Chilean parliamentary election, 1949

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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.

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]

Campaign

Having won 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1945 elections, the Communist Party was banned in 1948.^[3]

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Social Christian Conservative Party	55,825	22.3	3
Liberal Party	42,930	17.1	6
Agrarian Labor Party	42,230	16.9	3
Radical Party	42,125	16.8	5
Authentic Socialist Party	15,318	6.1	0
Radical Democracy Party	10,445	4.2	1
Democratic Party	9,252	3.7	0
People's Socialist Party	8,772	3.5	1
Radical Doctrinaire Party	8,613	3.4	0
Socialist Party	6,818	2.7	0
Progressive Liberal Party	6,002	2.4	0
National Falange	2,222	0.8	1
Invalid/blank votes	2,351	–	–
Total	252,903	100	20
Registered voters/turnout	316,186	80.0	–
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Radical Party	100,869	21.7	34	–5
Social Christian Conservative Party	98,118	21.1	31	–5
Liberal Party	83,582	18.0	33	+2
Agrarian Labor Party	38,742	8.3	14	+11
Radical Democracy Party	23,248	5.0	8	New
People's Socialist Party	22,631	4.9	6	New
Democratic Party	20,682	4.5	6	0
National Falange	18,221	3.9	3	0
Socialist Party	15,676	3.4	5	–1
People's Democratic Party	8,536	1.8	1	New
Traditionalist Conservative Party	7,485	1.6	2	New
Progressive Liberal Party	6,431	1.4	2	–1
Authentic Socialist Party	5,125	1.1	1	–2
Laborista Party	5,105	1.1	1	–
Radical Doctrinaire Party	4,424	1.0
Social Christian Movement	2,018	0.4
Democrat Party	1,994	0.4	0	–1
Chilean Renovating Action	1,985	0.4	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	5,504	–	–	–
Total	470,376	100	147	0
Registered voters/turnout	591,994	79.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p283
↑ Nohlen, p254

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