1938 Uruguayan general election
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General elections were held in Uruguay on 28 March 1938.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928358-3}} The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Representatives and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Alfredo Baldomir faction emerged as the largest. Baldomir subsequently became President on 19 June.
This was the first time that Uruguayan women exerted their right to vote in a national election.[http://el-area-51.blogspot.com/2008/03/70-aos-del-voto-femenino-en-uruguay.html When the women started voting in Uruguay] {{in lang|es}}
Results
=President=
| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
!colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% | ||||
| rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}| | rowspan=4 align=left|Colorado Party | align=left|Alfredo Baldomir | 121,259 | 33.95 |
| align=left|Eduardo Blanco Acevedo | 97,998 | 27.43 | ||
| align=left|al lema | 54 | 0.02 | ||
| align=left|Total | 219,311 | 61.40 | ||
| bgcolor={{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}| | align=left|National Party | align=left|Juan José de Arteaga | 114,506 | 32.06 |
| align=left|Partido por las Libertades Públicas | align=left| Emilio Frugoni | 16,901 | 4.73 | |
| bgcolor=blue| | align=left|Concentración Patriótica Cándida Díaz de Saravia | align=left|Justo M. Alonso | 6,487 | 1.82 |
| class=sortbottom
|align=left colspan=3|Total | 357,205 | 100.00 | ||
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!colspan=5| | ||||
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|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout | 636,171 | – | ||
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|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen, 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}} |
=Chamber of Representatives=
{{Election results
|image=File:Elecciones generales de Uruguay de 1938 (Representantes).svg
|party1=Colorado Party|votes1=219362|seats1=64|sc1=+9
|party2=National Party|votes2=114564|seats2=29|sc2=–10
|party3=Civic Union|votes3=14802|seats3=2|sc3=0
|party4=Socialist Party|votes4=13152|seats4=3|sc4=+1
|party5=Concentración Patriótica Cándida Díaz de Saravia|votes5=7876|seats5=0|sc5=0
|party6=Communist Party|votes6=5736|seats6=1|sc6=0
|party7=Independent Democratic Feminist Party|votes7=122|seats7=0|sc7=New|color7=darkblue
|party8=Black Native Party|votes8=87|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=Party of the Agreement|votes9=69|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=Gral. Melchor Pachecho y Obes|votes10=1|seats10=0|sc10=New|color10=darkred
|invalid=
|total_sc=0
|electorate=636171
|source=Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.
}}
=Senate=
{{Election results
|partytitle=Party and lema
|image=File:Elecciones generales de Uruguay de 1938 (Senado).svg
|alliance1=Colorado Party|aspan1=4|party1=Para Servir al País|votes1=121259|seats1=9|sc1=
|party2=Viva Terra|votes2=98049|seats2=6|sc2=
|party3=al lema|votes3=54|seats3=|sc3=
|atotal4=219375|aseats4=15|sc4=0
|alliance5=National Party|votes5=114571|seats5=15|sc5=0
|alliance6=Civic Union|votes6=14802|seats6=0|sc6=New
|alliance7=Socialist Party|votes7=13175|seats7=0|sc7=New
|invalid=
|total_sc=0
|electorate=636171
|source=Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.
}}
References
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