1984 Uruguayan general election

General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 November 1984, the first since the 1973 coup. 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.

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. 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. A number of politicians were prohibited from running in the election.

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