Sunday 30 October 1938 1942 → 222,720 218,609 | Turnout 72.44% 9.5% 50.45% 49.52% | |
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Presidential elections were held in Chile on 25 October 1938. The result was a narrow victory for Pedro Aguirre Cerda of the Radical Party, who received 50.5% 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, 1938 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA