice Movement	Bolívar Espínola	441	0.02%	0	0
Workers' Party	Vital Andrada	310	0.02%	0	0
Convergence Party	Nancy Espasandín	190	0.01%	0	0
Total valid votes	–	1,970,586	95.83%	–	–
Blank votes	–	64,284	3.13%	–	–
Null votes	–	21,485	1.04%	–	–
Total votes	–	2,056,355	100%	–	–

External links

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