1961 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 5 March 1961. ^[1] The Radical Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and also became the largest party in 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 24 of the 45 Senate seats up for election. ^[2]

Results

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Total
	Radical Party	146,373	23.79	7	13
	Liberal Party	103,688	16.85	6	9
	Christian Democratic Party	90,211	14.66	1	4
	Socialist Party	83,456	13.56	4	7
	United Conservative Party	79,303	12.89	2	5
	Communist Party	75,123	12.21	3	3
	National Democratic Party	17,325	2.82	0	0
	National Vanguard of the People	17,299	2.81	1	1
	Democrat Party	2,594	0.42	0	0
	Independents			–	3
Total		615,372	100.00	24	45
Valid votes		615,372	96.20
Invalid/blank votes		24,335	3.80
Total votes		639,707	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		847,505	75.48
Source: Nohlen, Whelan

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Radical Party	296,828	22.15	39	+3
	Liberal Party	222,485	16.60	28	–2
	Christian Democratic Party	213,468	15.93	23	+4
	United Conservative Party	198,260	14.80	17	–4
	Communist Party	157,572	11.76	16	New
	Socialist Party	149,122	11.13	12	+5
	National Democratic Party	95,179	7.10	12	New
	Labour National Union	3,394	0.25	0	New
	Democrat Party	772	0.06	0	–5
	Popular Command	96	0.01	0	New
	Independents	2,720	0.20	0	–2
Total		1,339,896	100.00	147	0
Valid votes		1,339,896	96.70
Invalid/blank votes		45,780	3.30
Total votes		1,385,676	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,858,980	74.54
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p283