1931 Chilean presidential election

1931 Chilean presidential election
4 October 1931
 
Nominee Juan Esteban Montero Arturo Alessandri
Party Radical Liberal
Popular vote 182,177 99,075
Percentage 63.94% 34.77%
President before election

Manuel Trucco
Radical

 President

Juan Esteban Montero
Radical

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 October 1931. The result was a landslide victory for Juan Esteban Montero of the Radical Party, who received 64% of the vote. He was the first member of the Radical Party to be elected president.

The elections took place amid economic turmoil due to the Great Depression and in the aftermath of the toppling of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo's military government.

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