Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 3 March 1957.[1] The Radical Party emerged as the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 36 of the 147 seats.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical Party | 188,526 | 21.47 | 36 | +18 | |
| Liberal Party | 134,741 | 15.34 | 30 | +7 | |
| United Conservative Party | 121,223 | 13.80 | 21 | – | |
| National Falange | 82,710 | 9.42 | 17 | +14 | |
| Agrarian Labor Party | 68,602 | 7.81 | 10 | –16 | |
| Popular Socialist Party | 55,004 | 6.26 | 5 | –15 | |
| Democratic Party | 44,213 | 5.03 | 5 | +4 | |
| Socialist Party | 38,783 | 4.42 | 7 | –2 | |
| National Union of Independents | 37,975 | 4.32 | 7 | +2 | |
| Social Christian Conservative Party | 33,654 | 3.83 | 2 | – | |
| Labour Party | 17,785 | 2.03 | 4 | New | |
| Republican Movement | 10,393 | 1.18 | 1 | New | |
| Christian National Party | 9,085 | 1.03 | 0 | –4 | |
| Laborista Party | 8,010 | 0.91 | 0 | –1 | |
| Radical Doctrinaire Party | 5,577 | 0.64 | 0 | –3 | |
| Doctrinaire Democratic Party | 3,302 | 0.38 | 0 | New | |
| People's National Movement | 1,342 | 0.15 | 0 | –1 | |
| Independents | 17,304 | 1.97 | 2 | New | |
| Total | 878,229 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,284,159 | – | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p280