Election Name: | 1927 Chilean presidential election |
Country: | Chile |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1925 Chilean presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1925 |
Next Election: | 1931 Chilean presidential election |
Next Year: | 1931 |
Election Date: | 22 May 1927 |
Image1: | CarlosIbanezDC.jpg |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote1: | 223,741 |
Percentage1: | 97.97% |
Nominee2: | Elías Lafertte |
Party2: | Communist Party of Chile |
Popular Vote2: | 4,627 |
Percentage2: | 2.03% |
President | |
Posttitle: | President |
Before Election: | Carlos Ibáñez |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Carlos Ibáñez |
After Party: | Independent politician |
Presidential elections were held in Chile on 22 May 1927,[1] 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.
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.[2]