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General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 November 1984,[1] the first since the 1973 coup. Since then the country had been run by a civic-military dictatorship. The electoral process was considered transparent and marked the end of the dictatorship.[2]
The result was a victory for the Colorado Party. It won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies although not a majority.
The Colorado Party received more votes in the presidential election than any other party. One of its presidential candidates, Julio Maria Sanguinetti, was elected president. Under the multi-candidate Ley de Lemas system in effect at the time, the highest-finishing candidate of the party that won the most votes was elected president.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p. 494 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ "Remembering the 1984 elections". 25 November 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2012.