Chilean parliamentary election, 1953

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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.

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

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Radical Party	59,270	17.6	4
Agrarian Labor Party	55,775	16.6	3
Liberal Party	42,993	12.8	5
Traditionalist Conservative Party	41,278	12.3	4
People's Socialist Party	31,608	9.4	3
National Ibañista Movement	29,861	8.9	2
Social Christian Conservative Party	19,123	5.7	0
People's Democratic Party	17,138	5.1	1
National Union of Independents	11,342	3.4	1
People's National Movement	10,556	3.1	1
Chilean Renovating Action	6,915	2.1	0
Democratic Party	3,840	1.1	0
National Falange	3,276	1.0	0
Radical Doctrinaire Party	1,230	0.4	0
Laborista Party	205	0.1	0
National Movement of Pensioners	18	0.0	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	336,359	100	25
Registered voters/turnout	484,064		–
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Agrarian Labor Party	118,483	15.2	26	+12
Radical Party	103,650	13.3	18	–16
Liberal Party	84,924	10.9	23	–10
Traditionalist Conservative Party	78,833	10.1	16	+14
People's Socialist Party	68,218	8.8	20	+14
Socialist Party	41,676	5.3	9	+4
National Union of Independents	39,877	5.1	5	New
People's Democratic Party	31,961	4.1	5	+4
Social Christian Conservative Party	33,332	4.3	2	–29
National Ibañista Movement	28,976	3.7	6	New
National Falange	22,353	2.9	3	0
Christian National Party	21,381	2.7	4	New
People's National Movement	19,238	2.5	1	New
Radical Doctrinaire Party	17,882	2.3	3	+3
Democrat Party	11,570	1.5	1	+1
Laborista Party	8,171	1.0	1	+1
Agrarian Party	8,125	1.0	2	New
People's Unity	2,344	0.3	1	New
Other parties	38,627	4.9	1	–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	779,621	100	147	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,100,027		–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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