1952 Chilean presidential election

1952 Chilean presidential election

← 1946 4 September 1952 1958 →
Turnout86.61%
 
Candidate Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Arturo Matte Larraín
Party Independent Liberal
Popular vote 446,439 265,357
Percentage 46.79% 27.81%
Congress vote 132 12

 
Candidate Pedro Enrique Alfonso Salvador Allende
Party Radical Socialist
Popular vote 190,360 51,975
Percentage 19.95% 5.45%

President before election

Gabriel González Videla
Radical

Elected President

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Independent

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.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3