1945 Chilean parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 4 March 1945.[1] Although the Conservative Party received the most votes, the Radical Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Electoral system[]
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 25 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[2]
Results[]
Senate[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 48,941 | 5 | ||
| Radical Party | 43,819 | 7 | ||
| Liberal Party | 35,730 | 6 | ||
| Communist Party | 25,708 | 3 | ||
| 16,854 | 1 | |||
| Socialist Party | 12,625 | 2 | ||
| Democratic Party | 8,105 | 1 | ||
| National Falange | 7,959 | 0 | ||
| Democrat Party | 2,120 | 0 | ||
| Popular Freedom Alliance | 1,531 | 0 | ||
| Agrarian Party | 688 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 4,029 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | |||
| Total votes | 216,329 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 624,495 | 34.64 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Chamber of Deputies[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 106,264 | 23.62 | 36 | +4 | |
| Radical Party | 89,922 | 19.99 | 39 | –5 | |
| Liberal Party | 80,579 | 17.91 | 31 | +9 | |
| Communist Party | 46,133 | 10.25 | 15 | –2 | |
| Socialist Party | 32,314 | 7.18 | 6 | –9 | |
| 25,104 | 5.58 | 3 | New | ||
| Democratic Party | 21,463 | 4.77 | 6 | 0 | |
| National Falange | 11,565 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9,849 | 2.19 | 3 | New | ||
| Agrarian Party | 8,750 | 1.94 | 3 | 0 | |
| Democrat Party | 2,565 | 0.57 | 1 | –1 | |
| Popular Freedom Alliance | 6,297 | 1.40 | 1 | – | |
| Other parties | 5,082 | 1.13 | – | ||
| Independents | 4,029 | 0.90 | – | ||
| Total | 449,916 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 624,495 | – | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p283
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- Elections in Chile
- 1945 in Chile
- 1945 elections in South America
- March 1945 events