1953 Chilean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 1 March 1953.[ 1] Agrarian Labor Party emerged as the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies , whilst the Liberal Party won the most seats in the Senate .
Electoral system
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 25 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[ 2]
Results
Senate
Party Votes % Seats Radical Party 59,270 17.62 4 Agrarian Labor Party 55,775 16.58 3 Liberal Party 42,993 12.78 5 Traditionalist Conservative Party 41,278 12.27 4 Popular Socialist Party 31,608 9.40 3 National Ibañista Movement 29,861 8.88 2 Social Christian Conservative Party 19,123 5.69 0 People's Democratic Party 17,138 5.10 1 National Union of Independents 11,342 3.37 1 People's National Movement 10,556 3.14 1 Chilean Renovating Action 6,915 2.06 0 Democratic Party 3,840 1.14 0 National Falange 3,276 0.97 0 Christian National Party 1,931 0.57 0 Radical Doctrinaire Party 1,230 0.37 0 Laborista Party 205 0.06 0 National Movement of Pensioners 18 0.01 0 Total 336,359 100.00 24 Registered voters/turnout 484,064 – Source: Nohlen
Chamber of Deputies
Party Votes % Seats +/– Agrarian Labor Party 118,483 15.20 26 +12 Radical Party 103,650 13.29 18 –16 Liberal Party 84,924 10.89 23 –10 Traditionalist Conservative Party 78,833 10.11 16 +14 Popular Socialist Party 68,218 8.75 20 +14 Socialist Party 41,676 5.35 9 +4 National Union of Independents 39,877 5.11 5 New People's Democratic Party 31,961 4.10 5 +4 Social Christian Conservative Party 33,332 4.28 2 –29 National Ibañista Movement 28,976 3.72 6 New National Falange 22,353 2.87 3 0 Christian National Party 21,381 2.74 4 New People's National Movement 19,238 2.47 1 New Radical Doctrinaire Party 17,882 2.29 3 +3 Democrat Party 11,570 1.48 1 +1 Laborista Party 8,171 1.05 1 +1 Agrarian Party 8,125 1.04 2 New People's Unity 2,344 0.30 1 New Other parties 38,627 4.95 1 – Total 779,621 100.00 147 0 Registered voters/turnout 1,100,027 – Source: Nohlen
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