# 2004 Uruguayan general election

General elections were held in Uruguay on 31 October, alongside a constitutional referendum. The result was a victory for the Broad Front, marking the first time a party other than the Colorado Party or National Party had held power since the two parties were formed in the 1830s.
Broad Front leader Tabaré Vázquez was elected president on his third attempt after his party won just over 50% of the vote, enough for him to win the presidency in a single round. To date, this is the only time that a presidential election has been decided without a runoff since the two-round system was introduced in 1999. The Broad Front also won majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

## Presidential candidates

The Uruguayan presidential primaries were held on 27 June 2004, to choose single candidates for every party.
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Ideology | Previous result | Previous result |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Ideology | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | Broad Front–Progressive Encounter–New Majority | | Tabaré Vázquez | Democratic socialism Social democracy | 44.67% | 44 / 9913 / 30 |
| | National Party | | Jorge Larrañaga | Conservatism Christian democracy | 22.31% | 22 / 997 / 30 |
| | Colorado Party | | Guillermo Stirling | Liberalism | 32.78% | 33 / 9910 / 30 |
| | Independent Party | | Pablo Mieres | Social democracy Christian democracy | New party | New party |

## Results

Seats :
| Party | Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Chamber | +/– | Senate | +/– |
| | Broad Front–Progressive Encounter | Tabaré Vázquez | 1,124,761 | 51.66 | 52 | +12 | 16 | +4 |
| | National Party | Jorge Larrañaga | 764,739 | 35.13 | 36 | +14 | 11 | +4 |
| | Colorado Party | Guillermo Stirling | 231,036 | 10.61 | 10 | –23 | 3 | –7 |
| | Independent Party | Pablo Mieres | 41,011 | 1.88 | 1 | New | 0 | New |
| | Intransigent Party | Victor Lissidini | 8,572 | 0.39 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | Civic Union | Aldo Lamorte | 4,859 | 0.22 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberal Party | Julio Vera | 1,548 | 0.07 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| | Workers' Party | Rafael Fernández | 513 | 0.02 | 0 | New | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,177,039 | 100.00 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,177,039 | 97.64 | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 52,572 | 2.36 | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,229,611 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,487,816 | 89.62 | | | | |
| Source: Corte Electoral |||||||||

### By department

Results :
| Constituency | Broad Front | Broad Front | Broad Front | National Party | National Party | National Party | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Colorado Party | Independent Party | Independent Party | Independent Party | Others | Others | Valid votes | Valid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes |
| Constituency | Votes | % | D | Votes | % | D | Votes | % | D | Votes | % | D | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Artigas | 16,220 | 32.1 | 1 | 24,517 | 48.5 | 1 | 8,563 | 16.9 | 0 | 153 | 0.3 | 0 | 49 | 0.10 | 49,502 | 97.8 | 1,090 | 2.2 |
| Canelones | 161,879 | 53.2 | 7 | 98,844 | 32.5 | 5 | 28,044 | 9.2 | 2 | 5,176 | 1.7 | 0 | 2,451 | 0.81 | 296,394 | 97.4 | 8,036 | 2.6 |
| Cerro Largo | 23,111 | 38.0 | 1 | 29,129 | 47.9 | 1 | 6,700 | 11.0 | 0 | 291 | 0.5 | 0 | 9 | 0.01 | 59,240 | 97.5 | 1,509 | 2.5 |
| Colonia | 36,677 | 41.4 | 1 | 37,302 | 42.1 | 1 | 10,136 | 11.4 | 1 | 1,527 | 1.7 | 0 | 641 | 0.72 | 86,283 | 97.4 | 2,298 | 2.6 |
| Durazno | 13,524 | 33.1 | 1 | 19,456 | 47.7 | 1 | 6,117 | 15.0 | 0 | 466 | 1.1 | 0 | 317 | 0.78 | 39,880 | 97.7 | 950 | 2.3 |
| Flores | 6,049 | 31.7 | 1 | 9,567 | 50.2 | 1 | 2,796 | 14.7 | 0 | 183 | 1.0 | 0 | 36 | 0.19 | 18,631 | 97.8 | 427 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 21,042 | 41.3 | 1 | 20,495 | 40.2 | 1 | 7,413 | 14.5 | 0 | 678 | 1.3 | 0 | 261 | 0.51 | 49,889 | 97.8 | 1,115 | 2.2 |
| Lavalleja | 14,612 | 31.7 | 1 | 22,122 | 48.1 | 1 | 7,189 | 15.6 | 0 | 761 | 1.7 | 0 | 111 | 0.24 | 44,795 | 97.3 | 1,243 | 2.7 |
| Maldonado | 46,945 | 47.8 | 2 | 36,218 | 36.9 | 2 | 9,278 | 9.4 | 0 | 2,620 | 2.7 | 0 | 553 | 0.56 | 95,614 | 97.4 | 2,568 | 2.6 |
| Montevideo | 565,974 | 61.3 | 27 | 226,552 | 24.6 | 11 | 76,099 | 8.2 | 3 | 24,933 | 2.7 | 1 | 9,545 | 1.03 | 903,103 | 97.9 | 19,672 | 2.1 |
| Paysandú | 35,053 | 45.3 | 1 | 35,357 | 45.7 | 1 | 4,720 | 6.1 | 0 | 472 | 0.6 | 0 | 45 | 0.06 | 75,647 | 97.7 | 1,805 | 2.3 |
| Rio Negro | 14,240 | 39.7 | 1 | 15,558 | 43.4 | 1 | 4,926 | 13.7 | 0 | 235 | 0.7 | 0 | 106 | 0.30 | 35,065 | 97.8 | 780 | 2.2 |
| Rivera | 21,300 | 30.0 | 1 | 32,006 | 45.1 | 1 | 15,419 | 21.7 | 1 | 347 | 0.5 | 0 | 199 | 0.28 | 69,271 | 97.7 | 1,663 | 2.3 |
| Rocha | 22,879 | 43.8 | 1 | 20,196 | 38.7 | 1 | 6,534 | 12.5 | 0 | 553 | 1.1 | 0 | 240 | 0.46 | 50,402 | 96.6 | 1,775 | 3.4 |
| Salto | 35,359 | 43.4 | 1 | 31,823 | 39.1 | 1 | 11,610 | 14.3 | 1 | 479 | 0.6 | 0 | 214 | 0.26 | 79,485 | 97.6 | 1,927 | 2.4 |
| San Jose | 29,277 | 42.8 | 1 | 29,663 | 43.4 | 1 | 6,683 | 9.8 | 1 | 799 | 1.2 | 0 | 319 | 0.47 | 66,741 | 97.6 | 1,671 | 2.4 |
| Soriano | 26,332 | 43.1 | 1 | 25,617 | 41.9 | 1 | 7,015 | 11.5 | 0 | 574 | 0.9 | 0 | 58 | 0.09 | 59,596 | 97.5 | 1,546 | 2.5 |
| Tacuarembó | 21,241 | 32.6 | 1 | 33,931 | 52.0 | 1 | 7,887 | 12.1 | 1 | 373 | 0.6 | 0 | 289 | 0.44 | 63,721 | 97.7 | 1,470 | 2.3 |
| Treinta y Tres | 13,047 | 37.5 | 1 | 16,386 | 47.1 | 1 | 3,907 | 11.2 | 0 | 391 | 1.1 | 0 | 49 | 0.14 | 33,780 | 97.0 | 1,027 | 3.0 |
| Total | 1,124,761 | 50.45 | 52 | 764,739 | 34.30 | 36 | 231,036 | 10.36 | 10 | 41,011 | 1.84 | 1 | 15,492 | 0.69 | 2,177,039 | 97.64 | 52,572 | 2.36 |
| Source: Corte Electoral |||||||||||||||||||