1997 Chilean parliamentary election

1997 Chilean parliamentary election

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Chamber of Deputies

All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Party Vote % Seats +/– Concertación 50.51 69 −1 Union for Chile 36.26 47 −1 Chile 2000 2.14 2 0 Independents 0.69 2 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

20 of the 48 seats in the Senate

Party Vote % Seats +/– Concertación 49.88 20 −1 Union for Chile 36.64 17 +1 Chile 2000 2.62 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1997. ^[1] The Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance maintained its majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Results

Senate

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Won	Not up	Total	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	1,238,540	29.22	10	4	14	+1
			Socialist Party of Chile	617,947	14.58	1	3	4	–1
			Party for Democracy	182,076	4.29	0	2	2	0
			Social Democrat Radical Party	76,091	1.79	0	0	0	–1
		Total		2,114,654	49.88	11	9	20	–1
	Union for Chile		Independent Democratic Union	728,680	17.19	2	3	5	+2
			National Renewal	629,394	14.85	2	5	7	–4
			Independents	195,118	4.60	4	1	5	+3
		Total		1,553,192	36.64	9	8	17	+1
	The Left		Communist Party of Chile	357,825	8.44	0	0	0	0
			Independents	8,406	0.20	0	0	0	0
		Total		366,231	8.64	0	0	0	0
	Chile 2000		Progressive Union of the Centrist Center	18,023	0.43	0	1	1	0
			Independents	93,150	2.20	0	0	0	–
		Total		111,173	2.62	0	1	1	–
	Humanist Party			94,116	2.22	0	0	0	0
Appointed senators						9	0	9	+1
Former presidents						1	0	1	+1
Total				4,239,366	100.00	30	18	48	+2
Valid votes				4,239,366	83.08
Invalid/blank votes				863,540	16.92
Total votes				5,102,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,794,935	88.06
Source: Nohlen, SERVEL, IPU

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	1,331,745	22.98	38	+1
			Party for Democracy	727,293	12.55	16	+1
			Socialist Party of Chile	640,397	11.05	11	–4
			Social Democratic Radical Party	181,538	3.13	4	+2
			Independents	46,719	0.81	0	–1
		Total		2,927,692	50.51	69	–1
	Union for Chile		National Renewal	971,903	16.77	23	–6
			Independent Democratic Union	837,736	14.45	17	+2
			Party of the South	20,813	0.36	1	+1
			Independents	270,940	4.67	6	+2
		Total		2,101,392	36.26	47	–1
	The Left		Communist Party of Chile	398,588	6.88	0	0
			New People's Alliance	8,971	0.15	0	New
			Independents	26,589	0.46	0	0
		Total		434,148	7.49	0	0
	Humanist Party			168,597	2.91	0	0
	Chile 2000		Progressive Union of the Centrist Center	68,822	1.19	2	0
			Independents	55,100	0.95	0	–
		Total		123,922	2.14	2	0
	Independents			40,022	0.69	2	+2
Total				5,795,773	100.00	120	0
Valid votes				5,795,773	82.25
Invalid/blank votes				1,250,578	17.75
Total votes				7,046,351	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,077,743	87.23
Source: SERVEL

References

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