1937 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1937. ^[1] The Liberal Party and the Conservative Party emerged as the largest parties 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 20 of the 45 Senate seats up for election. ^[2]

Results

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Liberal Party	46,223		7
	Conservative Party	41,473		6
	Radical Party	26,193		3
	National Progressive Party	7,543		1
	Democrat Party	7,004		2
	Socialist Party	6,103		0
	Liberal Democratic Party	5,758		1
	National Socialist Movement	3,858
	Agrarian Party	2,187
	Independents	2,578
Total				20
Total votes		191,706	–
Registered voters/turnout		495,648	38.68
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Conservative Party	87,845	21.31	35	+1
	Liberal Party	85,515	20.74	35	+9
	Radical Party	76,941	18.66	29	–5
	Socialist Party	46,050	11.17	19	New
	Democrat Party	20,026	4.86	7	0
	Democratic Party	18,676	4.53	5	–8
	National Progressive Party	17,162	4.16	6	+5
	National Socialist Movement	14,235	3.45	3	New
	Republican Action  [ es ]	9,802	2.38	2	New
	Agrarian Party	9,721	2.36	2	–2
	Other parties	9,217	2.24	0	–
	Independents	17,040	4.13	3	–1
Total		412,230	100.00	146	+4
Registered voters/turnout		495,648	–
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p283