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.

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%

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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.[2]

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Elected	Total	+/–
Christian Democratic Party	345,248	34.3	11	23	+10
Communist Party	181,488	18.0	3	9	+5
Radical Party	173,386	17.2	4	6	–4
National Party	160,875	16.0	4	5	–2
Socialist Party	120,629	12.0	3	5	–2
Popular Socialist Union	24,423	2.4	0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–
Total	1,006,049	100	25	50	+5
Registered voters/turnout			–	–	–
Source: Nohlen, IPU

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Democratic Party	716,547	31.1	56	–26
National Party	480,523	20.8	33	+24
Communist Party	383,049	16.6	22	+4
Radical Party	313,559	13.6	24	+4
Socialist Party	294,448	12.8	15	0
Popular Socialist Union	51,904	2.3	0	New
National Democratic Party	44,818	1.9	0	–3
Social Democrat Party	20,560	1.0	0	New
Independents	2,104	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	98,617	–	–	–
Total	2,406,129	100	150	+3
Registered voters/turnout	3,244,892	74.2	–	–
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

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

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