Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1952.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 The result was a victory for Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who ran as an independent.

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 of Chile, National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates who received the most votes.Nohlen, p259

Candidates

Pedro Enrique Alfonso

Alfonso was the candidate of the Radical Party (Chile), Radical Party, and was also supported by the social democratic parties. His government would have become the fourth consecutive Radical administration, since Pedro Aguirre Cerda was elected president.

Salvador Allende

Allende, a Senator, was the candidate of the Socialist Party of Chile, Socialist Party, and was running for President for the first time. He had the support of the banned Communist Party of Chile, Communist Party. Allende would run three more times, winning in 1970 Chilean presidential election, 1970.

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Former President Ibáñez was an independent Senator for Santiago, and was attempting to reach the presidency, once again, by popular vote. He had the support of minor parties, like the Socialist Popular Party (Chile), Socialist Popular Party and the Agrarian Labor Party, among others.

Arturo Matte

Matte was a Liberal Party (Chile, 1849–1966), Liberal Party Senator supported by the Liberal and Conservative parties. He was Finance Minister under the administration of Juan Antonio Ríos.

Results

References

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