1931 Chilean presidential election
4 October 1931
 
Nominee Juan Esteban Montero Arturo Alessandri
Party Radical Liberal
Popular vote 182,177 99,075
Percentage 63.94% 34.77%
President before election

Manuel Trucco
Radical

 President

Juan Esteban Montero
Radical

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 houses of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates who received the most votes.[2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Juan Esteban MonteroRadical Party182,17763.94
Arturo AlessandriLiberal Party99,07534.77
Elías LafertteCommunist Party2,4340.85
Manuel HidalgoCommunist Left1,2260.43
Total284,912100.00
Valid votes284,91299.70
Invalid/blank votes8610.30
Total votes285,773100.00
Registered voters/turnout388,95973.47
Source: Gamonal,[3] Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ↑ Nohlen, p259
  3. ↑ J. Germán Gamonal R. (1987) Jorge Alessandri, el hombre, el político, p65
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