Chilean general election, 1993
Chilean presidential election, 1993
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General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993.[1] Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance was elected President, whilst the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate.
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party/Coalition |
Votes |
% |
|---|
| Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | Christian Democratic Party/CPD | 4,044,898 | 57.98 |
| Arturo Alessandri Besa | Independent/UPC | 1,703,408 | 24.42 |
| José Piñera | Independent | 431,241 | 6.18 |
| Manfred Max Neef | Independent | 387,437 | 5.55 |
| Eugenio Pizarro | Independent | 327,501 | 4.69 |
| Cristián Reitze | Humanist-Green Alliance Party | 81,832 | 1.17 |
| Valid votes | 6,976,317 | 100.00 |
| Null votes | 271,424 | 3.67 |
| Blank votes | 136,968 | 1.85 |
| Total votes | 7,387,709 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,085,439 | 91.23 |
| Source: Tricel via Servel |
Senate
| Coalition |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
|---|
| Elected |
Total |
+/– |
| Concert of Parties for Democracy | Christian Democratic Party | 378,987 | 20.2 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| Socialist Party | 238,405 | 12.7 | 3 | 5 | +5 |
| Party for Democracy | 275,727 | 14.7 | 2 | 2 | –2 |
| Radical Party | 119,459 | 6.4 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Independents | 27,253 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | –3 |
| Union for the Progress of Chile | National Renewal | 279,580 | 14.9 | 5 | 11 | +6 |
| Independent Democratic Union | 190,283 | 10.2 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Southern Party | 52,509 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Union of the Centrist Center | 46,455 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| Independents | 130,587 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | –7 |
| Alternative Left Democracy | Communist Party | 65,073 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Popular Unitary Action Movement | 3,030 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 13,278 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Humanist–Green Alliance | 8,528 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 41,233 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 171,554 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,045,681 | 100 | 18 | 38 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Deputies
| Coalition |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Concert of Parties for Democracy | Christian Democratic Party | 1,827,373 | 27.1 | 37 | –1 |
| Socialist Party | 803,719 | 11.9 | 15 | +15 |
| Party for Democracy | 798,206 | 11.8 | 15 | –1 |
| Radical Party | 200,837 | 3.0 | 2 | –3 |
| Party of Social Democracy | 53,377 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 79,764 | 0.7 | 1 | –8 |
| Union for the Progress of Chile | National Party | 2,688 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| National Renewal | 1,098,852 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Independent Democratic Union | 816,104 | 12.1 | 15 | +4 |
| Union of the Centrist Center | 216,639 | 3.2 | 2 | New |
| Southern Party | 13,422 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 324,084 | 4.8 | 4 | –4 |
| Alternative Left Democracy | Communist Party | 336,034 | 5.0 | 0 | New |
| Popular Unitary Action Movement | 6,644 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 87,817 | 1.3 | 0 | – |
| The New Left | Humanist–Green Alliance | 67,733 | 1.0 | 0 | –1 |
| Ecological Movement | 2,215 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 26,247 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
| Independents | 7,104 | 0.1 | 0 | –1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 646,157 | – | – | – |
| Total | 7,385,016 | 100 | 120 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,085,493 | 91.3 | – | 2 |
| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
