Elections in Chile

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Chile holds nationwide presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections. Presidential elections elect a president, who serves as chief of state and head of government for a period of six years—four years starting in 2005. Parliamentary elections elect 38 senators (two for each constituency) and 120 deputies (two for each constituency). Municipal elections elect one mayor and a number of councilmen per municipality.

Chile has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, coalitions in the case of Chile, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Contents

1 Past elections

1.1 Presidential elections
1.2 Parliamentary elections
1.3 Plebiscites

2 Latest elections

2.1 Presidential election, 2005/2006
2.2 Parliamentary election, 2005

3 See also
4 External links

Past elections

Presidential elections

Presidents are elected by an absolute majority; if no candidate obtains such majority, a runoff among the top two candidates is held.

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Parliamentary elections

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Plebiscites

1925 | 1978 | 1980 | 1988 | 1989

Latest elections

Presidential election, 2005/2006

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'''Summary of the 11 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 Chilean presidential election results
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Candidates and nominating parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes 1st rnd.
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes run-off
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
|-
|align=left|Michelle Bachelet Jeria - Socialist Party of Chile/CPD
|align=right valign=top|3,190,691
|align=right valign=top|45.96
|align=right valign=top|3,723,019
|align=right valign=top|53.49
|-
|align=left|Sebastián Piñera Echenique - National Renewal
|align=right valign=top|1,763,964
|align=right valign=top|25.41
|align=right valign=top|3,236,394
|align=right valign=top|46.50
|-
|align=left|Joaquín Lavín Infante - Independent Democratic Union
|align=right valign=top|1,612,608
|align=right valign=top|23.23
|align=right valign=top|-
|align=right valign=top|-
|-
|align=left|Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt -  Humanist Party/JPM
|align=right valign=top|375,048
|align=right valign=top|5.40
|align=right valign=top|-
|align=right valign=top|-
|-
|align=left|Total valid votes
|align=right valign=top|6,942,041
|align=right valign=top|100
|align=right valign=top|6,959,413
|align=right valign=top|100
|-
|align=left|Null votes
|align=right valign=top|180,485
|align=right valign=top|2.5
|align=right valign=top|154.972
|align=right valign=top|2.16
|-
|align=left|Blank votes
|align=right valign=top|84,752 
|align=right valign=top|1.18
|align=right valign=top|47,960
|align=right valign=top|0.67
|-
|align=left|Total votes (Turnout 87.67% / 87.12%)
|align=right valign=top|7,207,278
|align=right valign=top|100
|align=right valign=top|7,162,345 	
|align=right valign=top|100
|-
|align=left|Total voters enrolled
|align=right valign=top|8,220,897
|align=right valign=top|
|align=right valign=top|8,220,897
|align=right valign=top|
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Tricel [link] (1st rnd.) / Tricel [link] (PDF) (runoff)
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Parliamentary election, 2005
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'Summary of the 11 December 2005 Chile Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) and Senate (Senado'') election results
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2 rowspan=2 valign=top|Coalitions and parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=3|Chamber of Deputies
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=5|Senate
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Seats 2005¹
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Seats 2001²
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Total
|-
!valign=top rowspan=4 align=left|A
|align=left|Independent Regional Force (Fuerza Regional Independiente)
|
! align=right|1.18
! align=right|1
|
! align=right|0.64
!align=right|0
!align=right|0
!align=right|0
|-
|align=left|National Alliance of Independents (Alianza Nacional de los Independientes)
|
| align=right|0.31
| align=right|0
|
| align=right|0.28
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
|align=left|Regionalist Action Party of Chile (Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile)
|
| align=right|0.41
| align=right|1
|colspan=5|
|-
|align=left| Independents List A
|
| align=right|0.46
| align=right|0
|
| align=right|0.36
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
!valign=top valign=top rowspan=6|B
|align=left|Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos Por la Democracia)
|
! align=right|51.77
! align=right|65
|
! align=right|55.73
! align=right|11
! align=right|9
! align=right|20
|-
|align=left|Christian Democrat Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
|
|align=right|20.81
|align=right|20
|
|align=right|29.65
|align=right|5
|align=right|2
|align=right|7
|-
|align=left|Party for Democracy (Partido por la Democracia)
|
| align=right|15.45
| align=right|21
|
| align=right|10.74
|align=right|1
|align=right|2
|align=right|3
|-
|align=left|Socialist Party of Chile (Partido Socialista de Chile)
|
|align=right|9.98
|align=right|15
|
|align=right|12.12
|align=right|4
|align=right|4
|align=right|8
|-
|align=left|Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata)
|
|align=right|3.54
|align=right|7
|
|align=right|2.44
|align=right|1
|align=right|1
|align=right|2
|-
|align=left| Independents List B
|
|align=right|2.00
|align=right|2
|
|align=right|0.79
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
!valign=top rowspan=4|C
|align=left|Together We Can Do More (Juntos Podemos Más)
|
!align=right|7.38
!align=right|0
|
!align=right|5.98
!align=right|0
!align=right|0
!align=right|0
|-
|align=left|Communist Party of Chile (Partido Comunista de Chile)
|
|align=right|5.13
|align=right|0
|
|align=right|2.17
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
|align=left|Humanist Party (Partido Humanista)
|
|align=right|1.56
|align=right|0
|
|align=right|1.46
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
|align=left|Independents List C
|
|align=right|0.7
|align=right|0
|
|align=right|2.35
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
!valign=top rowspan=4|D
|align=left|Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile)
|
|align=right|38.70
|align=right|54
|
|align=right|37.26
|align=right|8
|align=right|9
|align=right|17
|-
|align=left|Independent Democrat Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente)
|
|align=right|22.34
|align=right|33
|
|align=right|21.56
|align=right|5
|align=right|4
|align=right|9
|-
|align=left|National Renewal (Renovación Nacional)
|
|align=right|14.13
|align=right|19
|
|align=right|10.8
|align=right|3
|align=right|5
|align=right|8
|-
|align=left|Independents List D
|
|align=right|2.23
|align=right|2
|
|align=right|4.90
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|align=right|0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|Independent (off-pact)
|
!align=right|0.95
!align=right|0
|
!align=right|0.38
!align=right|1
|align=right|0
|align=right|1
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 align=left|Total
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|120
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|20
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|18
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|38
|-
|align=left colspan=10|Source: Interior Ministry

¹ Only 20 out of 38 seats were contested in this election.

² These 18 seats were contested in the 2001 election.
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See also
Electoral calendar
Electoral system
External links
[Archive of recent elections] (Chilean Ministry of Interior)
[Archive of past elections]
[Chile's Electoral Service (Servel)]
[Electionworld]
[Adam Carr's Election Archive]










 

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