1953 Chilean parliamentary election

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

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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

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Senate

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PartyVotes%Seats
Radical Party59,27017.624
Agrarian Labor Party55,77516.583
Liberal Party42,99312.785
Traditionalist Conservative Party41,27812.274
Popular Socialist Party31,6089.403
National Ibañista Movement29,8618.882
Social Christian Conservative Party19,1235.690
People's Democratic Party17,1385.101
National Union of Independents11,3423.371
People's National Movement10,5563.141
Chilean Renovating Action6,9152.060
Democratic Party3,8401.140
National Falange3,2760.970
Christian National Party1,9310.570
Radical Doctrinaire Party1,2300.370
Laborista Party2050.060
National Movement of Pensioners180.010
Total336,359100.0024
Registered voters/turnout484,064
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Agrarian Labor Party118,48315.2026+12
Radical Party103,65013.2918–16
Liberal Party84,92410.8923–10
Traditionalist Conservative Party78,83310.1116+14
Popular Socialist Party68,2188.7520+14
Socialist Party41,6765.359+4
National Union of Independents39,8775.115New
People's Democratic Party31,9614.105+4
Social Christian Conservative Party33,3324.282–29
National Ibañista Movement28,9763.726New
National Falange22,3532.8730
Christian National Party21,3812.744New
People's National Movement19,2382.471New
Radical Doctrinaire Party17,8822.293+3
Democrat Party11,5701.481+1
Laborista Party8,1711.051+1
Agrarian Party8,1251.042New
People's Unity2,3440.301New
Other parties38,6274.951
Total779,621100.001470
Registered voters/turnout1,100,027
Source: Nohlen

References

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