General elections were held in Uruguay on 27 November 1966, alongside a constitutional referendum .[1] The result was a victory for the Colorado Party , which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election.
Results
Party Presidential candidate Votes % Seats Chamber +/– Senate +/– Colorado Party Óscar Diego Gestido 262,040 21.27 50 +6 16 +2 Jorge Batlle Ibáñez 215,642 17.51 Amílcar Vasconcellos 77,476 6.29 Zelmar Michelini 48,022 3.90 Justino Jiménez de Aréchaga 4,064 0.33 al lema 389 0.03 Total 607,633 49.33 National Party Martín Echegoyen 228,309 18.54 41 –6 13 –2 Alberto Gallinal Heber 171,618 13.93 Alberto Héber Usher 96,772 7.86 al lema 211 0.02 Total 496,910 40.34 Liberation Left Front Aguirre González 69,750 5.66 5 +2 1 0 Christian Democratic Party Adolfo Gelsi Bidart 37,219 3.02 3 0 0 –1 Socialist Party José Pedro Cardoso 7,892 0.64 0 New 0 New Emilio Frugoni 3,646 0.30 al lema 21 0.00 Total 11,559 0.94 Christian Civic Movement Juan Vicente Chiarino 4,230 0.34 0 New 0 New Popular Union Enrique Erro 2,655 0.22 0 –2 0 0 Agrarian and Workers' Party Moizzo 1,616 0.13 0 New 0 New Liberal Party Grassi 74 0.01 0 New 0 New Federal Party Sanjurjo 72 0.01 0 0 0 0 Party for Solís Department Fioroni 44 0.00 0 0 0 0 Total 1,231,762 100.00 99 0 30 –1 Registered voters/turnout 1,658,368 – Source: Electoral Court
References
External links
Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)