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Presidential elections were held inChile in 1915.[2] They were a bitter contest betweenJuan Luis Sanfuentes – aCoalition candidate of theLiberal Party andConservative Party – andJavier Ángel Figueroa – supported by theLiberal Alliance parties. Sanfuentes beat Figueroa by a single vote in the electoral vote, with numerous allegations of fraud and electoral intervention. Due to the controversy, the National Congress made a contingent vote, which Sanfuentes won by 77 votes to 41.[3][2]
| Candidate | Party | Electoral vote | Congress vote | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Juan Luis Sanfuentes | Coalition | 174 | 50.14 | 77 | 65.25 | |
| Javier Ángel Figueroa | Liberal Alliance | 173 | 49.86 | 41 | 34.75 | |
| Total | 347 | 100.00 | 118 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Chilean Elections Database[4] | ||||||
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