Chilean presidential election, 1931

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 October 1931.^[1] The result was a victory for Juan Esteban Montero of the Radical Party, who received 64% 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 house of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Juan Esteban Montero	Radical Party	182,177	63.7
Arturo Alessandri	Liberal Party	99,075	34.7
Elías Lafferte	Communist Party	2,434	0.9
Manuel Hidalgo	Communist Left	1,263	0.4
Others and blank votes		861	0.3
Total		285,810	100
Registered voters/turnout		388,959	73.5
Source: Nohlen

References

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