1989 Uruguayan general election

{{short description|none}}

{{Politics of Uruguay}}

General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 November 1989. They resulted in a clear win for the National Party, 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 National Party won a general election. The incumbent Colorado Party was defeated.{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFD81638F934A15752C1A96F948260&scp=5&sq=luis%20alberto%20lacalle&st=cse | title=Uruguayans Elect a President; Victory is Seen for Centrist Lawyer | work=The New York Times | date=27 November 1989 | last1=Christian | first1=Shirley }}

Results

{{Election results

|dsv=y|candtitle=Presidential candidate|seattype1=Chamber|seattype2=+/–|seattype3=Senate|seattype4=+/–

|alliance1=National Party|aspan1=5|cand1=Luis Alberto Lacalle|votes1=444839|st1t1=39|st2t1=+4|st3t1=12|st4t1=+1|sspan1=5

|cand2=Carlos Julio Pereyra|votes2=218656

|cand3=Alberto Zumarán|votes3=101046

|cand4=al lema|votes4=1449

|atotal5=765990

|alliance6=Colorado Party|aspan6=5|cand6=Jorge Batlle|votes6=291944|st1t6=30|st2t6=–11|st3t6=9|st4t6=–4|sspan6=5

|cand7=Jorge Pacheco Areco|votes7=289222

|cand8=Hugo Fernández Faingold|votes8=14482

|cand9=al lema|votes9=1316

|atotal10=596964

|alliance11=Broad Front|cand11=Liber Seregni|votes11=418403|st1t11=21|st2t11=0|st3t11=7|st4t11=+1

|alliance12=Party for the Government of the People|cand12=Hugo Batalla|votes12=177453|st1t12=9|st2t12=New|st3t12=2|st4t12=New|acolor12=#BA55D3

|alliance13=Partido Verde Eto-Ecologista|cand13=Rodolfo Tálice|votes13=10835|st1t13=0|st2t13=New|st3t13=0|st4t13=New

|alliance14=Righteous Movement|cand14=Bolívar Espínola|votes14=441|st1t14=0|st2t14=New|st3t14=0|st4t14=New|acolor14=black

|alliance15=Workers' Party|cand15=Vital Andrada|votes15=310|st1t15=0|st2t15=0|st3t15=0|st4t15=0

|alliance16=Socialist Convergence|cand16=Nancy Espasandín|votes16=190|st1t16=0|st2t16=0|st3t16=0|st4t16=0|acolor16=orange

|total_st2t=0|total_st4t=0

|invalid=85769

|electorate=2319022

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072326/http://www.fcs.edu.uy/pri/archivos/Elecciones_Presidenciales/Resultados_candidato_presidencial_1971-2004.xls FCU]

}}

References

{{Reflist}}