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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)

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