Chilean presidential election, 1931
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Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 October 1931.[1] The result was a victory for Juan Esteban Montero of the Radical Party, who received 64% of the vote.
Electoral system
The election was held using the absolute majority system, under which a candidate had to receive over 50% of the popular vote to be elected. If no candidate received over 50% of the vote, both house of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.[2]
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Esteban Montero | Radical Party | 182,177 | 63.7 |
| Arturo Alessandri | Liberal Party | 99,075 | 34.7 |
| Elías Lafferte | Communist Party | 2,434 | 0.9 |
| Manuel Hidalgo | Communist Left | 1,263 | 0.4 |
| Others and blank votes | 861 | 0.3 | |
| Total | 285,810 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 388,959 | 73.5 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p259
