1938 Chilean presidential election

1938 Chilean presidential election

← 1932 25 October 1938 1942 →
Turnout	88.40%
Candidate Pedro Aguirre Cerda Gustavo Ross [es] Party Radical Liberal Alliance Popular Front Right-wing Popular vote 222,720 218,609 Percentage 50.45% 49.52%
President before election Arturo Alessandri Liberal Elected President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Radical

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Presidential elections were held in Chile on 25 October 1938.^[1] The result was a narrow victory for Pedro Aguirre Cerda of the Radical Party, who received 50.5% of the vote.

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 that received the most votes.^[2]

Results

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