Chilean parliamentary election, 1973
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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 4 March 1973.[1] The Coalition for Democracy alliance won a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Electoral system
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 25 of the 50 Senate seats up for election.
Results
Senate
Coalition | Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Confederation of Democracy | Christian Democratic Party | 1,259,343 | 57.2 | 10 | ||
National Party | 4 | |||||
Radical Democracy Party | 0 | |||||
Radical Left Party | 0 | |||||
National Democratic Party | 0 | |||||
Unidad Popular | Communist Party | 942,512 | 42.8 | 5 | ||
Socialist Party | 5 | |||||
Radical Party | 1 | |||||
Popular Unitary Action Movement | 0 | |||||
Christian Left | 0 | |||||
Independent People's Action | 0 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 38,164 | – | – | |||
Total | 2,240,019 | 100 | 25 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,740,703 | 81.8 | – | |||
Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Deputies
Coalition | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Confederation of Democracy | Christian Democratic Party | 1,043,815 | 29.2 | 50 | –6 | |
National Party | 776,190 | 21.7 | 34 | +1 | ||
Radical Democracy Party | 72,027 | 2.0 | 2 | New | ||
Radical Left Party | 64,977 | 1.8 | 1 | New | ||
National Democratic Party | 12,776 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Coalition list | 31,764 | 0.9 | 0 | – | ||
Total | 2,001,549 | 56.0 | 87 | – | ||
Unidad Popular | Socialist Party | 663,259 | 18.6 | 28 | +13 | |
Communist Party | 578,695 | 16.2 | 24 | +2 | ||
Radical Party | 129,615 | 3.6 | 5 | –19 | ||
Popular Unitary Action Movement | 93,965 | 2.6 | 2 | New | ||
Christian Left | 37,767 | 1.1 | 2 | New | ||
Independent People's Action | 27,108 | 0.8 | 2 | New | ||
Coalition list | 32,268 | 0.9 | 0 | – | ||
Total | 1,562,677 | 43.7 | 63 | – | ||
People's Socialist Union | 10,889 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |||
Total | 3,575,115 | 100 | 150 | 0 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,510,060 | – | – | – | ||
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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