CHILE : Political parties and elections
Election results include names of political parties. See for additional information about parties the List of political parties in Chile. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Chile.
Summary of the 11 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 Votes run- Votes % % Chilean presidential election resultsedit off
Michelle Bachelet Jeria - Socialist Party of Chile/CPD 3,190,691 45.96 3,712,902 53.49
Sebastián Piñera Echenique - National Renewal 1,763,964 25.41 3,227,658 46.50
Joaquín Lavín Infante - Independent Democratic Union 1,612,608 23.23 - -
Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt - Humanist Party/JPM 375,048 5.40 - -
Total valid votes (Turnout 87.67 %/87.1 %) 6,942,041 100 6,940,560 100
Null votes 180,485 2.5 154,329 2.16
Blank votes 84,752 1.18 47,710 0.66
Total votes 7,207,278 100 7,142,599 100
Total voters enrolled 8,220,897 8,220,897
Source: Tricel [1]
Main article: Chilean presidential election, 2005 Summary of the 11 December 2005 Chile Chamber of Deputies Senators Senators Senators Votes % Deputies Votes % (Cámara de Diputados) and 20051 20012 total Senate (Senado) election results: edit A Independent Regional Force (Fuerza Regional 1.18 1 0.64 0 0 0 Independiente) National Alliance of Independents (Alianza 0.31 0 0.28 0 0 0 Nacional de los Independientes) Regionalist Action Party of Chile (Partido de Acción 0.41 1 Regionalista de Chile) Independents List A 0.46 0 0.36 0 0 0 B Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación 51.77 65 55.73 11 9 20 de Partidos Por la Democracia) Christian Democrat Party (Partido Demócrata 20.81 20 29.65 5 2 7 Cristiano) Party for Democracy (Partido 15.45 21 10.74 1 2 3 por la Democracia) Socialist Party of Chile 9.98 15 12.12 4 4 8 (Partido Socialista de Chile) Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical 3.54 7 2.44 1 1 2 Socialdemócrata) Independents List B 2.00 2 0.79 0 0 0 C Together We Can Do More (Juntos 7.38 0 5.98 0 0 0 Podemos Más) Communist Party of Chile (Partido 5.13 0 2.17 0 0 0 Comunista de Chile) Humanist Party of Chile (Partido 1.56 0 1.46 0 0 0 Humanista de Chile) Independents List C 0.7 0 2.35 0 0 0 D Alliance for Chile 38.70 54 37.26 8 9 17 (Alianza por Chile) Independent Democrat Union 22.34 33 21.56 5 4 9 (Unión Demócrata Independiente) National Renewal (Renovación 14.13 19 10.8 3 5 8 Nacional) Independents List 2.23 2 4.90 0 0 0 D Independent (off- 0.95 0 0.38 1 0 1 pact) Total 100.0 120 100.0 20 18 38 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.