[1] Claudio Vicuña Guerrero, a member of the Liberal Party, was elected president.

The election was also the first not to be under the control of the provincial intendant, who was designated by the central government, beginning to be managed by municipalities.

[2] The elections took place in the last months of the government of José Manuel Balmaceda and in the middle of the Chilean Civil War of 1891.

Vicuña was openly supported by Balmaceda, and had been nominated by the Partido Liberal in its convention of 8 March 1891.

[3] Due to the victory of his opponents in the Civil War, Vicuña was unable to take office.