2013 Chilean general election

2013 Chilean general election

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Presidential election

17 November 2013 (first round) 15 December 2013 (second round)

Candidate Michelle Bachelet Evelyn Matthei Party Socialist UDI Alliance Nueva Mayoría Alliance Popular vote 3,470,379 2,111,891 Percentage 62.17% 37.83%

First round results by commune Second round results by commune

President before election Sebastián Piñera National Renewal Elected President Michelle Bachelet Socialist

Parliamentary election

17 November 2013

All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 20 of 38 seats in the Senate

Party % Seats Chamber of Deputies Nueva Mayoría 47.71 67 Alliance 36.23 49 If You Want It, Chile Changes 5.43 1 Independents 3.32 3 Senate Nueva Mayoría 50.63 12 Alliance 38.05 7 Independents 1.52 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Chile on 17 November 2013, including presidential, parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:

• A President of the Republic to serve a four-year term.
• Twenty out of 38 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress.
• The full 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress.
• The full 278 members of the regional boards to serve a four-year term.

All the newly elected authorities began their terms on 11 March 2014.

In the presidential election, former president Michelle Bachelet fell short of the absolute majority needed for an outright win. In the runoff election, held on 15 December, she beat former senator and Minister of Labor Evelyn Matthei with over 62% of the vote, with turnout significantly lower than in the first round.

In the parliamentary elections, the New Majority coalition (backing Bachelet's candidacy) won back control of both chambers of Congress, winning 12 of the 20 contested seats in the Senate, for a total of 21 out of 38 total seats, and 67 of the 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

These were the first presidential and parliamentary elections in which all eligible voters were automatically enrolled, and where voting was no longer mandatory. Members of the regional boards were directly elected for the first time.