Tuesday September 4, 1958 1964 → 389,909 356,493 31.6% 28.8% | Turnout 83.5% 3.1% 356,493 255,769 28.8% 20.7% | |
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Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1958. The result was a victory for Jorge Alessandri, who ran as an independent.
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 that received the most votes.
References
Chilean presidential election, 1958 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA