1949 Chilean parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 6 March 1949.[1] Although the Social Christian Conservative Party received the most votes in the Senate elections, the Liberal Party won the most seats, whilst the Radical Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies.
Electoral system[]
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 20 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[2]
Campaign[]
Having won 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1945 elections, the Communist Party was banned in 1948.[3]
Results[]
Senate[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Conservative Party | 55,825 | 22.28 | 3 | |
Liberal Party | 42,930 | 17.13 | 6 | |
Agrarian Labor Party | 42,230 | 16.85 | 3 | |
Radical Party | 42,125 | 16.81 | 5 | |
15,318 | 6.11 | 0 | ||
Radical Democracy | 10,445 | 4.17 | 1 | |
Democratic Party | 9,252 | 3.69 | 0 | |
Popular Socialist Party | 8,772 | 3.50 | 1 | |
8,613 | 3.44 | 0 | ||
Socialist Party | 6,818 | 2.72 | 0 | |
6,002 | 2.40 | 0 | ||
National Falange | 2,222 | 0.89 | 1 | |
Total | 250,552 | 100.00 | 20 | |
Valid votes | 250,552 | 99.07 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,351 | 0.93 | ||
Total votes | 252,903 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 316,186 | 79.99 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Deputies[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical Party | 100,869 | 21.70 | 34 | –5 | |
Social Christian Conservative Party | 98,118 | 21.11 | 31 | –5 | |
Liberal Party | 83,582 | 17.98 | 33 | +2 | |
Agrarian Labor Party | 38,742 | 8.33 | 14 | +11 | |
Radical Democracy | 23,248 | 5.00 | 8 | New | |
Popular Socialist Party | 22,631 | 4.87 | 6 | New | |
Democratic Party | 20,682 | 4.45 | 6 | 0 | |
National Falange | 18,221 | 3.92 | 3 | 0 | |
Socialist Party | 15,676 | 3.37 | 5 | –1 | |
People's Democratic Party | 8,536 | 1.84 | 1 | New | |
Traditionalist Conservative Party | 7,485 | 1.61 | 2 | New | |
6,431 | 1.38 | 2 | –1 | ||
5,125 | 1.10 | 1 | –2 | ||
5,105 | 1.10 | 1 | – | ||
4,424 | 0.95 | – | |||
Social Christian Movement | 2,018 | 0.43 | – | ||
Democrat Party | 1,994 | 0.43 | 0 | –1 | |
Chilean Renovating Action | 1,985 | 0.43 | 0 | New | |
Total | 464,872 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 464,872 | 98.83 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 5,504 | 1.17 | |||
Total votes | 470,376 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 591,994 | 79.46 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p283
- ^ Nohlen, p254
Categories:
- Elections in Chile
- 1949 in Chile
- 1949 elections in South America
- March 1949 events