Chilean parliamentary election, 1973

Chilean parliamentary election, 1973
Chile
4 March 1973

All of the 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
25 out of 50 seats in the Senate

76 deputies and 26 senators seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Confederation of Democracy Popular Unity
Seats before 93 D / 32 S 58 D / 17 S
Seats after 87 deputies
30 senators
63 deputies
19 senators
Seat change Decrease6 D / Decrease2 S Increase5 D / Increase2 S
Popular vote 2,013,592 1,605,170
Percentage 55.49% 44.23%
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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.

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

 
Coalition Party Votes % Seats
Confederation of Democracy Christian Democratic Party745,27433.8810
National Party417,31118.974
Radical Democracy Party47,9922.180
Radical Left Party34,3341.560
CODE List votes14,4320.66
Total1,259,34357.2514
Unidad Popular Socialist Party392,46917.845
Communist Party380,46017.295
Radical Party126,9615.771
Popular Unitary Action Movement23,1911.050
UP List votes17,4310.79
Total940,51242.7511
Invalid/blank votes-
Total valid votes2,199,85510025
Registered voters/turnout4,510,060
Source: Electoral Service.

Chamber of Deputies

 
Coalition Party Votes % Seats +/–
Confederation of Democracy Christian Democratic Party1,055,12029.0750–5
National Party780,48021.51340
Radical Democracy Party70,5821.942New
Radical Left Party60,1661.661New
National Democratic Party13,3490.3700
CODE List votes33,8950.93
Total2,013,59255.4987
Unidad Popular Socialist Party678,79618.7028+13
Communist Party593,73816.3625+3
Radical Party133,7453.695–19
Popular Unitary Action Movement92,5922.552New
Christian Left41,5891.151New
Independent Popular Action29,9720.832New
UP List votes34,7380.96
Total1,605,17044.2363
Popular Socialist Union10,2870.2800
Invalid/blank votes58,056
Total3,687,1051001500
Registered voters/turnout4,510,060
Source: Electoral Service.
Vote share
PDC
 
29.07%
PN
 
21.51%
PS
 
18.70%
PCCh
 
16.36%
PR
 
3.69%
MAPU
 
2.55%
DR
 
1.94%
PIR
 
1.66%
IC
 
1.15%
Others
 
3.37%

References

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