1938 Chilean presidential election|
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| Registered | 503,871 |
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| Turnout | 88.40% ( 14.00pp) |
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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,[2] who received 50.5%[1] (or 50.3%[2]) 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, both houses of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.[3]
References
- 1 2 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- 1 2 Drake, Paul (1991), "Chile, 1930 — 58", in Bethell, Leslie (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, vol. 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, Cambridge University Press, pp. 267–310, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.006, ISBN 978-0-521-26652-9
- ↑ Nohlen, p259
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