4 October 1931 1932 → 63.7% 34.7% | 182,177 99,075 | |
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Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 October 1931. The result was a victory for Juan Esteban Montero of the Radical Party, who received 64% 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 house of the National Congress would come together to vote on the two candidates that received the most votes.
References
Chilean presidential election, 1931 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA