1927 Chilean presidential election

none 1927 Chilean presidential election Chile presidential no 1925 Chilean presidential election 1925 1931 Chilean presidential election 1931 22 May 1927 328,700 70.39% ( 15.96pp) CarlosIbanezDC.jpg Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Independent politician 223,741 97.97% Elías Lafferte.jpg Elías Lafertte Communist Party of Chile 4,627 2.03% President Carlos Ibáñez (acting) Independent politician Carlos Ibáñez Independent politician Presidential elections were held in Chile on 22 May 1927,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 978-0-19-928358-3 following the resignation of President Emiliano Figueroa. The result was a victory for Interior Minister Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who ran as an independent and received 98% of the vote. Ibáñez's only opponent was the communist Elías Lafertte, who was exiled in the Juan Fernández Archipelago throughout the electoral campaign.Blakemore Harold Chile from the War of the Pacific to the world depression, 1880–1930 1986 The Cambridge History of Latin America 5: c.1870 to 1930 497–552 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/chile-from-the-war-of-the-pacific-to-the-world-depression-18801930/790BE7F587ACE5A2164C699A3D3403B2 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521245173.016 978-0-521-24517-3 subscription 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 who received the most votes.Nohlen, p259 Results Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Independent 223741 Elías Lafertte Communist Party 4627 3004 328700 Nohlen, Chilean Electoral Database References Category:Presidential elections in Chile Presidential Chile Chile