Chilean parliamentary election, 1969

Chilean parliamentary election, 1969
2 March 1969
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 Third party
 
Party Christian Democratic National Communist
Seats before 82 D / 13 S 9 D / 7 S 18 D / 4 S
Seats after 56 deputies
23 senators		 33 deputies
5 senators		 22 deputies
9 senators
Seat change Decrease26 D / Increase10 S Increase24 D / Decrease2 S Increase4 D / Increase5 S
Popular vote 716,547 480,523 383,049
Percentage 31.1% 20.8% 16.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Radical Socialist
Seats before 20 D / 9 S 15 D / 7 S
Seats after 24 deputies
6 senators		 15 deputies
5 senators
Seat change Increase4 D / Decrease4 S 0 D / Decrease2 S
Popular vote 313,559 294,448
Percentage 13.6% 12.8%
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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.

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%

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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