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

The 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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Colorado Party28,20263.5469+18
Nationalist Directorate13,33530.0414New
Civic Reaction2,8016.311New
Other parties470.110–
Total44,385100.0084+13
Source: Instituto Factum

References

  1. 1 2 3 Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900–2010 Instituto Factum
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p491 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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