Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Uruguay on 30 July 1916.[1] The National Party emerged as the largest party, winning 105 of the 218 seats. The Batllista wing of the Colorado Party was defeated as a result of a coalition of nationalist and non-Batllista Colorado Party members.[2] According to one study, "Exigencies of politics precluded a clear-cut batllista control of the constitutional convention elected in 1916 even though Batlle's followers still dominated the congress."[3]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Party | 68,073 | 46.42 | 105 | |
| Collegiate Colorado Party | 60,420 | 41.21 | 87 | |
| Anti-Collegiate | 14,548 | 9.92 | 22 | |
| Socialist Party | 2,001 | 1.36 | 2 | |
| Civic Union | 1,590 | 1.08 | 2 | |
| Total | 146,632 | 100.00 | 218 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 223,020 | – | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Fernando Filgueira (1995) A Century of Social Welfare in Uruguay Growth to the Limit of the Batllista Social State, Issue 5, pp1–2
- ^ Russell Humke Fitzgibbon (1956) Uruguay: Portrait of a Democracy, p144