A majority of the members of Uruguay's…

A majority of the members of Uruguay's General Assembly, who have ties to the Herrera y Obes faction, submit another presidential candidate in 1898 for the scheduled election.

Cuestas, unwilling to give up power, leads a coup d'etat.

He includes members of the opposition in his government in a rudimentary attempt at proportional representation.

Late that same year, the Cuestas regime promulgates the Permanent Civil Register Law, dealing with electoral matters, and the Elections Law, formally establishing the principle of minority representation.

Through this legislation, the opposition gains access to one-third of the seats if it obtains one-fourth of the total votes.