General Assembly of Uruguay

General Assembly of Uruguay Asamblea General de Uruguay
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Senators (upper house) Chamber of Deputies (lower house)
Structure
Seats	130 members 99 deputies 31 senators
Political groups	Government coalition      FA (16) Opposition parties      Nacional (9)      Colorado (5)
Political groups	Government coalition      FA (50) Opposition parties      Nacional (30)      Colorado (17)      Independents (2)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Meeting place
Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo
Website
www.parlamento.gub.uy

The General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General) has two chambers.

• the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.
• the Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores) has 31 members, 30 members elected for a five-year term by proportional representation and the Vice-president.

Latest elections

Main article: Uruguayan general election, 2014

 Summary of the 26 October 2014 General Assembly of Uruguay election
and the 30 November 2014 presidential election run-off.

Party or coalition Presidential candidate		First round (General election)						Second round (Presidential runoff)
		Votes	%	Seats
				Chamber	+/–	Senate	+/–	Votes	%
	Broad Front Tabaré Vázquez	1,134,187	49.45	50	0	15	–1	1,226,105	56.63
	National Party Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou	732,601	31.94	32	+2	10	+1	939,074	43.37
	Colorado Party Pedro Bordaberry	305,699	13.33	13	–4	4	–1
	Independent Party Pablo Mieres	73,379	3.20	3	+1	1	+1
	Popular Assembly Gonzalo Abella	26,869	1.17	1	+1	0	0
	Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente César Vega	17,835	0.78	0	N/A	0	N/A
	Workers' Party Rafael Fernández	3,218	0.14	0	N/A	0	N/A
Total		2,372,117	100	99	0	30	0	2,321,230	100
Invalid/blank votes		78,329	–	–	–	–	–	156,051	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,620,791	90.51	–	–	–	–	2,620,791	88.57
Source: Corte Electoral, Buenos Aires Herald

See also

• Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay
• Senate of Uruguay
• Politics of Uruguay
• List of legislatures by country

External links

• Official website