The National Party () or Montt-Varist () was a Chilean

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formed in 1857 as a split from the

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by the supporters of President

Manuel Montt Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres (; September 4, 1809 – September 21, 1880) was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861. He was the first civilian to serve a full term as Presi ...

and Interior Minister Antonio Varas. The National Party had a liberal-conservative ideology and was primarily supported by middle-high businessmen, bankers and journalists. The Welsh-born

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was a bigger financer of the party, along with the aristocratic Balmaceda, who was linked to the

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. The party never was more than an influential

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, and since the late 1910s its influences declined considerably, stopping from participating to national elections after 1924, finally merging into the United Liberal Party in 1933. The monttvarista National Party is not to be confused with the

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formed in 1966.

Electoral history

Presidential election

Congress election

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Electoral history

Presidential election

Congress election

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