July 1891 Chilean presidential election

July 1891 Chilean presidential election

25 July 1891

Candidate Claudio Vicuña Guerrero Party Liberal Party Electoral vote 255 Percentage 100%

Elected President TBD

Indirect presidential elections were held in Chile on 25 July 1891.^[1] Claudio Vicuña Guerrero, a member of the Liberal Party, was elected president. However, he never took office and subsequently went into exile.

The election was carried out in accordance with the electoral law of 20 August 1890, which created the secret voting chamber and introduced vote folding. The election was also the first not to be under the control of the provincial intendant, who was designated by the central government, beginning to be managed by municipalities.^[2]

The elections took place in the last months of the government of José Manuel Balmaceda and in the middle of the Chilean Civil War of 1891. Vicuña was openly supported by Balmaceda, and had been nominated by the Partido Liberal in its convention of 8 March 1891.^[3] Due to the victory of his opponents in the Civil War, Vicuña was unable to take office.

References

1. Julio Bañados Espinosa (1894) Balmaceda: su gobierno y la revolución de 1891, Volume 2 p309
2. Valenzuela, J. Samuel. "La ley electoral de 1890 y la democratización del régimen político chileno" (PDF). Estudios Públicos. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
3. "Convención del Partido Liberal: el ciudadano don Claudio Vicuña proclamado candidato a la Presidencia de la República". Memoria Chilena. 1891. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

Bibliography

• Urzúa Valenzuela, Germán (1992). Histórica política de Chile y su evolución electoral desde 1810 a 1992. Santiago: Editorial Jurídica de Chile. p. 333.