Chilean presidential election, 1946

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The Chilean presidential election of 1946 was a pivotal post–World War II contest that brought Gabriel González Videla to power and marked a key moment in the country’s mid-20th-century political realignment.

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instanceOf political event ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
after Chilean presidential election, 1942 ⓘ
before Chilean presidential election, 1952 ⓘ
category 1946 elections in South America ⓘ
1946 in Chile ⓘ
Presidential elections in Chile ⓘ
chronology occurs between the 1942 and 1952 Chilean presidential elections ⓘ
constitutionalFramework Chilean Constitution of 1925 ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
electedCandidateParty Radical Party of Chile ⓘ
electedOffice President of Chile ⓘ
electoralBody Chilean electorate ⓘ
electorate Chilean citizens eligible to vote in 1946 ⓘ
era mid-20th century ⓘ
governmentTypeAtTime republic ⓘ
headOfStateElected President of the Republic of Chile ⓘ
impact influenced Chile’s alignment in early Cold War politics ⓘ
reshaped alliances among Chilean Radical, Socialist, and Communist parties ⓘ
involvedPoliticalParties Communist Party of Chile ⓘ
Conservative Party of Chile ⓘ
Liberal Party of Chile ⓘ
Radical Party of Chile ⓘ
Socialist Party of Chile ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
location Chile ⓘ
mainIdeologicalConflict conflict between left-wing and centrist-right forces ⓘ
officeContested Presidency of Chile ⓘ
officeTermEndOfWinner 1952 ⓘ
officeTermStartOfWinner 1946 ⓘ
partOf history of Chile ⓘ
politics of Chile ⓘ
politicalRealignment mid-20th-century Chilean party system realignment ⓘ
postConflictContext post–World War II period ⓘ
relatedTo Cold War politics in Chile ⓘ
Gabriel González Videla presidency ⓘ
banning of the Communist Party in Chile ⓘ
resultedIn election of Gabriel González Videla as president of Chile ⓘ
scope countrywide ⓘ
significance pivotal contest in post–World War II Chilean politics ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Santiago ⓘ
tookPlaceInPoliticalSystem presidential system ⓘ
typeOfElection national-level election ⓘ
votingSystem popular vote followed by congressional decision if no absolute majority ⓘ
winner Gabriel González Videla ⓘ
year 1946 ⓘ

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Gabriel González Videla → participatedIn → Chilean presidential election, 1946 ⓘ
Chilean presidential election, 1946 → after → Chilean presidential election, 1942 ⓘ
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Chilean presidential election, 1946 → before → Chilean presidential election, 1952 ⓘ
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