1942 Uruguayan general election

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{{Politics of Uruguay}}

{{Infobox election

|election_name=1942 Uruguayan Presidential Election

|country=Uruguay

|flag_year=1942

|alliance_name=no

|type=presidential

|election_date={{Start date|1942|11|29}}

|previous_year=1938

|previous_election=1938 Uruguayan general election

|next_year=1946

|next_election=1946 Uruguayan general election

|registered=858,713

|turnout=66.9% ({{increase}} 10.8 pp)

| image_size = 200x200px

| image1 = File:Presidente Juan José Amézaga.jpg

| candidate1 = Juan José de Amézaga

| party1 = Colorado

| alliance1 = Batllism Group-To Serve the Country Group

| popular_vote1 = 234,127

| running_mate1 = Alberto Guani

| percentage1 = 40.8%

| image2 = File:Luis Alberto de Herrera.jpg

| candidate2 = Luis Alberto de Herrera

| party2 = National

| alliance2 = With Democracy, for Social Justice and Liberties Group

| popular_vote2 = 129,132

| running_mate2 = Roberto Berro

| percentage2 = 22.5%

| image3 =

| candidate3 = Eduardo Blanco Acevedo

| party3 = Colorado

| alliance3 = Liberty and Justice Group

| popular_vote3 = 74,767

| running_mate3 = Carlos Vilaro Rubio

| percentage3 = 13.0%

| image4 = File:Martin_C._Martinez.jpg

| candidate4 = Martín C. Martínez

| party4 = Independent National

| alliance4 =

| popular_vote4 = 67,030

| running_mate4 = Arturo Lussich

| percentage4 = 11.7%

| image5 =

| candidate5 = Joaquín Secco Illa

| party5 = Civic

| alliance5 =

| popular_vote5 = 24,433

| running_mate5 = Hugo Antuña

| percentage5 = 4.26%

|title=President

|before_election=Alfredo Baldomir

|before_party=Colorado

|after_election=Juan José de Amézaga

|after_party=Colorado

}}

General elections were held in Uruguay on 29 November 1942, alongside a constitutional referendum.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 Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Juan José de Amézaga faction emerged as the largest. Amézaga subsequently became President on 1 March 1943.