Republica del Uruguay
Republic of Uruguay

Sistema Electoral Electoral System

National Executive
Composition			1 President and 1 Vice-President
Election System			Absolute majority
Duration of Term			Five years
Term Limits			Consecutive re-election is prohibited but the president may stand for election again after sitting out a term.
Upper House of the National Legislature - Senate
Composition			31 Senators
Election System			30 senators elected through closed list proportional representation
			The Vice-President of the Republic is an ex officio member
Duration of Term			Five years
Term Limits			No
Lower House of the National Legislature - Chamber of Deputies
Composition			99 deputies
Election System			Elected through closed list proportional representation
Duration of Term			Five years
Term Limits			No
State / Provincial Executive
Composition			1 Intendentes per each of the 19 departments of the country
Election System			Plurality
Duration of Term			Five Years
Term Limits			They can be re-elected once.

District magnitude for PR districts?		At least two seats per department for the Chamber of Representatives. However, only Montevideo (41) and Canelones (15) have more than 3 representatives. Excluding these two departments, the average district magnitude is 2.5.
Threshold for PR seats		No
Voting legally compulsory?		Yes
Gender quotas?		Women must be represented in every third place on candidate lists, either throughout the entire list or in the first fifteen places
Quotas for minority representation?		No
Is remote voting possible?		No
Concurrent Elections?		Yes