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

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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

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, 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

October 1925 events