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Original ballot. Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1970. Salvador Allende of the Popular Unity alliance won a narrow plurality in a race against independent Jorge Alessandri and Christian Democrat Radomiro Tomic, before having his victory confirmed by a contingent election after the Christian Democrats voted in favour of his candidacy.
Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was a Socialist and Marxist elected to the national presidency of a liberal democracy in Latin America. [1][2] In August 1973 the Chilean Senate declared the Allende administration to be "unlawful," Allende's presidency ...
Allende won the 1970 Chilean presidential election as leader of the Unidad Popular ("Popular Unity") coalition. On 4 September 1970, he obtained a narrow plurality of 36.6% to 35.z3% over Jorge Alessandri, a former president, with 27.8% going to a third candidate, Radomiro Tomic of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
Salvador Allende. Salvador Allende ran again in the 1970 presidential election, winning a narrow victory plurality vote (near 37%). U.S. president Richard Nixon feared that Chile could become "another Cuba" and cut off most foreign aid to Chile. The U.S. government believed that Allende would become closer to socialist countries such as Cuba ...
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état (Spanish: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973) was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity coalition government. [10][11] Allende, who has been described as the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in a Latin American liberal democracy ...
Allende was elected with 36% of the popular vote in 1970. Five months into his presidency, his approval rating had grown to 49%. [3] This was where his support peaked. Following severe inflation and food shortages Allende's popularity started to dip. With 44%., the Popular Unity progressed in the 1973 legislative election but did not win the ...
The election was held using the absolute majority system, under which a candidate had to receive over 50% of the popular vote to be elected. ... Salvador Allende ...
Election Notes — Arturo Puga (1879–1970) 4 June 1932 16 June 1932 Military — President of the Government Junta. Resigned. — ... Salvador Allende (1908–1973)