1886 Chilean presidential election

1886 Chilean presidential election
1886
 
Candidate José Manuel Balmaceda José Francisco Vergara
Party Liberal Party Radical–National
Electoral vote 324 6
Percentage 98.18% 1.82
President before election

Domingo Santa María
Liberal Alliance (PL–PR)

Elected President

José Manuel Balmaceda
Liberal Party

Presidential elections were held in Chile in 1886.[1] Carried out through a system of electors, they resulted in the election of José Manuel Balmaceda as president.[2]

The election was not free and fair.[3] The opposition candidate Vergara withdrew his candidacy before the final votes were counted.[3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
José Manuel BalmacedaLiberal Party32498.18
José Francisco VergaraRadical–National61.82
Total330100.00
Source: Chilean Elections Database[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Elección Presidencial 1886 Chilean Elections Database
  2. ^ B. Gray, Richard; R. Kirwin, Frederick (January 1969). "Presidential Succession in Chile: 1817-1966". Journal of Inter-American Studies. 11 (1): 157. doi:10.2307/165408. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Blakemore, Harold (1986), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Chile from the War of the Pacific to the world depression, 1880–1930", The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 5: c.1870 to 1930, vol. 5, Cambridge University Press, pp. 497–552, doi:10.1017/chol9780521245173.016, ISBN 978-0-521-24517-3


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