REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1999 ========================================================= Source: Website of the newspaper La Republica Parties --------------------------------------------------------- * EP-FA (Encuentro Progresista-Frente Amplio) Progressive Encounter-Broad Front * PC (Partido Colorado) Red Party * PN-B (Partido Nacional-Blancos) National Party-Whites * NE (Nuevo Espacio) New Space Note that the name Red Party has no socialist connotations: the Reds and the Whites were rival factions in 19th century Uruguay and these names have persisted. Both are today centre-right parties. FIRST ROUND: 31 OCTOBER 1999 ========================================================= Candidate Party Vote % --------------------------------------------------------- Jorge Luis Batlle Ibanez PC 695,926 32.8 Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera PN-B 470,837 22.2 Rafael Michelini Dellepiane NE 97,262 04.6 Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas EP-FA 857,452 40.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,121,477 --------------------------------------------------------- SECOND ROUND: 28 NOVEMBER 1999 ========================================================= Candidate Party Vote % --------------------------------------------------------- Jorge Luis BATLLE IBANEZ PC 1,138,367 53.9 Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas EP-FA 972,371 46.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,110,738 --------------------------------------------------------- SECOND ROUND: VOTES BY DEPARTMENT ========================================================= Department Vazquez Batlle Total --------------------------------------------------------- Artigas 14,792 (32.1) 31,286 (67.9) 46,078 Canelones 123,002 (45.6) 146,760 (54.4) 269,762 Cerro Largo 19,044 (34.9) 35,576 (65.1) 54,620 Colonia 30,455 (36.9) 52,151 (63.1) 82,606 Durazno 10,706 (29.3) 25,778 (70.7) 36,484 Flores 5,318 (29.4) 12,736 (70.6) 18,054 Florida 16,952 (36.7) 29,270 (63.3) 46,222 Lavalleja 11,746 (26.8) 32,115 (73.2) 43,861 Maldonado 34,308 (40.6) 50,232 (59.4) 84,540 Montevideo 522,642 (56.2) 407,362 (43.8) 930,004 Paysandu 34,691 (49.4) 35,468 (50.6) 70,159 Rio Negro 12,253 (37.1) 20,738 (62.9) 32,991 Rivera 16,661 (25.8) 47,861 (74.2) 64,522 Rocha 19,010 (39.3) 29,293 (60.7) 48,303 Salto 27,965 (37.6) 46,413 (62.4) 74,378 San Jose 23,182 (37.0) 39,416 (63.0) 62,598 Soriano 22,616 (40.4) 33,418 (59.6) 56,034 Tacuarembo 17,229 (29.8) 40,581 (70.2) 57,810 Treinta y Tres 9,799 (30.9) 21,907 (69.1) 31,706 --------------------------------------------------------- Totales 972,371 (46.1) 1,138,367 (53.9) 2,110,738 ---------------------------------------------------------