2013 Chilean general election

2013 Chilean general election

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Presidential election
17 November 2013 (first round) 15 December 2013 (second round)
Turnout	49.35% (first round) 38.32pp 41.98% (second round) 7.37pp
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
Chamber of Deputies
17 November 2013
All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 61 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats Nueva Mayoría 47.71 67 Alliance 36.23 49 If You Want It, Chile Changes 5.43 1 Independents 3.32 3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
17 November 2013
20 of 38 seats in the Senate
Party Vote % Seats 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 to elect the president, all 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies, 20 of the 38 members of the Senate and 278 members of regional boards. All elected members would serve a four-year term, aside from the Senators would serve for eight years. 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.