1973 Chilean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 4 March 1973.[1] The Confederation of Democracy alliance won a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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Electoral system
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 25 of the 50 Senate seats up for election.
Results
Senate
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
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| Won | Total | |||||||||
| Confederation of Democracy | Christian Democratic Party | 745,274 | 33.88 | 10 | 19 | |||||
| National Party | 417,311 | 18.97 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Radical Democracy | 47,992 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Radical Left Party | 34,334 | 1.56 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| CODE list votes | 14,432 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1,259,343 | 57.25 | 14 | 30 | ||||||
| Popular Unity | Socialist Party | 392,469 | 17.84 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Communist Party | 380,460 | 17.29 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
| Radical Party | 126,961 | 5.77 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Popular Unitary Action Movement | 23,191 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Popular Unity list votes | 17,431 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Christian Left | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 940,512 | 42.75 | 11 | 19 | ||||||
| Popular Socialist Union | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,199,855 | 100.00 | 25 | 50 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,510,060 | – | ||||||||
| Source: Electoral Service, State Department | ||||||||||
Chamber of Deputies
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Confederation of Democracy | Christian Democratic Party | 1,055,120 | 29.07 | 50 | –6 | ||
| National Party | 780,480 | 21.51 | 34 | +1 | |||
| Radical Democracy | 70,582 | 1.94 | 2 | New | |||
| Radical Left Party | 60,166 | 1.66 | 1 | New | |||
| National Democratic Party | 13,349 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CODE list votes | 33,895 | 0.93 | 0 | – | |||
| Total | 2,013,592 | 55.49 | 87 | –2 | |||
| Popular Unity | Socialist Party | 678,796 | 18.70 | 28 | +13 | ||
| Communist Party | 593,738 | 16.36 | 25 | +3 | |||
| Radical Party | 133,745 | 3.69 | 5 | –19 | |||
| Popular Unitary Action Movement | 92,592 | 2.55 | 2 | New | |||
| Christian Left | 41,589 | 1.15 | 1 | New | |||
| Independent Popular Action | 29,972 | 0.83 | 2 | New | |||
| Popular Unity list votes | 34,738 | 0.96 | 0 | – | |||
| Total | 1,605,170 | 44.23 | 63 | –3 | |||
| Popular Socialist Union | 10,287 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3,629,049 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 3,629,049 | 98.43 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 58,056 | 1.57 | |||||
| Total votes | 3,687,105 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,510,060 | 81.75 | |||||
| Source: Electoral Service | |||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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