1941 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 2 March 1941.[1] As the largest parties the Radical Party emerged in the Chamber of Deputies and the Conservative Party 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 20 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[2]

Results

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Conservative Party52,54022.55
Radical Party49,71921.36
Liberal Party37,96516.33
Socialist Party37,85716.22
Communist Party28,44912.23
Democratic Party12,9245.50
Laborista Party5,8772.50
Agrarian Party3,8551.71
Democrat Party2,3391.00
National Falange1,2281.60
Popular Freedom Alliance7620.30
Others, invalid and blank votes4,910
Total238,48510020
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Radical Party98,29621.544+15
Conservative Party77,24316.932–3
Chilean Socialists' Group75,50016.815–4
Communist Party65,67114.417+11
Liberal Party63,11813.822–13
Democratic Party19,2024.26+1
National Falange15,5533.43New
Popular Socialist Vanguard11,1752.52New
Agrarian Party7,7231.73+1
Democrat Party6,3891.42–5
Radical Socialist Party5,0761.11New
Popular Freedom Alliance2,2680.50New
Other parties9,2172.00
Independents1,0580.20–3
Invalid/blank votes
Total457,489100147+1
Registered voters/turnout575,625
Source: Nohlen

References

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