1915 Chilean presidential election explained

Country:Chile
Type:presidential
Previous Election:1910 Chilean presidential election
Previous Year:1910
Next Election:1920 Chilean presidential election
Next Year:1920
Election Date:25 June 1915
Turnout:81.28%[1] 28 pp
1Blank:Congress vote
Image1:Pdte Sanfuentes.jpg
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Chile)
Alliance1:Coalition
Electoral Vote1:174
1Data1:77
Party2:Liberal Party (Chile, 1849)
Alliance2:Liberal Alliance
Electoral Vote2:173
1Data2:41
President
Before Election:Ramón Barros Luco
Before Party:Liberal Party (Chile, 1849)
After Election:Juan Luis Sanfuentes
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Chile)

Presidential elections were held in Chile in 1915.[2] They were a bitter contest between Juan Luis Sanfuentes – a Coalition candidate of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party – and Javier Ángel Figueroa – supported by the Liberal Alliance parties. Sanfuentes beat Figueroa by a single vote in the electoral vote, with numerous allegations of fraud and electoral intervention. Due to the controversy, the National Congress made a contingent vote, which Sanfuentes won by 77 votes to 41.[3] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ricardo Nazer . Jaime . Electores, sufragio y democracia en Chile: una mirada histórica . memoriachilena.cl . 8 February 2014 . es.
  2. http://eleccion.atspace.com/presidente1901.htm Elección Presidencial 1915
  3. News: El nuevo presidente de Chile . 9 February 2014 . . 27 July 1915 . es.