2013 Chilean general election

2013 Chilean general election

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Presidential election
17 November 2013 (first round)
15 December 2013 (second round)
Turnout49.35% (first round) Decrease 38.32pp
41.98% (second round) Decrease 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%


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.

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.