Presidential elections were held in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
on 22 October 1925.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 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
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (; July 12, 1866 – May 15, 1931) was President of Chile from December 23, 1925 until his resignation on May 10, 1927. He also served as Acting president for a few months in 1910.
Biography
Figueroa was born on July 1 ...
, 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
A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally separate decision-making groups meet, often in a special session or other extraordinary meeting, for a specific purpose.
Most often it refers to when both houses of a bicame ...
of the
National Congress would vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.
[Nohlen, p259]
Campaign
A member of the
Liberal Democratic Party,
[1925 Presidential Election]
Chilean Electoral Database Figueroa ran as an independent,
[Nohlen, p285] and was also supported by the
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
, the
Radical Party, the
United Liberal Party, the Doctrinal Liberal Party, and
Democrat Party, the Unionist Liberal Party and the Aliancista Liberal Democratic Party.
[
]
Results
References
{{Chilean elections
Presidential elections in Chile
1925 in Chile
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
October 1925 events