Chilean presidential election, 1958
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A presidential election was held in Chile
on September 4, 1958. Because none of the candidates obtained an absolute majority needed to win outright, a confirmation by Congress was carried out on October 24, 1958 to declare the winner.
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Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
on September 4, 1958. Because none of the candidates obtained an absolute majority needed to win outright, a confirmation by Congress was carried out on October 24, 1958 to declare the winner.
Election
| Candidate | Party/Coalition | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez Jorge Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970... |
none (Conservative United Conservative Party The United Conservative Party was a right-wing Chilean party founded in December 1953 after the merger of the Traditionalist Conservative Party and parts of the Social Christian Conservative Party, issued from the Conservative Party. It supported for the 1958 presidential election the candidacy of... /Liberal Liberal Party (Chile) The Liberal Party of Chile was a Chilean political party created by a faction of pipiolos in 1849. After the conservative victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1829 the liberals became the principal opposition party to the Conservative Party... ) |
389,909 | 31.6 |
| Salvador Allende Gossens Salvador Allende Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America.... |
FRAP FRAP (Chile) The FRAP was a Chilean left-wing coalition of parties from 1956 to 1969. It presented twice a common candidate, Salvador Allende, for the 1958 and the 1964 presidential elections... |
356,493 | 28.9 |
| Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970... |
Christian Democrat | 255,769 | 20.7 |
| Luis Bossay Leiva | Radical Radical Party of Chile Radical Party of Chile may refer to the:*Radical Party *Social Democrat Radical Party... |
192,077 | 15.6 |
| Antonio Zamorano | none (Socialist) | 41,304 | 3.3 |
| blanks/nulls | 14,798 | ||
| Total valid votes | 1,235,552 | 100.0 |
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Confirmation by Congress
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez Jorge Alessandri Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970... |
147 | 85 |
| Salvador Allende Gossens Salvador Allende Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America.... |
26 | 15 |
| blanks | 14 | |
| Total votes | 173 | 100 |
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