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1984 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 November 1984,[1] the first since the 1973 coup.[2][3] 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.[4] The Colorado Party received more votes than any other party, resulting in one of its presidential candidates, Julio María Sanguinetti, 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.[5] The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate although not a majority. The election was not without irregularities.[6] A number of politicians were prohibited from running in the election.[7][6] Results
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