Chilean parliamentary election, 2001

December 16, 2001

All of the 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 18 out of 49 seats in the Senate 61 deputies and 26 senators seats needed for a majority

Turnout	87.11%
	First party	Second party

Party	Concertación	Alliance
Seats before	69 D / 24 S	47 D / 18 S
Seats after	62 deputies 24 senators	57 deputies 18 senators
Seat change	7 D / 0 S	10 D / 0 S
Popular vote	2,942,989	2,720,195
Percentage	47.90%	44,27%
Swing	2,61%	8,01%

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 16 December 2001.^[1] The Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance remained the largest faction in the Chamber of Deputies, but saw its majority in the Chamber reduced to just two seats.

Results

Senate

Coalition	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Concert of Parties for Democracy	Christian Democratic Party	395,728	22.8	2
	Socialist Party	254,905	14.7	4
	Party for Democracy	219,335	12.7	3
	Social Democrat Radical Party	19,025	1.1	0
Alliance for Chile	National Renewal	342,045	19.7	4
	Independent Democratic Union	263,035	15.2	3
	Independents	157,639	9.1	2
Communist Party		45,735	2.6	0
Humanist Party		6,465	0.4	0
Liberal Party		1,407	0.1	0
Invalid/blank votes		242,602	–	–
Total		1,975,017	100	18
Registered voters/turnout		2,307,154	85.6	–
Source: Nohlen, IPU

Chamber of Deputies

Coalition	Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Concert of Parties for Democracy	Christian Democratic Party	1,162,210	18.9	23	–15
	Party for Democracy	782,333	12.7	20	+4
	Socialist Party	614,434	10.0	10	–1
	Social Democrat Radical Party	248,821	4.0	6	+2
	Independents	135,191	2.2	3	+3
Alliance for Chile	Independent Democratic Union	1,547,209	25.2	31	+14
	National Renewal	845,865	13.8	18	–5
	Independents	327,121	5.3	8	+2
Communist Party		320,668	5.2	0	0
Humanist Party		69,692	1.1	0	0
Liberal Party		3,475	0.1	0	New
Independents		86,964	1.4	1	–1
Invalid/blank votes		890,290	–	–	–
Total		7,034,293	100	120	0
Registered voters/turnout		8,075,446	87.1	–	–
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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