Chilean presidential primaries, 2013

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Presidential primaries of the Alianza and Nueva Mayoría, 2013
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Candidate Pablo Longueira Andrés Allamand
Party UDI National Renewal
Alliance Alliance Alliance
Popular vote414,380392,221
Percentage51.37%48.63%
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Candidate Michelle Bachelet Andrés Velasco
Party Socialist Independent
Alliance New Majority New Majority
Popular vote1,561,563278,056
Percentage73.06%13.01%
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Candidate Claudio Orrego José Antonio Gómez
Party Christian Democratic Social Democrat Radical
Alliance New Majority New Majority
Popular vote189,582108,222
Percentage8.87%5.06%
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The Chilean presidential primaries of 2013 were held in Chile on Sunday 30 June 2013. It was the first such election to be run by the government under a new primary law published in December 2012.

Chile republic in South America

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.

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According to the law, primaries are voluntary, but its results are binding. The two main political coalitions decided to participate: Former president Michelle Bachelet won the Nueva Mayoría primary with 73% of the vote, while former senator and minister Pablo Longueira won the Alianza primary with 51%.

Michelle Bachelet 34th & 36th President of Chile

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, the first woman to occupy the position. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and while not immediately reelectable, she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In December 2013, Bachelet was reelected with over 62% of the vote, bettering the 54% she obtained in 2006. She was the first President of Chile to be reelected since 1932.

Pablo Longueira Chilean politician

Juan Pablo Longueira Montes is a Chilean right-wing politician and industrial civil engineer who served as Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and served as a Senator before being appointed by President Sebastián Piñera to serve in the Cabinet. He was previously a deputy from 1990 until 2006.

Longueira withdrew on 17 July and was replaced by Evelyn Matthei, who had not participated in the primaries. Bachelet defeated Matthei in the runoff election held on 15 December 2013.

Evelyn Matthei mayor, politician, economist

Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet is a Chilean politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Security under Chilean President Sebastián Piñera until July 2013. She was the Independent Democrat Union Party's nominee for President of Chile in the 2013 elections. Today she is the mayor of Providencia, her term being 2016-2020.

Candidates

Alianza candidates

Both candidates were officially registered on 1 May 2013. [1] Affiliates from both Alianza parties (RN and UDI) plus independent electors were allowed to vote.

CandidateRemarks
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Andrés Allamand
(RN)		The former Minister of Defense said on 22 April 2012 that he was willing to participate with Laurence Golborne and Pablo Longueira (both also ministers) in a three-way primary. [2] He was proclaimed as candidate by his party on 6 November 2012. [3]
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Pablo Longueira
(UDI)		The Minister of Economy was proclaimed as his party's candidate minutes after the resignation of then candidate Laurence Golborne on 29 April 2013. He left his cabinet post a day later. [4]

Declined candidacy

Laurence Golborne Chilean politician

Laurence Nelson Golborne Riveros is a Chilean engineer and entrepreneur. He was minister of public works until November 7, 2012, when he announced his decision to run for President of Chile. He previously had been bi-minister of Mining and Energy in the administration of President Sebastián Piñera. He withdrew from the presidential campaign on April 29, 2013, after two consecutive public scandals.

Sebastián Piñera 35th & 37th President of Chile

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is the 36th and current President of Chile, following his election in December 2017. He also served as the 34th President from 2010 to 2014.

Independent Democratic Union political party

The Independent Democratic Union is a Chilean right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian who collaborated with Augusto Pinochet and a member of the Opus Dei. Guzmán was a senator from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.

Nueva Mayoría candidates

All four candidates were officially registered on 30 April 2013. [8] Affiliates from all Nueva Mayoría parties plus independent electors were allowed to vote.

CandidateRemarks
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Michelle Bachelet
(PS)		The former President from 2006 to 2010 declared her intention to run for the presidency on 27 March 2013 during an act in El Bosque Commune (a poor suburb of Santiago), a few hours after arriving from New York City, where she had been working as head of UN Women before quitting two weeks before. [9] On 7 April 2013 the Broad Social Movement (MAS) proclaimed Bachelet as their candidate. [10] On 13 April 2013 Bachelet was proclaimed by the PS and the PPD, [11] as agreed on in December 2012. [12] On 25 May 2013 both the Communist Party [13] and the Citizen Left movement [14] decided to support Bachelet's candidacy.
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José Antonio Gómez
(PRSD)		Current senator. He says he will compete in a Concertación primary as long as they are held in a transparent way. Otherwise he says he may run directly as president outside of the coalition. [15] On 30 June 2013 he was proclaimed by the PRSD as their pre-candidate for a Concertación primary. [16]
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Claudio Orrego
(PDC)
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PDC primary ballot.

A primary was held on 19 January 2013 to determine the Christian Democratic Party's pre-candidate for the presidency. This primary was organized by the party and not under the new primary law. The contenders were Claudio Orrego and Ximena Rincón. Orrego won the primary with 59% of the vote. [17]

  • Claudio Orrego, former minister and mayor, had said in January 2012 that he would seek reelection as mayor of Peñalolén in the October 2012 election, but that he did not rule out running for president. [18] However, on 3 March 2012 he launched his candidacy for the presidency. [19]
  • Ximena Rincón, senator, had expressed her willingness to compete in a Concertación primary during a television interview on 23 December 2011. [20]
Provisional results [21]
CandidateVotes%Result
Claudio Orrego 33,17559.2PDC candidate
Ximena Rincón 22,85340.8
Valid votes56,028100.0
Null and blank votes2350.4
Total votes56,263100.0
Andres Velasco.jpg
Andrés Velasco
(Ind.)		Former Finance Minister during President Michelle Bachelet's tenure. He said he was willing to compete in a Concertación primary only if Bachelet decides not to run for reelection. [22] In May 2012 he declared he had changed his mind and that now he would compete regardless of Bachelet's participation. [23] He officially launched his pre-candidacy on 16 November 2012. [24] On 2 May 2013, already registered to compete in primaries, he condemned the Nueva Mayoría pact for failing to register candidates for legislative primary elections and threatened to quit the competition and run directly in the November election. [25] On 6 May 2013 he backpedaled, after party leaders pledged to carry out legislative primary elections wherever there were more than two candidates. [26]

Primary results

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Primary ballot for independent electors.
Primary ballot for Nueva Mayoria-party affiliates. Cedula A Primarias Presidente 2013.png
Primary ballot for Nueva Mayoría-party affiliates.
Primary ballot for Alianza-party affiliates. Cedula B Primarias Presidente 2013.png
Primary ballot for Alianza-party affiliates.

Official and final results.

Ballot
number		CandidatePartyVotes%Result
(A) Nueva Mayoría primary
1 Michelle Bachelet PS 1,565,26973.07Nueva Mayoría candidate
2 José Antonio Gómez PRSD 108,3655.05
3 Claudio Orrego PDC 189,7528.85
4 Andrés Velasco Ind.278,68413.01
Total valid votes2,142,070100.00
(B) Alianza primary
5 Pablo Longueira UDI 415,08751.37Alianza candidate
6 Andrés Allamand RN 392,91548.62
Total valid votes808,002100.00
Total valid votes2,950,07297.98
Null votes45,9861.52
Blank votes14,8320.49
Total votes3,010,890100.00
Eligible voters13,307,18222.63% turnout
Voting age population13,087,16123.01% turnout

Source: Tricel via Servel.

Timeline

Michelle Bachelet casting her vote. Michelle Bachelet vota primarias 2013.jpg
Michelle Bachelet casting her vote.

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