General elections were held in

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on 28 March 1938.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p494 The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Representatives and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the

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faction emerged as the largest. Baldomir subsequently became President on 19 June. This was the first time that Uruguayan women exerted their right to vote in a national election.When the women started voting in Uruguay

Results

President

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

References

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