Election Name: | 1931 Chilean presidential election |
Country: | Chile |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1927 Chilean presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1927 |
Next Election: | 1932 Chilean presidential election |
Next Year: | 1932 |
Election Date: | 4 October 1931 |
Image1: | Juan Esteban Montero.jpg |
Party1: | Radical Party of Chile |
Popular Vote1: | 182,177 |
Percentage1: | 63.94% |
Nominee2: | Arturo Alessandri |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) |
Popular Vote2: | 99,075 |
Percentage2: | 34.77% |
President | |
Posttitle: | President |
Before Election: | Manuel Trucco |
Before Party: | Radical Party of Chile |
After Election: | Juan Esteban Montero |
After Party: | Radical Party of Chile |
Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 October 1931.[1] The result was a victory for Juan Esteban Montero of the Radical Party, who received 64% 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]