Chilean parliamentary election, 1973

4 March 1973

All of the 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate 76 deputies and 26 senators seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Confederation of Democracy	Popular Unity
Seats before	93 D / 32 S	58 D / 17 S
Seats after	87 deputies 30 senators	63 deputies 19 senators
Seat change	6 D / 2 S	5 D / 2 S
Popular vote	2,013,592	1,605,170
Percentage	55.49%	44.23%

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 4 March 1973.^[1] The Confederation of 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			Votes	%	Seats
	Confederation of Democracy	Christian Democratic Party	745,274	33.88	10
		National Party	417,311	18.97	4
		Radical Democracy Party	47,992	2.18	0
		Radical Left Party	34,334	1.56	0
		CODE List votes	14,432	0.66
		Total	1,259,343	57.25	14
	Unidad Popular	Socialist Party	392,469	17.84	5
		Communist Party	380,460	17.29	5
		Radical Party	126,961	5.77	1
		Popular Unitary Action Movement	23,191	1.05	0
		UP List votes	17,431	0.79
		Total	940,512	42.75	11
Invalid/blank votes			-	–	–
Total valid votes			2,199,855	100	25
Registered voters/turnout			4,510,060	–	–
Source: Electoral Service.

Chamber of Deputies


Coalition			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Confederation of Democracy	Christian Democratic Party	1,055,120	29.07	50	–5
		National Party	780,480	21.51	34	0
		Radical Democracy Party	70,582	1.94	2	New
		Radical Left Party	60,166	1.66	1	New
		National Democratic Party	13,349	0.37	0	0
		CODE List votes	33,895	0.93
		Total	2,013,592	55.49	87	–
	Unidad Popular	Socialist Party	678,796	18.70	28	+13
		Communist Party	593,738	16.36	25	+3
		Radical Party	133,745	3.69	5	–19
		Popular Unitary Action Movement	92,592	2.55	2	New
		Christian Left	41,589	1.15	1	New
		Independent People's Action	29,972	0.83	2	New
		UP List votes	34,738	0.96
		Total	1,605,170	44.23	63	–
	People's Socialist Union		10,287	0.28	0	0
Invalid/blank votes			58,056	–	–	–
Total			3,687,105	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout			4,510,060	–	–	–
Source: Electoral Service.

Vote share

PDC			29.07%
PN			21.51%
PS			18.70%
PCCh			16.36%
PR			3.69%
MAPU			2.55%
DR			1.94%
PIR			1.66%
IC			1.15%
Others			3.37%

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

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