Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 1 March 1953.[ 1] The Agrarian Labor Party emerged as the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies , whilst the Liberal Party won the most seats in the Senate .
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 25 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[ 2]
Party Votes % Seats Radical Party 59,270 17.62 4 Agrarian Labor Party 55,775 16.58 3 Liberal Party 42,993 12.78 5 Traditionalist Conservative Party 41,278 12.27 4 Popular Socialist Party 31,608 9.40 3 National Ibañista Movement 29,861 8.88 2 Social Christian Conservative Party 19,123 5.69 0 People's Democratic Party 17,138 5.10 1 National Union of Independents 11,342 3.37 1 People's National Movement 10,556 3.14 1 Chilean Renovating Action 6,915 2.06 0 Democratic Party 3,840 1.14 0 National Falange 3,276 0.97 0 Christian National Party 1,931 0.57 0 Radical Doctrinaire Party 1,230 0.37 0 Laborista Party 205 0.06 0 National Movement of Pensioners 18 0.01 0 Total 336,359 100.00 24 Registered voters/turnout 484,064 – Source: Nohlen
Chamber of Deputies [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Agrarian Labor Party 118,483 15.20 26 +12 Radical Party 103,650 13.29 18 –16 Liberal Party 84,924 10.89 23 –10 Traditionalist Conservative Party 78,833 10.11 16 +14 Popular Socialist Party 68,218 8.75 20 +14 Socialist Party 41,676 5.35 9 +4 National Union of Independents 39,877 5.11 5 New People's Democratic Party 31,961 4.10 5 +4 Social Christian Conservative Party 33,332 4.28 2 –29 National Ibañista Movement 28,976 3.72 6 New National Falange 22,353 2.87 3 0 Christian National Party 21,381 2.74 4 New People's National Movement 19,238 2.47 1 New Radical Doctrinaire Party 17,882 2.29 3 +3 Democrat Party 11,570 1.48 1 +1 Laborista Party 8,171 1.05 1 +1 Agrarian Party 8,125 1.04 2 New People's Unity 2,344 0.30 1 New Other parties 38,627 4.95 1 – Total 779,621 100.00 147 0 Registered voters/turnout 1,100,027 – Source: Nohlen
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II , p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p283