1969 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 2 March 1969.[1] The Christian Democratic Party lost their majority in the Chamber of Deputies, but remained the largest party in both houses.

1969 Chilean parliamentary election

2 March 1969

All 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
25 of the 50 seats in the Senate
76 deputies and 26 senators seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Christian Democratic National Radical
Seats before 82 D / 13 S 9 D / 7 S 20 D / 9 S
Seats after 56 deputies
23 senators
33 deputies
5 senators
24 deputies
6 senators
Seat change 26 D / 10 S 24 D / 2 S 4 D / 4 S
Popular vote 716,547 480,523 313,559
Percentage 31.1% 20.8% 13.6%
Swing 12.5% 7.3% 0.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Communist Socialist
Seats before 18 D / 4 S 15 D / 7 S
Seats after 22 deputies
9 senators
15 deputies
5 senators
Seat change 4 D / 5 S 0 D / 2 S
Popular vote 383,049 294,448
Percentage 16.6% 12.8%
Swing 3.9% 2.2%

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.[2]

Results

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Total +/–
Christian Democratic Party345,24834.31123+10
Communist Party181,48818.039+5
Radical Party173,38617.246–4
National Party160,87516.045–2
Socialist Party120,62912.035–2
Popular Socialist Union24,4232.400New
Invalid/blank votes
Total1,006,0491002550+5
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen, IPU

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian Democratic Party716,54731.156–26
National Party480,52320.833+24
Communist Party383,04916.622+4
Radical Party313,55913.624+4
Socialist Party294,44812.8150
Popular Socialist Union51,9042.30New
National Democratic Party44,8181.90–3
Social Democrat Party20,5601.00New
Independents2,1040.100
Invalid/blank votes98,617
Total2,406,129100150+3
Registered voters/turnout3,244,89274.2
Source: Nohlen
Vote share
PDC
31.05%
PN
20.82%
PCCh
16.60%
PR
13.59%
PS
12.76%
USOPO
2.25%
PADENA
1.94%
PSD
0.89%
Ind.
0.09%
Seats summary
PDC
37.33%
PN
22.00%
PR
16.00%
PCCh
14.47%
PS
10.00%

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. 1969 IPU
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