1941 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 2 March 1941. The Radical Party emerged as the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Electoral system

The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 20 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Conservative Party	52,540	22.5	5
Radical Party	49,719	21.3	6
Liberal Party	37,965	16.3	3
Socialist Party	37,857	16.2	2
Communist Party	28,449	12.2	3
Democratic Party	12,924	5.5	0
Laborista Party	5,877	2.5	0
Agrarian Party	3,855	1.7	1
Democrat Party	2,339	1.0	0
National Falange	1,228	1.6	0
Popular Freedom Alliance	762	0.3	0
Others, invalid and blank votes	4,910	–	–
Total	238,485	100	20
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Radical Party	98,296	21.5	44	+15
Conservative Party	77,243	16.9	32	–3
Chilean Socialists' Group	75,500	16.8	15	–4
Communist Party	65,671	14.4	17	+11
Liberal Party	63,118	13.8	22	–13
Democratic Party	19,202	4.2	6	+1
National Falange	15,553	3.4	3	New
Popular Socialist Vanguard	11,175	2.5	2	New
Agrarian Party	7,723	1.7	3	+1
Democrat Party	6,389	1.4	2	–5
Radical Socialist Party	5,076	1.1	1	New
Popular Freedom Alliance	2,268	0.5	0	New
Other parties	9,217	2.0	0	–
Independents	1,058	0.2	0	–3
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	457,489	100	147	+1
Registered voters/turnout	575,625		–	–
Source: Nohlen