![]() The Colorado Party, which had ruled the country for most of its existence as an independent republic since 1830, also governed during three of the four presidential terms since the end of the 1973-1985 military dictatorship, twice under former president Julio María Sanguinetti and once under Mr Batlle. All opinion polls predicted the poorest showing ever by the Colorado Party, whose candidate, Mr Guillermo Stirling, former Interior Minister in the outgoing Batlle administration, had just eight to eleven per cent poll ratings. ![]() In the case Mr Vázquez failed to take the 50 percent plus one vote needed to win the elections outright, his rival in the 28 November run-off was expected to be Mr Jorge Larrañaga, the candidate of the centre-right National Party, whose poll ratings ranged between 30 and 35 per cent. Pre-election polls predicted a first-round triumph for Mr Tabaré Vázquez, the presidential candidate of the Broad Front coalition (Encuentro Progresista/Frente Amplio/Nueva Mayoría), which was created in 1971 and comprised the traditional reformist left (including the Communist Party), the former Tupamaros urban guerrillas and other left-wing groups together with some politicians who had abandoned the two traditional parties, the National and Colorado parties. ![]() Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments)Įlections were held for all the seats in the Chamber of Representatives on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.Īt stake in the 31 October 2004 elections were the Presidency as well as all seats in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives)Ī historical Archive of past election results for this chamber can be found on a separate pageĬámara de Representantes / House of Representatives
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