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.

Contents

They were the first parliamentary elections with women's suffrage. [2]

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. [3]

Campaign

Having won 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1945 elections, the Communist Party was banned in 1948. [4]

Results

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Christian Conservative Party 55,82522.283
Liberal Party 42,93017.136
Agrarian Labor Party 42,23016.853
Radical Party 42,12516.815
Authentic Socialist Party 15,3186.110
Radical Democracy 10,4454.171
Democratic Party 9,2523.690
Popular Socialist Party 8,7723.501
Radical Doctrinaire Party 8,6133.440
Socialist Party 6,8182.720
Progressive Liberal Party 6,0022.400
National Falange 2,2220.891
Total250,552100.0020
Valid votes250,55299.07
Invalid/blank votes2,3510.93
Total votes252,903100.00
Registered voters/turnout316,18679.99
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Radical Party 100,86921.7034–5
Social Christian Conservative Party 98,11821.1131–5
Liberal Party 83,58217.9833+2
Agrarian Labor Party 38,7428.3314+11
Radical Democracy 23,2485.008New
Popular Socialist Party 22,6314.876New
Democratic Party 20,6824.4560
National Falange 18,2213.9230
Socialist Party 15,6763.375–1
People's Democratic Party 8,5361.841New
Traditionalist Conservative Party 7,4851.612New
Progressive Liberal Party 6,4311.382–1
Authentic Socialist Party 5,1251.101–2
Laborista Party 5,1051.101
Radical Doctrinaire Party 4,4240.95
Social Christian Movement2,0180.43
Democrat Party 1,9940.430–1
Chilean Renovating Action1,9850.430New
Total464,872100.001470
Valid votes464,87298.83
Invalid/blank votes5,5041.17
Total votes470,376100.00
Registered voters/turnout591,99479.46
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Drake, Paul (1991), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Chile, 1930 — 58", The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, vol. 8, Cambridge University Press, pp. 267–310, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.006, ISBN   978-0-521-26652-9
  3. Nohlen, p283
  4. Nohlen, p254