| Election Name: | 1952 Chilean presidential election |
| Country: | Chile |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Chilean presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1958 Chilean presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
| Election Date: | 4 September 1952 |
| Turnout: | 86.61% |
| Image1: | Carlos Ibanez del Campo.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 446,439 |
| Percentage1: | 46.79% |
| 1Data1: | 132 |
| Candidate2: | Arturo Matte Larraín |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (Chile, 1849) |
| Popular Vote2: | 265,357 |
| Percentage2: | 27.81% |
| 1Data2: | 12 |
| Image4: | PedroAlfonsoBarrios.jpg |
| Candidate4: | Pedro Enrique Alfonso |
| Party4: | Radical Party of Chile |
| Popular Vote4: | 190,360 |
| Percentage4: | 19.95% |
| Image5: | Salvador Allende 1952.JPG |
| Candidate5: | Salvador Allende |
| Party5: | Socialist Party of Chile |
| Popular Vote5: | 51,975 |
| Percentage5: | 5.45% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Gabriel González Videla |
| Before Party: | Radical Party of Chile |
| After Election: | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1952.[1] The result was a victory for Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who ran as an independent.
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]
Alfonso was the candidate of the Radical Party, and was also supported by the social democratic parties. His government would have become the fourth consecutive Radical administration, since Pedro Aguirre Cerda was elected president.
Allende, a Senator, was the candidate of the Socialist Party, and was running for President for the first time. He had the support of the banned Communist Party. Allende would run three more times, winning in 1970.
Former President Ibáñez was an independent Senator for Santiago, and was attempting to reach the presidency, once again, by popular vote. He had the support of minor parties, like the Socialist Popular Party and the Agrarian Labor Party, among others.
Matte was a Liberal Party Senator supported by the Liberal and Conservative parties. He was Finance Minister under the administration of Juan Antonio Ríos.