General elections were held in

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on 25 November 1984,

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p. 494 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. The Colorado Party received more votes than any other party, resulting in one of its presidential candidates,

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, was elected president as under the multi-candidate Ley de Lemas system in effect at the time, the highest-finishing candidate of the party that received the most votes was elected president. The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the

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and

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although not a majority. The election was not without irregularities. A number of politicians were prohibited from running in the election.

Results

References

External links

Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)

Parliamentary elections in Uruguay Presidential elections in Uruguay

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