Presidential election of Chile 1958

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The Presidential election of Chile in 1958 was a closely contested race that marked the rise of conservative independent Jorge Alessandri to the presidency amid a fragmented party system and growing social tensions.

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instanceOf national election ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
campaignIssue economic stabilization ⓘ
inflation control ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
constitutionalFramework 1925 Constitution of Chile ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
date 1958-09-04 ⓘ
electedPresident Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez ⓘ
linked to: Jorge Alessandri
electedPresidentInaugurationDate 1958-11-03 ⓘ
electedPresidentTermEndYear 1964 ⓘ
electoralSystem plurality voting ⓘ
fifthPlaceCandidate Antonio Zamorano ⓘ
fifthPlaceDescription populist independent candidate ⓘ
fifthPlaceVoteSharePercentage approximately 2.2 ⓘ
fourthPlaceCandidate Luis Bossay ⓘ
fourthPlaceParty Radical Party of Chile ⓘ
fourthPlaceVoteSharePercentage approximately 15.6 ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the rise of Jorge Alessandri to the presidency ⓘ
one of the closest presidential races in mid-20th-century Chile ⓘ
ideologicalPolarization right-left polarization with centrist Christian Democrats ⓘ
incumbentPresidentBeforeElection Carlos Ibáñez del Campo ⓘ
incumbentPresidentPartyBeforeElection Independent ⓘ
location Chile ⓘ
mainWinner Jorge Alessandri ⓘ
nextElection Presidential election of Chile 1964 ⓘ
notableCandidate Eduardo Frei Montalva ⓘ
Jorge Alessandri ⓘ
Salvador Allende ⓘ
politicalContext fragmented party system ⓘ
growing social tensions ⓘ
previousElection Presidential election of Chile 1952 ⓘ
resultConfirmedBy Chilean Congress ⓘ
runnerUp Salvador Allende ⓘ
runnerUpAlliance Frente de Acción Popular ⓘ
runnerUpParty Socialist Party of Chile ⓘ
runnerUpVoteSharePercentage approximately 28.9 ⓘ
termLengthOfElectedPresident 6 years ⓘ
thirdPlaceCandidate Eduardo Frei Montalva ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty Christian Democratic Party of Chile ⓘ
thirdPlaceVoteSharePercentage approximately 20.7 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage approximately 84 ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
winnerParty Independent ⓘ
winnerPoliticalOrientation conservative ⓘ
winnerVoteSharePercentage approximately 31.6 ⓘ
year 1958 ⓘ

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