Parliamentary elections were held in Uruguay on 24 November 1907 to elect all members of the Chamber of Representatives.[1] The main opposition, the National Party did not contest the elections, although some National Party members ran under the "Nationalist Directorate" name.[1]
Electoral system
editThe elections were held using a majority/minority system, in which the first and second parties in each constituency (based on departments) received a set number of seats, regardless of their vote shares. In Montevideo and constituencies with four seats, three-quarters of the seats were awarded to the first-placed party and one-quarter to the second-placed party. In constituencies with three seats, two were given to the first-placed party and one to the runner-up, as long as the second-placed party received at least 25% of the vote.[1] In Flores Department (which had two seats) the second-placed party had to receive at least 50% of the number of votes received by the first-placed party to win a seat.
Suffrage was limited to literate men. Voting was not secret, as voters had to sign their ballot paper.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Party | 28,202 | 63.54 | 69 | +18 | |
| Nationalist Directorate | 13,335 | 30.04 | 14 | New | |
| Civic Reaction | 2,801 | 6.31 | 1 | New | |
| Other parties | 47 | 0.11 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 44,385 | 100.00 | 84 | +13 | |
| Source: Bottinelli et al.[1] | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bottinelli, Oscar Alberto; Giménez, Wilfredo; Marius, Jorge Luis. "Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010" (PDF). Parlamento del Uruguay.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p491 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3