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1938 Chilean presidential election

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1938 Chilean presidential election

← 1932 25 October 1938 1942 →
Turnout88.40%
 
Candidate Pedro Aguirre Cerda Gustavo Ross [es]
Party Radical Liberal
Alliance Popular Front Right-wing
Popular vote 222,720 218,609
Percentage 50.45% 49.52%

President before election

Arturo Alessandri
Liberal

Elected President

Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Radical

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 25 October 1938.[1] The result was a narrow victory for Pedro Aguirre Cerda of the Radical Party, who received 50.5% of the vote.

Electoral system

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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 would come together to vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.[2]

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Pedro Aguirre CerdaRadical Party222,72050.45
Gustavo Ross [es]Liberal Party218,60949.52
Carlos Ibáñez del CampoPopular Freedom Alliance1120.03
Total441,441100.00
Valid votes441,44199.11
Invalid/blank votes3,9700.89
Total votes445,411100.00
Registered voters/turnout503,87188.40
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p259