1930 Uruguayan general election

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General elections were held in Uruguay on 30 November 1930,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} electing the president, three members of the National Council of Administration and six of the nineteen members of the Senate. Although Luis Alberto de Herrera of the National Party received the most individual votes for president, the Colorado Party received more votes overall and its lead candidate Gabriel Terra was elected president. The Colorado Party won two of the three seats in the National Council of Administration, while the National Party won four of the six seats in the Senate.

Results

= President =

{{Election results

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|partytitle=Party and lema

|alliance1=Colorado Party|aspan1=6|party1=Libertad y Justicia|cand1=Gabriel Terra|votes1=126766|color1={{Party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}

|party2=Riveristas|cand2=Pedro Manini Ríos|votes2=28772|color2={{Party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}

|party3=Radicales|cand3=Federico Fleurquin|votes3=8302|color3={{Party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}

|party4=Anti Colegialistas|cand4=—|votes4=1118|color4={{Party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}

|party5=al lema|cand5=—|votes5=111|color5={{Party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}

|atotal6=165069

|alliance7=National Party|aspan7=4|party7=National Party|cand7=Luis Alberto de Herrera|votes7=131777

|party8=National Party|cand8=Eduardo Lamas|votes8=18011

|party9=al lema|cand9=—|votes9=209|color9={{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}

|atotal10=149997

|alliance11=Communist Party|cand11=Eugenio Gómez|votes11=2277

|invalid=

|total_sc=

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|source=Bottinelli et al.{{Cite web |last=Bottinelli |first=Oscar Alberto |last2=Giménez |first2=Wilfredo |last3=Marius |first3=Jorge Luis |title=Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010 |url=https://legislativo.parlamento.gub.uy/OtrosDocumentos/EnciclopediaElectoral1900_2010.pdf |website=Parlamento del Uruguay}}

}}

=National Council of Administration=

{{Election results

|party1=Colorado Party|votes1=165828|seats1=2

|party2=National Party|votes2=149978|seats2=1

|party3=Communist Party|votes3=2258|seats3=0

|source=Bottinelli et al.

}}

= Senate =

{{Election results

|party1=National Party|votes1=25575|seats1=4

|party2=Colorado Party|votes2=22051|seats2=2

|party3=Communist Party|votes3=287|seats3=0

|party4=Partido Colorado Gral. Rivera|votes4=324|seats4=0

|party5=Partido Tradición Colorada|votes5=190|seats5=0

|source=Bottinelli et al.

}}

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