1953 Chilean parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 1 March 1953. [1] The Agrarian Labor Party emerged as the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the Liberal Party won the most seats in the Senate.

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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

PartyVotes%Seats
Radical Party 59,27017.624
Agrarian Labor Party 55,77516.583
Liberal Party 42,99312.785
Traditionalist Conservative Party 41,27812.274
Popular Socialist Party 31,6089.403
National Ibañista Movement 29,8618.882
Social Christian Conservative Party 19,1235.690
People's Democratic Party 17,1385.101
National Union of Independents 11,3423.371
People's National Movement 10,5563.141
Chilean Renovating Action6,9152.060
Democratic Party 3,8401.140
National Falange 3,2760.970
Christian National Party 1,9310.570
Radical Doctrinaire Party 1,2300.370
Laborista Party 2050.060
National Movement of Pensioners180.010
Total336,359100.0024
Registered voters/turnout484,064
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Agrarian Labor Party 118,48315.2026+12
Radical Party 103,65013.2918–16
Liberal Party 84,92410.8923–10
Traditionalist Conservative Party 78,83310.1116+14
Popular Socialist Party 68,2188.7520+14
Socialist Party 41,6765.359+4
National Union of Independents 39,8775.115New
People's Democratic Party 31,9614.105+4
Social Christian Conservative Party 33,3324.282–29
National Ibañista Movement 28,9763.726New
National Falange 22,3532.8730
Christian National Party 21,3812.744New
People's National Movement 19,2382.471New
Radical Doctrinaire Party 17,8822.293+3
Democrat Party 11,5701.481+1
Laborista Party 8,1711.051+1
Agrarian Party 8,1251.042New
People's Unity 2,3440.301New
Other parties38,6274.951
Total779,621100.001470
Registered voters/turnout1,100,027
Source: Nohlen

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References

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