1915 Chilean parliamentary election

1915 Chilean parliamentary election

← 1912 7 March 1915 1918  →
All 116 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 19 of the 32 seats in the Chamber of Senators
Turnout	81.3% (32.4 pp) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Radical Liberal Democratic Seats won 28 deputies 4 senators 27 deputies 2 senators 21 deputies 4 senator Popular vote 33 605 31,755 26,022 Percentage 21.5% 21.1% 17.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal National Democrat Seats won 21 deputies 6 senators 16 deputies 2 senators 5 deputies 1 senator Popular vote 23,428 14,530 11,882 Percentage 15.6% 9.7% 7.9%

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1915. ^[2] The Conservative Party received the most votes in the Chamber of Deputies elections. ^[2]

The Alianza Liberal - Liberals, Radicals and Democrats - won a majority in the Senate while the Coalicion - Conservatives, Liberal Democrats or Balmacedists, and Nationals – won a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. ^[3]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Conservative Party	32,264	21.39	28
	Radical Party	31,755	21.06	27
	Liberal Democratic Party	26,022	17.26	21
	Liberal Party	23,428	15.54	21
	National Party	14,530	9.63	16
	Democrat Party	11,882	7.88	5
	Socialist Workers' Party	509	0.34	0
	Other parties	629	0.42	0
	Independents	9,787	6.49	0
Total		150,806	100.00	118
Registered voters/turnout		184,807	–
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Senators

Party		Seats
		Won	Total
	Liberal Party	6	11
	Liberal Democratic Party	4	7
	Conservative Party	4	6
	Radical Party	2	4
	National Party	2	3
	Democrat Party	1	1
Total		19	32

References

1. Nazer, Ricardo; Rosemblit, Jaime. "Electors, Suffrage and Democracy in Chile: An Historical Look" (PDF). Memoria Chilena. Mapocho Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
2. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p269 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
3. Blakemore, Harold (1986), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Chile from the War of the Pacific to the world depression, 1880–1930" , The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 5: c.1870 to 1930, vol. 5, Cambridge University Press, pp. 497–552, doi:10.1017/chol9780521245173.016, ISBN   978-0-521-24517-3