1949 Chilean parliamentary election

none Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 6 March 1949.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 978-0-19-928358-3 Although the Social Christian Conservative Party received the most votes in the Senate elections, the Liberal Party won the most seats, whilst the Radical Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies. They were the first parliamentary elections with women's suffrage.Drake Paul Chile, 1930 — 58 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 267–310 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/chile-1930-58/E29ED69C56A3535B0DB2AB9A6726D050 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.006 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription Electoral system The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 20 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.Nohlen, p283 Campaign Having won 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the 1945 elections, the Communist Party was banned in 1948.Nohlen, p254 Results Senate Social Christian Conservative Party 55825 3 Liberal Party 42930 6 Agrarian Labor Party 42230 3 Radical Party 42125 5 Authentic Socialist Party 15318 0 Radical Democracy 10445 1 Democratic Party 9252 0 Popular Socialist Party 8772 1 Radical Doctrinaire Party 8613 0 Socialist Party 6818 0 Progressive Liberal Party 6002 0 National Falange 2222 1 2351 316186 Nohlen Chamber of Deputies Radical Party 100869 34 –5 Social Christian Conservative Party 98118 31 –5 Liberal Party 83582 33 +2 Agrarian Labor Party 38742 14 +11 Radical Democracy 23248 8 New Popular Socialist Party 22631 6 New Democratic Party 20682 6 0 National Falange 18221 3 0 Socialist Party 15676 5 –1 People's Democratic Party 8536 1 New Traditionalist Conservative Party 7485 2 New Progressive Liberal Party 6431 2 –1 Authentic Socialist Party 5125 1 –2 Laborista Party 5105 1 3 – Radical Doctrinaire Party 4424 Social Christian Movement 2018 Democrat Party 1994 0 –1 Chilean Renovating Action 1985 0 New 5504 0 591994 Nohlen References Category:Parliamentary elections in Chile Parliamentary Chile Chile Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results