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1927 Chilean presidential election

Election for the president of Chile


Summary

Election for the president of Chile

FieldValue
election_name1927 Chilean presidential election
countryChile
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1925 Chilean presidential election
previous_year1925
next_election1931 Chilean presidential election
next_year1931
election_date22 May 1927
image1CarlosIbanezDC.jpg
nominee1Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
party1Independent politician
popular_vote1223,741
percentage197.97%
image2Elías Lafferte.jpg
nominee2Elías Lafertte
party2Communist Party of Chile
popular_vote24,627
percentage22.03%
titlePresident
posttitlePresident
before_electionCarlos Ibáñez
before_partyIndependent politician
after_electionCarlos Ibáñez
after_partyIndependent politician

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 22 May 1927, following the resignation of President Emiliano Figueroa. The result was a victory for Interior Minister Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who ran as an independent and received 98% of the vote.

Ibáñez's only opponent was the communist Elías Lafertte, who was exiled in the Juan Fernández Archipelago throughout the electoral campaign.

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 who received the most votes.

Results

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Blakemore, Harold. (1986). "Chile from the War of the Pacific to the world depression, 1880–1930". Cambridge University Press.
  3. Nohlen, p259
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