1973 Chilean parliamentary election
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All of the 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 25 out of 50 seats in the Senate 76 deputies and 26 senators seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 4 March 1973.[1] The Confederation of Democracy alliance won a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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.
Results
Senate
Coalition | Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Confederation of Democracy | bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Party (Chile)/meta/color| | Christian Democratic Party | 745,274 | 33.88 | 10 | |
bgcolor=Template:National Party (Chile, 1966–94)/meta/color| | National Party | 417,311 | 18.97 | 4 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Radical Democracy Party (Chile)/meta/color| | Radical Democracy Party | 47,992 | 2.18 | 0 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Chilean Social Democracy Party/meta/color| | Radical Left Party | 34,334 | 1.56 | 0 | ||
CODE List votes | 14,432 | 0.66 | ||||
Total | 1,259,343 | 57.25 | 14 | |||
Unidad Popular | Socialist Party | 392,469 | 17.84 | 5 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of Chile/meta/color| | Communist Party | 380,460 | 17.29 | 5 | ||
Radical Party | 126,961 | 5.77 | 1 | |||
bgcolor=Template:Popular Unitary Action Movement/meta/color| | Popular Unitary Action Movement | 23,191 | 1.05 | 0 | ||
UP List votes | 17,431 | 0.79 | ||||
Total | 940,512 | 42.75 | 11 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | - | – | – | |||
Total valid votes | 2,199,855 | 100 | 25 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,510,060 | – | – | |||
Source: Electoral Service. |
Chamber of Deputies
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3