General elections were held in

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on 30 November 1958, alongside a

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p494 Following the end of a schism between the

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and the Independent National Party, the National Party received almost half the vote, winning a majority of seats in the National Council of Government, the

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and the

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, and allowing it to lead the government for the first time since 1865. As per the electoral rule, all nominees (

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, Justo M. Alonso and Pedro Zalbalza) of the Herrerism group of the

, as the most-voted group of the most-voted party, were elected as members of the National Council of Government, with the first four as presidential members and the remaining as non-presidential members. The remaining seats were filled by the first two nominees of the most-voted group of the second-voted party, and the first nominee of the second-voted group of the same party, who were Manuel Rodríguez Correa and

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of the "Fifteenist" Batllism group and César Batlle Pacheco of the "Fourteenist" Batllism group.

Results

Results of National Council of Government

Elected candidates are marked in bold.

References

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