1925 Chilean presidential election

1925 Chilean presidential election

22 October 1925

Candidate Emiliano Figueroa José Santos Salas Party Independent USRACh Popular vote 186,187 74,091 Percentage 71.53% 28.47%

President before election Luis Barros Borgoño Liberal Party President Emiliano Figueroa Liberal Democratic

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 22 October 1925.^[1] They were the first direct presidential elections in the country's history and the first to be held under the new 1925 constitution. The result was a victory for Emiliano Figueroa, who received 72% 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, a joint session of the National Congress would vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.^[2]

Campaign

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party,^[3] Figueroa ran as an independent,^[4] and was also supported by the Conservative Party, the Radical Party, the United Liberal Party, the Doctrinal Liberal Party, and Democrat Party, the Unionist Liberal Party and the Aliancista Liberal Democratic Party.^[3]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Emiliano Figueroa	Independent	186,187	71.53
	José Santos Salas	Social-Republican Union of the Wage Earners of Chile	74,091	28.47
Total			260,278	100.00
Valid votes			260,278	99.76
Invalid/blank votes			617	0.24
Total votes			260,895	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			302,142	86.35
Source: Chilean Elections Database

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. 1925 Presidential Election Chilean Electoral Database
4. Nohlen, p285