1993 Chilean general election

General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993 to elect the President, members of the Chamber of Deputies and elected members of the Senate.[1] Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concertación alliance was elected President, and the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate.

1993 Chilean general election

11 December
Presidential election
Turnout91.23%
 
Candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Arturo Alessandri Besa
Party PDC Independent
Alliance Concertación UPC
Popular vote 4,044,898 1,703,408
Percentage 57.98% 24.42%

President before election

Patricio Aylwin
PDC

Elected President

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
PDC

Parliamentary election

All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
18 of 46 seats in the Senate
Turnout91.34%
Party % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
Concertación 55.40 70 0
UPC 36.68 50 +2
Senate
Concertación 55.48 21 -1
UPC 37.32 17 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleConcertación (PDC)4,040,49757.98
Arturo Alessandri BesaUnion for the Progress of Chile (Ind.)1,701,32424.41
José PiñeraIndependent430,9506.18
Manfred Max NeefEcologist Movement (ECO)387,1025.55
Eugenio PizarroLeftist Democratic Alternative (Ind.)327,4024.70
Cristián ReitzeHumanist Green Alliance (AHV)81,6751.17
Total6,968,950100.00
Valid votes6,968,95094.47
Invalid/blank votes407,7415.53
Total votes7,376,691100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,085,49391.23
Source: SERVEL

Senate

Party or allianceVotes%Seats
WonNot upTotal+/–
ConcertaciónChristian Democratic Party378,98720.2249130
Socialist Party of Chile238,40512.72325+5
Party for Democracy275,72714.71224–2
Radical Party of Chile119,4596.37011–1
Independents27,2531.45000–3
Total1,039,83155.4891221–1
Union for the Progress of ChileNational Renewal279,58014.925611+6
Independent Democratic Union190,28310.15213+1
Party of the South52,5092.800000
Union of the Centrist Center46,4552.48101+1
Independents130,5876.97112–7
Total699,41437.329817+1
Leftist Democratic AlternativeCommunist Party of Chile65,0733.47000New
Popular Unitary Action Movement3,0300.16000New
Independents13,2780.710000
Total81,3814.340000
The New LeftHumanist Green Alliance8,5280.460000
Independents3,7400.200000
Total12,2680.650000
Independents41,2332.200000
Appointed senators088–1
Total1,874,127100.00182846–1
Valid votes1,874,12791.61
Invalid/blank votes171,5548.39
Total votes2,045,681100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,265,56090.29
Source: SERVEL, Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
ConcertaciónChristian Democratic Party1,827,37327.1237–1
Socialist Party of Chile803,71911.9315New
Party for Democracy798,20611.8415–1
Radical Party of Chile200,8372.982–3
Chilean Social Democracy Party53,3770.790New
Independents49,7640.741–8
Total3,733,27655.40700
Union for the Progress of ChileNational Renewal1,098,85216.31290
Independent Democratic Union816,10412.1115+4
Union of the Centrist Center216,6393.212New
Party of the South13,4220.2000
National Party2,6880.0400
Independents324,0844.814–4
Total2,471,78936.6850+2
Leftist Democratic AlternativeCommunist Party of Chile336,0344.990New
Popular Unitary Action Movement6,6440.100New
Independents87,8171.300
Total430,4956.3900
The New LeftHumanist Green Alliance67,7331.010–1
Ecologist Movement2,2150.030New
Independents26,2470.390
Total96,1951.430–1
Independents7,1040.110–1
Total6,738,859100.001200
Valid votes6,738,85991.25
Invalid/blank votes646,1578.75
Total votes7,385,016100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,085,49391.34
Source: SERVEL

References

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