1993 Chilean general election

1993 Chilean general election

11 December 1993
Presidential election
← 1989
Turnout91.23% (Decrease 3.49pp)
 
Candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Arturo Alessandri Besa
Party PDC Independent
Alliance Concertación UPC
Popular vote 4,044,898 1,703,408
Percentage 57.98% 24.42%

 
Candidate José Piñera Manfred Max-Neef
Party Independent ECO
Alliance Ecologist Movement
Popular vote 430,950 387,102
Percentage 6.18% 5.55%

Results by commune

President before election

Patricio Aylwin
PDC

Elected President

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
PDC

Chamber of Deputies
← 1989
1997 →

All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.34% (Decrease 3.39pp)
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
Concertación

55.40 70 0
UPC

36.68 50 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
← 1989
1997 →

18 of 46 seats in the Senate
Turnout90.29% (Decrease 4.44pp)
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Concertación

55.48 21 −1
UPC

37.32 17 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993 to elect the President, members of the Chamber of Deputies and elected members of the Senate.[1] Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concertación alliance was elected president, and the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate. As of 2024, this is the most recent presidential election that did not result in a runoff.

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