1953 Chilean parliamentary election
# 1953 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 1 March 1953. 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.

## Electoral system

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.

## Results

### Senate

| Party | 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 | Total | 336,359 | 100.00 | 24 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 484,064 | – | |
| Source: Nohlen |||||

### Chamber of Deputies

| Party | 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 | Total | 779,621 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,100,027 | – | | |
| Source: Nohlen ||||||
