General elections were held in Uruguay on 30 November 1958, alongside a constitutional referendum.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p494 Following the end of a schism between the National Party and the Independent National Party, the National Party received almost half the vote, winning a majority of seats in the National Council of Government, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and allowing it to lead the government for the first time since 1865.
As per the electoral rule, all nominees (Martín Echegoyen, Benito Nardone, Eduardo Víctor Haedo, Faustino Harrison, Justo M. Alonso and Pedro Zalbalza) of the Herrerism group of the National Party, as the most-voted group of the most-voted party, were elected as members of the National Council of Government, with the first four as presidential members and the remaining as non-presidential members. The remaining seats were filled by the first two nominees of the most-voted group of the second-voted party, and the first nominee of the second-voted group of the same party, who were Manuel Rodríguez Correa and Ledo Arroyo Torres of the "Fifteenist" Batllism group and César Batlle Pacheco of the "Fourteenist" Batllism group.
Results
Results of National Council of Government Elected candidates are marked in bold. +PartyGroupNomineesVotesNational PartyDr. Luis Alberto de Herrera Martín Echegoyen Benito Nardone Eduardo Víctor Haedo Faustino Harrison Justo M. Alonso Pedro Zabalza241,939Democratic White Union Salvador Ferrer Serra Javier Barrios Amorín Alberto Gallinal Carlos M. Penadés Gervasio A. de Posadas Juan C. López230,649Intransigent Nationalism Ángel M. Cusano Amadeo J. Arosteguy Francisco M. Ubillos Antonio M. Fernández Aparicio Méndez Carlos A. Perera26,522Colorado PartyBatllism - For the Union of the Party Manuel Rodríguez Correa Ledo Arroyo Torres Héctor Grauert Amílcar Vasconcellos Julio C. Estrella Armando I. Barbieri215,881Batllism - For the Ideals of Batlle César Batlle Pacheco Luis A. Brause Juan P. Fabini Orestes Lanza Andrés Martínez Trueba Armando R. Malet154,110Batllism - Batllist Unity Washington Fernández Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Carlos Surraco Juan Enrique Llovet Ceibal Artigas Felisindro Castro8,514Civic Union Dardo Regules Juan V. Chiarino Julio C. García Otero Tomás G. Brena Horacio Terra Arocena Miguel Saralegui37,625Socialist Party Emilio Frugoni Roberto Ibáñez Aurelio V. Geronazzo Adolfo M. Ballesteros Leopoldo Agorio Félix O. Barthagaray35,478Communist Party Francisco R. Pintos Bernabé Michelena Julio Baccino27,080Democratic Reformist Union Juan José Aguiar José Martirene Arsenio M. Bargo José G. Antuña León Peyrou Alfredo Terra19,979Renewal Movement Humberto May Edgardo U. Genta Enrique Buero Álvarez Federico Sourmastre Héctor Lagarmilla Julio Badano Repetto6,325Revolutionary Workers' Party Zulma Nogara Luis E. Naguil José Manginelli Elena Amestoy Luis A. Ponce Tabaré García142Passive Classes and Social Security Party Andrés Folle Illa Julio P. Aicardi Jorge P. Servetti Sosa Fileno F. Sosa Valentín Pena Barreto Dionisio Ramis142Labour Party Pedro Roirás Héctor P. Rodríguez Julio Díaz Peluffo Elio G. Pereyra José Vila Paz Timoteo Carballo52Trade Union Workers' Front Ricardo Volpe Raúl Martín Jorge Hernández52
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