Presidential Candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Conservative Party or the pelucones. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
- 1829: Francisco Ruiz-Tagle (lost), Diego José Benavente (lost)
- 1831: José Joaquín Prieto (won)
- 1836: José Joaquín Prieto (won)
- 1841: Manuel Bulnes (won)
- 1846: Manuel Bulnes (won)
- 1851: Manuel Montt (won)
- 1856: José Santiago Aldunate (lost)
- 1861: José Joaquín Pérez (won)
- 1866: José Joaquín Pérez (won), Manuel Bulnes (lost)
- 1871: Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (won)
- 1876: none
- 1881: Manuel Baquedano (lost)
- 1886: none
- 1891: Jorge Montt (won)
- 1896: Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (won)
- 1901: Pedro Montt (lost)
- 1906: Fernando Lazcano (lost)
- 1910: Ramón Barros Luco (won)
- 1915: Juan Luis Sanfuentes (won)
- 1920: Luis Barros Borgoño (lost)
- 1925: Emiliano Figueroa (won)
- 1927: none
- 1931: Juan Esteban Montero (won)
- 1932: Héctor Rodríguez (lost)
- 1938: Gustavo Ross (lost)
- 1942: Carlos Ibáñez (lost)
- 1946: Eduardo Cruz-Coke (lost)
- 1952: Traditionalist: Arturo Matte (lost), Social Christian: Pedro Alfonso (lost)
- 1958: Jorge Alessandri (won)
- 1964: Eduardo Frei Montalva (won)
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