1938 Uruguayan general election

General elections were held in Uruguay on 28 March 1938.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 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.When the women started voting in Uruguay

Results President PartyCandidateVotes% Colorado PartyAlfredo Baldomir121,25933.95Eduardo Blanco Acevedo97,99827.43al lema540.02Total219,31161.40 National PartyJuan José de Arteaga114,50632.06 Partido por las Libertades Públicas Emilio Frugoni 16,9014.73 Concentración Patriótica Cándida Díaz de SaraviaJusto M. Alonso6,4871.82Total357,205100.00Registered voters/turnout636,171–Source: Nohlen, Bottinelli et al.

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

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