The National Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional) or Montt-Varist (Spanish: Monttvarista) was a Chilean political party formed in 1857 as a split from the Conservatives by the supporters of President Manuel Montt and Interior Minister Antonio Varas. The National Party had a liberal-conservative ideology and was primarily supported by middle-high businessmen, bankers and journalists.[5] The Welsh-born Edwards family was a bigger financer of the party,[6] along with the aristocratic Balmaceda, who was linked to the Liberal Party.[7] The party never was more than an influential third party, and since the late 1910s its influences declined considerably, stopping from participating to national elections after 1924, finally merging into the United Liberal Party in 1933.[1] The monttvarista National Party is not to be confused with the National Party formed in 1966.
National Party Partido Nacional | |
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Leader | Manuel Montt Antonio Varas José Joaquín Pérez Agustín Edwards Pedro Montt |
Founded | 29 December 1857 |
Dissolved | 1925 1930 (de jure) | (de facto)
Split from | Conservatives |
Merged into | United Liberal Party |
Ideology | Secularism[1][2] Liberal conservatism[2][3] Economic liberalism[4] |
Political position | Centre-right |
Electoral history
Presidential election
Election year | Candidate | Votes | Results | |
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# Votes | % Votes | |||
1856 | Manuel Montt | 207 | 99.1% | Won |
1861 | José Joaquín Pérez | 214 | 100% | Won |
1866 | José Joaquín Pérez | 191 | 88.0% | Won |
1871 | José Tomás Urmeneta | 58 | 20.4% | Lost |
1876 | Not contested | Lost | ||
1881 | Not contested | Lost | ||
1886 | José Francisco Vergara[lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 1.8% | Lost |
1891 | Not contested | Lost | ||
1896 | Federico Errázuriz Jr.[lower-alpha 2] | 137 | 55.5% | Won |
1901 | Pedro Montt | 83 | 31.1% | Lost |
1906 | Pedro Montt | 164 | 62.6% | Won |
1910 | Ramón Barros[lower-alpha 3] | 268 | 100% | Won |
1915 | Juan Luis Sanfuentes[lower-alpha 4] | 77 | 50.1% | Won |
1920 | Luis Barros Borgoño[lower-alpha 5] | 175 | 50.1% | Lost |
1925 | Not contested | Lost | ||
1927 | Not contested | Lost |
Congress election
Election year | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | Status | ||||
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# Votes | % Votes | Seats | # Votes | % Votes | Seats | ||
1864 | N/A[8] | 25.0% | 18 / 72 |
Minority | |||
1867 | N/A[8] | 8.3% | 6 / 72 |
Minority | |||
1870 | N/A[8] | 15.3% | 11 / 72 |
Minority | |||
1873 | N/A[8] | 5.6% | 4 / 72 |
Minority | |||
1876 | N/A[8] | 11.1% | 12 / 108 |
Minority | |||
1879 | N/A[8] | 11.1% | 12 / 108 |
Minority | |||
1882 | N/A[8] | 13.0% | 14 / 108 |
Minority | |||
1885 | N/A[8] | 14.2% | 16 / 113 |
Minority | |||
1888 | N/A[8] | 15.9% | 18 / 113 |
Minority | |||
1891 | 1,196[9] | 1.5% | 1 / 94 |
Minority | |||
1894 | 455[9] | 0.4% | 0 / 94 |
Minority | |||
1897 | 7,692[9] | 5.6% | 4 / 94 |
Minority | |||
1900 | 8,916[9] | 6.0% | 6 / 94 |
Minority | |||
1903 | Not contested[9] | Minority | |||||
1906 | 24,169[9] | 12.5% | 11 / 94 |
Minority | |||
1909 | 38,341[9] | 17.0% | 16 / 94 |
Minority | |||
1912 | 35,243[9] | 14.2% | 10 / 118 |
Minority | |||
1915 | 14,530 | 9.7% | 29 / 118 |
N/A[9] | 10.5% | 2 / 19 |
Minority |
1918 | 18,526 | 9.1% | 10 / 118 |
N/A[9] | 7.7% | 1 / 13 |
Minority |
1921 | 8,097 | 2.7% | 4 / 118 |
N/A[9] | 2 / 13 |
Minority | |
1924 | 6,400 | 3.1% | 3 / 118 |
N/A[9] | 3 / 13 |
Minority |
See also
Notes
- Official candidate for the Radical Party.
- Candidate for the Liberal Party (conservative wing).
- Official candidate for the Liberal Party, elected by unanimity.
- Official candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, supported by the Coalición.
- Candidate for the Liberal Party (conservative wing), supported by the National Union.
References
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