Chilean parliamentary election, 1953
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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 1 March 1953.[1] The 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 | 17.6 | 4 |
| Agrarian Labor Party | 55,775 | 16.6 | 3 |
| Liberal Party | 42,993 | 12.8 | 5 |
| Traditionalist Conservative Party | 41,278 | 12.3 | 4 |
| People's Socialist Party | 31,608 | 9.4 | 3 |
| National Ibañista Movement | 29,861 | 8.9 | 2 |
| Social Christian Conservative Party | 19,123 | 5.7 | 0 |
| People's Democratic Party | 17,138 | 5.1 | 1 |
| National Union of Independents | 11,342 | 3.4 | 1 |
| People's National Movement | 10,556 | 3.1 | 1 |
| Chilean Renovating Action | 6,915 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Democratic Party | 3,840 | 1.1 | 0 |
| National Falange | 3,276 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Radical Doctrinaire Party | 1,230 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Laborista Party | 205 | 0.1 | 0 |
| National Movement of Pensioners | 18 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 336,359 | 100 | 25 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 484,064 | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrarian Labor Party | 118,483 | 15.2 | 26 | +12 |
| Radical Party | 103,650 | 13.3 | 18 | –16 |
| Liberal Party | 84,924 | 10.9 | 23 | –10 |
| Traditionalist Conservative Party | 78,833 | 10.1 | 16 | +14 |
| People's Socialist Party | 68,218 | 8.8 | 20 | +14 |
| Socialist Party | 41,676 | 5.3 | 9 | +4 |
| National Union of Independents | 39,877 | 5.1 | 5 | New |
| People's Democratic Party | 31,961 | 4.1 | 5 | +4 |
| Social Christian Conservative Party | 33,332 | 4.3 | 2 | –29 |
| National Ibañista Movement | 28,976 | 3.7 | 6 | New |
| National Falange | 22,353 | 2.9 | 3 | 0 |
| Christian National Party | 21,381 | 2.7 | 4 | New |
| People's National Movement | 19,238 | 2.5 | 1 | New |
| Radical Doctrinaire Party | 17,882 | 2.3 | 3 | +3 |
| Democrat Party | 11,570 | 1.5 | 1 | +1 |
| Laborista Party | 8,171 | 1.0 | 1 | +1 |
| Agrarian Party | 8,125 | 1.0 | 2 | New |
| People's Unity | 2,344 | 0.3 | 1 | New |
| Other parties | 38,627 | 4.9 | 1 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
| Total | 779,621 | 100 | 147 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,100,027 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
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