2008 Chilean municipal election

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A municipal election took place in Chile on October 26, 2008. The newly elected mayors and councilmen began their term on December 6, 2008.

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Results

Mayoral election

Official and final results. [1]

List/PartyVotes%CandidatesElected
List A - Por un Chile Limpio 254,6104.001038
     Partido Regionalista de los Independientes 55,5560.87372
    Independents List A199,0543.13666
List B - La Fuerza del Norte 25,5710.4041
     Fuerza País 1,1660.0210
    Independents List B24,4050.3831
List C - Concertación Democrática 1,826,82428.71227101
     Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile 1,143,89817.9813659
     Partido Socialista de Chile 594,1869.347230
    Independents List C88,7401.391912
List D - Juntos Podemos Más 402,6616.331917
     Partido Comunista de Chile 157,4142.47764
     Partido Humanista 85,5281.34301
    Independents List D159,7192.51852
List E - Alianza 2,586,75440.66340144
     Renovación Nacional 841,43113.2312155
     Unión Demócrata Independiente 1,275,65320.0512958
    Independents List E469,6707.389031
List F - Concertación Progresista 618,6859.7210246
     Partido por la Democracia 442,4986.966535
     Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 152,2002.392810
    Independents List F23,9870.3891
Independents (out of pact)647,02510.1726438
Valid votes6,362,130100.001,231345
Null votes407,1035.85
Blank votes189,8422.73
Total votes6,959,075100.00
Total voters enrolled8,110,26585.81% turnout
Voting age population12,035,30767.39% registered

Councilmen election

Official and final results. [2]

PartyVotes%CandidatesElected
List A - Por un Chile Limpio 459,9937.561,429117
     Partido Regionalista de los Independientes 224,1943.6863964
     Partido Ecologista 4,2970.07110
    Independents List A231,5023.8077953
List B - La Fuerza del Norte 35,2320.58377
     Fuerza País 1,6480.0351
    Independents List B33,5840.55326
List C - Concertación Democrática 1,694,49427.842,092677
     Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile 849,71413.96887344
     Partido Socialista de Chile 679,98211.17832250
    Independents List C164,7982.7137383
List D - Juntos Podemos Más 555,3299.121,58979
     Partido Comunista de Chile 305,9905.0356045
     Partido Humanista 114,4001.8841713
     Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile 2,6060.04100
    Independents List D132,3332.1760221
List E - Alianza 2,194,52836.052,123861
     Renovación Nacional 980,19616.10834389
     Unión Demócrata Independiente 919,76515.11864347
    Independents List E294,5674.84425125
List F - Concertación Progresista 1,052,33317.292,013393
     Partido por la Democracia 517,4698.50678200
     Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 316,9755.21713112
    Independents List F217,8893.5862281
Independents (out of pact)94,9861.5620312
Valid votes6,086,895100.009,4862,146
Null votes568,7788.18
Blank votes294,8354.24
Total votes6,950,508100.00
Total voters enrolled8,110,26585.70% turnout
Voting age population12,035,30767.39% registered

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References

  1. "Interior Ministry" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. "Interior Ministry" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2010.