National Party (Chile, 1857)

National Party Partido Nacional
Founded	1857
Dissolved	1933
Split from	Conservative Party
Merged into	Liberal Party
Headquarters	Santiago de Chile
Ideology	Liberal nationalism Classical liberalism Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
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The National Party (Partido Nacional) of Chile, also known as the Montt-Varist Party (Partido Monttvarista) was a Chilean political party formed in 1857 as a split from the Conservatives by the supporters of President Manuel Montt and Interior Minister Antonio Varas. The National Party had a liberal ideology and was primarily supported by businessmen and bankers, particularly the influential Edwards family. It was merged into the Liberal Party in 1933. The monttvarista National Party is not to be confused with the National Party formed in 1966.

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the National Party or the pelucones. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).

• 1829: Francisco Ruiz-Tagle (lost), Diego José Benavente (lost)
• 1831: José Joaquín Prieto (won)
• 1836: José Joaquín Prieto (won)
• 1841: Manuel Bulnes (won)
• 1846: Manuel Bulnes (won)
• 1851: Manuel Montt (won)
• 1856: Manuel Montt (won)
• 1861: José Joaquín Pérez (won)
• 1866: José Joaquín Pérez (won)
• 1871: José Tomás de Urmeneta (lost)
• 1876: none
• 1881: none
• 1886: none
• 1891: Jorge Montt (won)
• 1896: Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (won), Vicente Reyes (lost)
• 1901: Germán Riesco (won), Pedro Montt (lost)
• 1906: Pedro Montt (won), Fernando Lazcano (lost)
• 1910: Ramón Barros Luco (won)
• 1915: Juan Luis Sanfuentes (won), Javier Ángel Figueroa (lost)
• 1920: Arturo Alessandri (won), Luis Barros Borgoño (lost)
• 1925: Emiliano Figueroa (won)
• 1927: none
• 1931: Juan Esteban Montero (won)
• 1932: Arturo Alessandri (won), Héctor Rodríguez (lost), Enrique Zañartu Prieto (lost)