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2009–10 Chilean general election

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General elections were held in Chile on Sunday 13 December 2009 to elect the president, all 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 18 of the 38 members of the Senate were up for election. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held between the top two candidates—Sebastián Piñera and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle—on Sunday 17 January 2010.[1] Piñera won the runoff with 52% of the vote and succeeded Michelle Bachelet on 11 March 2010.

2009–10 Chilean general election
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Presidential election
13 December 2009 (first round)
17 January 2010 (second round)
Turnout87.67% (first round) Increase 0.01pp
86.94% (second round) Decrease 0.74pp
 
Nominee Sebastián Piñera Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Party National Renewal PDC
Alliance Coalition for Change Concertación
Popular vote 3,591,182 3,367,790
Percentage 51.61% 48.39%
President before election

Michelle Bachelet
Socialist

Elected President

Sebastián Piñera
National Renewal

Chamber of Deputies
13 December 2009
All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
61 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Concertación & Juntos Podemos

44.35 57 −8
Coalition for Change

43.45 58 +4
Clean Chile, Vote Happy

5.39 3 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
13 December 2009
18 of the 38 seats in the Senate
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Coalition for Change

45.19 17 0
Concertación & Juntos Podemos

43.27 19 −1
Clean Chile, Vote Happy

6.44 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

In the Congressional elections, the centre-right Coalition for Change improved on the Alliance for Chile's result in 2005 by winning 58 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, while the governing center-left Concertación (CPD) was reduced to 57 seats. Three communist MPs were elected (Guillermo Teillier, Hugo Gutiérrez and Lautaro Carmona), while incumbent Speaker of the Chamber ,Rodrigo Álvarez (UDI) was defeated by Marcela Sabat (RN).

Background

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Chilean politics is dominated by two main coalitions: the center-left Concert of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia), composed of the Christian Democrat Party, the Socialist Party, the Party for Democracy, and the Social Democrat Radical Party; and the center-right[2] Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile), composed of the Independent Democratic Union and National Renewal. The Concertación selected former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle as their candidate, while the Alianza chose former presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera, who is supported by the newly created Coalition for Change electoral group. The far-left Juntos Podemos Más pact selected former Socialist Party member Jorge Arrate as its candidate. Another former Socialist party member, deputy Marco Enríquez-Ominami (MEO), ran as independent.

Presidential candidates

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Candidate Endorsement Political spectrum
 
Jorge Arrate
Communist Party of Chile
 
Juntos Podemos Más
New Left[3]		 Left
 
Marco Enríquez-Ominami
Independent
 
New Majority for Chile
Broad Social Movement[4]		 Center-left
 
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Christian Democrat Party
 
Concertación
Country Force		 Center-left
 
Sebastián Piñera
National Renewal
 
Coalition for Change		 Center-right

Coalition for Change candidate

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Sebastián Piñera
(RN) 		Both Alliance for Chile parties —RN and UDI— chose Sebastián Piñera as their candidate for president, now under the banner of a larger electoral pact, the Coalition for Change, which also includes the newly formed party ChileFirst and other minor groups.

Party pre-candidates

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Party Candidate Remarks
 
RN
 
Sebastián Piñera 		Piñera participated in Hernán Büchi's 1989 presidential campaign and was later elected to the Senate. He was a potential presidential nominee in 1993, but his chances were ruined by a conflict with Evelyn Matthei that came to be known as Piñeragate. In 1999 he again attempted to be the nominee, but was defeated in the convention by Joaquín Lavín. In 2005 he shook the political scene by jumping into the first round independently of the UDI. Polls show him narrowly beating Frei in a runoff scenario. He was officially proclaimed by RN on 8 August 2009.[5] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 9 September 2009.[6]
 
UDI
 
Sebastián Piñera 		The UDI officially proclaimed Piñera as its candidate on 22 August 2009.[7] Piñera had been proposed as the party's candidate by the UDI's Consejo Directivo in December 2008.[8]

Pre-candidates:

  • Evelyn Matthei: She is the daughter of Air Force General Fernando Matthei, a member of the military junta that took power in the 1973 coup. She was a member of National Renewal, but in 1992 was embroiled in a conflict with Sebastián Piñera, ending with her leaving the party and joining the UDI. She has been mentioned as a potential UDI candidate, considering she is among the leading proponents of having the UDI bring its own candidate to the first round. She has said it would be "fun" to compete against Piñera. Longueira said on 9 October 2008 that she would be an excellent candidate. On 11 October 2008, she said she was willing to run for president.[9] She announced her precandidacy on 14 October 2008.[10]

Potential candidates:

Declined candidacies:

  • Hernán Büchi: A possible candidacy by the 1990 presidential candidate generated buzz within the UDI in June 2007. He has however declined a candidacy.
  • Pablo Longueira: The senator officially launched his candidacy on 30 March 2007. He had announced his plans before the 2005 election took place. He stepped down "momentarily" due to "low party support" on 3 May 2007.[12]
  • Jacqueline van Rysselberghe: The mayor of Concepción was proclaimed, on 11 October 2006, as candidate by five UDI deputies from the Biobío Region. She has refused to campaign for the nomination, however, preferring to concentrate on her 2008 campaign for reelection as mayor. She was reelected as Concepción mayor in October 2008.
 
CH1
 
Sebastián Piñera

ChileFirst decided to support Piñera on 29 March 2009 after its leader, senator Fernando Flores, declined to run for president.[13] It officially proclaimed him on 15 August 2009.[14]

Declined candidacies:

  • Fernando Flores: The former minister of Salvador Allende and current senator launched a failed presidential bid for the 2005 election. He resigned from the PPD in early 2007 and launched a new party, ChileFirst. On 29 March 2009 ChileFirst decided to support Piñera after Flores declined to run for president.[13]

Concertación candidate

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Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
(PDC) 		The Concertación selected former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle from the Christian Democrat Party as its single candidate for president. The selection process involved a single regional primary on 5 April 2009 in the Maule and O'Higgins regions between Frei and José Antonio Gómez Urrutia from the Social Democrat Radical Party. Frei won with 65% versus 35% for Gómez. Had the percentage difference between both candidates been less than 20%, the selection process would have continued with additional primaries in other regions until 17 May.

Frei was legally proclaimed as presidential candidate by the PPD on 1 August 2009[15] and by the PDC, PS and PRSD on 22 August 2009.[16] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 12 September 2009.[17]

Party pre-candidates

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Each Concertación party selected its own pre-candidate for president. Only Frei and Gómez submitted their candidacies before the 26 January 2009 deadline.

Party Candidate Remarks
PRSD
 
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia 		He was proclaimed by his party on 13 November 2008. He had announced his pre-candidacy two days earlier.[18]
 
PDC
 
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 		He was proclaimed by his party on 13 December 2008.[19]

Other candidates:

  • Pablo Lorenzini: On 16 December 2008, he said he was supporting Frei's candidacy.[20]
  • Marcelo Trivelli: He announced his candidacy on 10 June 2007 during a television interview. Despite his lack of a support base, he declared himself the candidate of "honesty and sincerity" and respect towards the Constitution.[21] Trivelli received heavy criticism from his own party because of his decision to run, and many party members declared it was not the appropriate time for candidacies.[22] Trivelli has embarked on a number of trips around the country in order to create enough support to sustain his candidacy.[23]

Declined candidacy:

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    Soledad Alvear: She was constantly mentioned as a potential contender in 2009 ever since she resigned from her candidacy in favor of Bachelet. Her supporters, the alvearistas, controlled most of the PDC institutions and she commanded widespread support in the party, despite the vocal opposition of fellow Senator Adolfo Zaldívar. On 6 December 2007, she was unofficially proclaimed a presidential candidate by Christian Democrat deputy Pablo Lorenzini.[24] She declared herself a candidate on 23 June 2008 during a television interview.[25] On 28 October 2008, she stepped out of the race for the presidency and resigned as PDC president after disappointing results in the municipal elections held two days earlier.
 
PS
 
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 		The PS selected Frei as its candidate on 17 January 2009. He was the only person to submit a candidacy to the PS presidential convention.

Declined candidacies:

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    José Miguel Insulza: He declared himself a candidate on 12 December 2008.[26] He, however, declined his candidacy on 5 January 2009, and gave his support to Frei.
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    Ricardo Lagos: His government was highly popular and his term ended with approval ratings around 60-70%. Various supporters urged him to run again in 2009. However, his popularity has lately seen a sharp fall due to the catastrophic new transport system (Transantiago), planned under his presidency. Lagos has declared all doors are open to him, but has refused to confirm whether he will participate. In March 2008, he said it was unbecoming as a former head of state to participate in a primary and would refuse to do so.[27] On 8 November 2008, he was proclaimed unanimously by the PPD's National Directive as its candidate, but Lagos never accepted the nomination.[28] On 2 December 2008, the PPD officially proclaimed Lagos as its candidate for the presidency.[29] However, two days later, Lagos ruled out running for the presidency, stating in a press conference "I am not, nor will I be, a presidential candidate".[30]
PPD
 
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 		The PPD selected Frei as its candidate on 24 January 2009, with 296 votes from the party's National Council, against seven for PRSD candidate José Antonio Gómez Urrutia.[31]

Other candidates:

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    Sergio Bitar: In a 4 May 2007 interview with La Tercera, he said he was willing to be his party's presidential nominee if there was enough support.[32] On 7 November 2008 he said that he is "without a doubt" willing to compete eventually for the presidency, but only if Ricardo Lagos's candidacy does not prosper.[33] He declined his candidacy on 10 November 2008, following Lagos's proclamation by his party.[34] Now that Lagos is out of the race, he may attempt a second run.
  • Nicolás Eyzaguirre: He has said that he could participate if Lagos declines to, but he remained silent after Lagos declined his candidacy.
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    Ricardo Lagos: On 4 December 2008 he ruled out running for the presidency, stating in a press conference "I am not, nor will I be, a presidential candidate".[30]
Independent
candidates 		None Failed candidacies:
  • Marco Enríquez-Ominami: On 15 December 2008, he announced he was available to compete with Insulza in a Socialist Party primary.[35] He, however, did not submit his candidacy to the PS presidential convention. On 9 January 2009, he agreed to compete in the Concertación primaries as independent after gaining the support of some council people and legislators.[36]

Primary results

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Main article: 2009 Concertación presidential primary

The primary was carried out on 5 April 2009 in the Maule and O'Higgins regions. Frei became the single Concertación candidate by beating Gómez by a 20-point lead, cancelling the need for further regional primaries.

Final results.[37]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
 
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle		 DC 40,140 64.90 Concertación candidate
 
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia		 PRSD 21,703 35.09
Valid votes 61,843 100
Null votes 222 0.35
Blank votes 317 0.50
Total votes 62,382 100

Juntos Podemos candidate

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Jorge Arrate
(Communist Party of Chile) 		The Juntos Podemos Más coalition of far-left parties selected former Socialist Party member Jorge Arrate as its sole candidate for president on 25 April 2009. He was officially proclaimed as candidate on 26 April 2009.[38] In July 2009, after his candidacy lost the support of the Humanist Party, he became a member of the Communist Party in order to comply with the law and run for president. He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 9 September 2009.[39]

Party pre-candidates

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Party Candidate Remarks
 
PCCh
 
Guillermo Teillier 		Teillier launched his candidacy on 26 September 2008. He said he is willing to step down in order to put forward a single candidate for the Juntos Podemos coalition of left-parties.[40] In November 2008 he said he would be willing to participate in a primary between him, Hirsch and Alejandro Navarro, who had quit the Socialist Party.[41] Teillier stepped down as Juntos Podemos pre-candidate on 25 April 2009, giving his support to Jorge Arrate, saying he was the right person according to the country's political moment.[citation needed]
 
PH
 
Tomás Hirsch 		Hirsch was among the founders of the Humanist Party and vied unsuccessfully for seats in the Chamber of Deputies as part of the Concertación. In 1993, the PH broke off from the coalition. In 1999 he was the Humanist presidential candidate, but lost in the first round. In 2005, he again participated in the presidential campaign, now with the additional support of the communists. He garnered a little over 5% of the vote. In an interview with Biobío Radio on 1 September 2007, Hirsch criticized the Concertación and the Alianza and declared that he would he "happy to be a candidate" if the members of his coalition agree.[42] On 7 June 2008 he announced he intended to run for the presidency for the third time as the PH candidate, under the Juntos Podemos umbrella.[43]
Independent (Socialista-allendista)
 
Jorge Arrate 		Arrate is a member of the more leftist faction of the PS and had been mentioned as a potential candidate in an alliance of this faction and the Juntos Podemos Más pact. He formally announced his candidacy on 27 January 2008, pressured by a group of socialists opposed to the Socialist Party leadership.[44] On 20 November 2008, Arrate was proclaimed as candidate by a group of Socialist Party Central Committee members.[45] Arrate resigned from the PS on 14 January 2009.[46] He was proclaimed as presidential candidate on 18 January 2009 by a group of Socialist Party members, the so-called "socialistas-allendistas".[47]

Primary results

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The election to define the sole Juntos Podemos candidate was carried out on 25 April 2009 in Santiago. Arrate beat Hirsch and became the single Juntos Podemos candidate.

Final results.[48]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
 
Jorge Arrate		 Ind. 1,145 77.57 Juntos Podemos candidate
 
Tomás Hirsch		 PH 331 22.42
Valid votes 1,476 100
Null votes 6 0.40
Blank votes 2 0.13
Total votes 1,484 100

Independent candidate

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Marco Enríquez-Ominami
(Ind.) 		On 15 December 2008, he announced he was available to compete with Insulza in a Socialist Party primary.[35] He, however, did not submit his candidacy to the PS presidential convention. On 9 January 2009, he agreed to compete in the Concertación primaries as independent after gaining the support of some council people and legislators.[36] He did not submit his candidacy, however. Instead he is running as an independent and as of August 2009, polling above 20% and thus threatening to displace one of the coalition-backed candidates in the expected run-off election. He was proclaimed candidate by the Humanist and Ecologist parties plus several other leftist groups under the banner of a new electoral pact, a New Majority for Chile, on 13 September 2009.[49] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 10 September 2009.[50]

Unsuccessful candidacies

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  • Eduardo Artés (PC (AP)): He was proclaimed as a Juntos Podemos Más pre-candidate by the Communist Party (Proletarian Action) on 7 December 2007.[51] However, on 26 July 2008, the PC (AP) left the Juntos Podemos Más pact, accusing them of abandoning their founding principles in light of the pact's electoral deal with the Concertación for the upcoming October municipal elections.[52] He quit his candidacy in July 2009. He said his candidacy was just an opportunity to present new ideas to the country, as going through with the candidacy would be too economically onerous.[53]
  • Leonardo Farkas (Ind.): A mining businessman.[54] On 5 December 2008, he announced he was giving up his presidential candidacy.[55]
  • Pamela Jiles (Ind.): Journalist and television presenter. She announced her candidacy in February 2009 through a column in The Clinic magazine.[56] On 4 September 2009 she stepped out of the race in support of Navarro.[57] In the same election, she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the lower chamber of Congress.
  • Luis Molina Vega (Ind.)[58] A civil engineer from Tomé. Molina stepped out of the race in July 2009, due to low support.[59]
  • Alejandro Navarro (MAS): Navarro used to characterize himself as a leader in the "dissident" faction of the Socialist Party, which harshly criticized what they called the "neoliberal" economic model, supporting instead Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.[citation needed] Despite his involvement in a scandal due to his participation in a protest organized by the Unitary Workers Central where he attacked a policeman, with the possibility of being expelled from the Senate being considered, Navarro declared himself to be a presidential candidate in 2008. In November 2008, he quit the Socialist Party to form a new party called Broad Social Movement (MAS). He said his candidacy was necessary to "stop Piñera from winning in the first round", and still considered himself a Socialist.[60] The MAS party proclaimed him its candidate on 11 November 2008; the party, however, was still open to stage a primary between all leftist candidates that were not part of the Concertación.[61] Navarro has proposed to hold the primary in April 2009.[62] On 5 May 2009 Navarro said he would step out of the race and support Arrate if polls released from then to September show the Juntos Podemos Más candidate having an advantage of seven points over him. He didn't rule out Arrate then supporting Enríquez-Ominami, if his candidacy was the strongest.[63] Navarro was proclaimed as the official MAS candidate on 25 July 2009 with the support of other minor left groups.[64] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 14 September 2009.[65] On 22 September 2009 Navarro withdrew his candidacy and gave his support to Enríquez-Ominami.[66]
  • Adolfo Zaldívar (PRI): The former president of the Christian Democratic Party and a Senator at the time of his nomination, lost the last internal PDC primary to Alvear. He is the brother of senator and former Interior Minister Andrés Zaldívar. He was expelled from the PDC in December 2007, later becoming part of the Regionalist Party of the Independents (PRI). He announced his intention to run as president representing that party, and was proclaimed so on 26 April 2009.[67] This decision was ratified on 29 August 2009.[68] He stepped out of the race on 14 September 2009, just hours before the deadline for submission.[69]

Coalitions for the Congressional elections

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Concertación and Juntos Podemos Más

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The Former presidents of Chile, together in a Concertación Conference in 2009.

The A list conformed after the union of two political coalitions that had taken part separately in the elections of 2005. On one hand the Concertación, which was grouping to the center-left parties that since 1990 governed the country. In the other hand the left-wing Juntos Podemos Más, that it suffered an internal division after the exit of the Humanist Party.

The reason of this strange union was, the Binomial System that get out the political left from the National Congress since 1994.

The largest party inside the A list was the Christian Democrats, with the leadership of Juan Carlos Latorre who was chief of the Eduardo Frei's presidential campaign. The Socialists joined with the senator Camilo Escalona, PPD with the deputy Pepe Auth. The Radicals led by Senator Gómez, and the Communist Party with the leadership of Guillermo Teillier.

Coalition for Change

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Presentation of the Coalition for the Change. Fernando Flores speaks.

The Alliance for Chile for the elections of 2009, began with an important step, by means of I arrive of two precandidates, one of them the senator Pablo Longueira, and the mayor of Concepción, Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, both of the Independent Democratic Union, who demonstrated his availability of postulating to this post, using the regular conduits inside the coalition, nevertheless, both rejected such an option to present only a presidential candidate, who would be Sebastián Piñera.

In March 2009 two Congressmen of the Alliance for Chile obtained the speaker of the Senate and the speaker of the Deputies' Chamber, by means of an agreement with the independent bench and with the Concert, respectively. The above mentioned agreements were not lacking in polemic, since the Senator who postulated the alliance to preside at the above mentioned organism, Jovino Novoa, was harshly criticized for personeros of the Concert in view of his past as member of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte's military regime.

In spite of the critiques, the Alliance for Chile awarded a political victory on having presided at both chambers of the National Congress and some of the most influential commissions of the same one, which, they waited in the conglomerate opponent, he was benefiting Sebastián Piñera's candidacy.

After having integrated the list Clean Chile, Vote Happy, one was generated fail between the charter members of ChileFirst with regard to the position that would take the party opposite to the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2009. Whereas Jorge Schaulsohn and Senator Flores supported the candidate of the Alliance for Chile Sebastián Piñera,[70] the deputy Esteban Valenzuela rejected to join with the center-right and resigned ChileFirst to endorse Marco Enríquez-Ominami's candidacy.[71] The support to Piñera on the part of ChileFirst was made official on 6 May 2009, when one presented the "Coalition for the Change", electoral agreement between the Alliance for Chile, ChileFirst and other political minor movements.

New Majority for Chile

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New Majority for Chile was a political coalition that grouped the Ecologist party of Chile, the Humanist Party of Chile, and diverse political and independent movements that supported the candidacy of the independent Marco Enríquez-Ominami for the presidential election of 2009. Between the movements and groups without political legal constitution that they it shaped are the Regionalist Movement,[72] the Movement Unified of Sexual Minorities (MUMS),[73] the Movement SurDA and the Progressist Network.[74]

Slogans

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Party Slogan
Christian Democrat With you, will live better. Live dreaming a new sun
Radical Social Democrat A change must be Radical
Socialist Socialist Heart
PPD Let's break the Ice
Communist ¡United we can!
RN With your vote today it's possible
UDI The motor of popular change.
Regionalist We are hope, We are future
Humanist We are the new majority

Opinion polls

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Presidential election

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List of opinion polls released within a year of the election. Only responses from persons registered to vote are shown.

Legend
— Not on the list
Wins election
May win election
Runoff
May go to a runoff

First-round scenarios

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Publisher Field date Date published Arrate MEO Frei Piñera Other DK/NR Comments
CEP 19 November – 11 December 2008 30 December 2008 — — 31 41 7 21 Source
La Segunda 18 December 2008 19 December 2008 — — 36 46 6 12 Source
La Segunda 6 April 2009 7 April 2009 1 4 33 43 7 12 Source
La Tercera 6–7 April 2009 12 April 2009 — 3 33 42 7 15 Source
Imaginacción 4–26 April 2009 11 May 2009 — 10.5 32.4 38.3 7.6 11.2 Source[permanent dead link‍]
TNS Time 1–30 April 2009 5 May 2009 — 14 29 36 7 14 Source
La Tercera 21–23 April 2009 26 April 2009 — 10 28 35 7 20 Source
Ipsos — April 2009 0.3 5.1 25.4 43.3 0 25.9 Source
La Segunda 14 May 2009 15 May 2009 1 14 27 42 4 12 Source
Imaginacción 2–30 May 2009 11 June 2009 0.5 20.9 29.9 34.9 5.6 8.2 Source[permanent dead link‍]
TNS Time 4–30 May 2009 2 June 2009 1 24 25 33 3 14 Source
CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 1 14 30 34 3 19 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 1 13 30 37 3 16 Ballot box vote. (Source)
Ipsos 18 May – 1 June 2009 9 June 2009 1.4 20.6 24.9 34.4 2.5 16.2 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Imaginacción 1–30 June 2009 14 July 2009 2.3 21.5 28.2 35.9 2.7 9.4 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Mori 27 June – 9 July 2009 23 July 2009 1 13 21 43 3 19 Source
La Segunda 8 July 2009 10 July 2009 2 15 27 38 3 15 Source
Imaginacción 1–31 July 2009 12 August 2009 3.5 21.9 26.7 36.7 1.7 9.5 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Tercera 20–22 July 2009 26 July 2009 2 21 25 30 2 20 Source
CERC 17 July – 3 August 2009 12 August 2009 1 14 25 39 1 20 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Ipsos 24 July – 6 August 2009 19 August 2009 1.5 20.6 22.9 35.6 2.1 17.3 Source
Direct Media 5–6 August 2009 12 August 2009 1.63 15.48 21.28 34.43 1.32 25.86 Source
La Segunda 12 August 2009 14 August 2009 1 20 24 39 1 15 Source
Imaginacción 1–29 August 2009 14 September 2009 2.3 20.5 28.2 37.8 2.4 10.3 Source[permanent dead link‍]
CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 1 16 30 35 2 16 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 1 17 28 37 2 15 Ballot box vote. (Source)
Imaginacción 1–30 September 2009 14 October 2009 4.5 20.4 25.7 38.4 1.7 9.3 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Segunda 24 September 2009 25 September 2009 4 19 23 39 0 15 Source
Ipsos 16 September – 6 October 2009 21 October 2009 3.7 17.8 27.2 36.7 0.3 14.3 Source
UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 4.1 17.3 23.7 30.3 0.6 24.0 Source
La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 6 24 20 39 0 11 Source
CERC 2–13 October 2009 20 October 2009 3 20 20 41 0 16 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 10–12 October 2009 18 October 2009 4.9 21.5 22.8 38.0 0 12.7 Source
Giro País-Subjetiva 9–20 October 2009 31 October 2009 4.7 19.3 28.6 36.9 0 10.5 Source
Imaginacción 1–31 October 2009 16 November 2009 6.4 22.3 27.0 37.8 0 6.5 Source[permanent dead link‍]
CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 4 17 26 35 0 18 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 5 19 26 36 0 14 Ballot box vote. (Source)
El Mercurio-Opina 3–4 November 2009 7 November 2009 6.1 20.4 21.5 38.0 0 14.0 Ballot box vote. (Source)
La Segunda 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 7 20 24 38 0 11 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 5–6 December 2009 9 December 2009 6.8 19.5 22.6 38.2 0 12.9 Ballot box vote. (Source)

DK/NR: Don't know / No response.

Runoff scenarios

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Frei vs. Piñera
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Publisher Field date Date published Frei Piñera DK/NR Comments
CEP 19 November – 11 December 2008 30 December 2008 34 44 22 Source
Imaginacción 6–28 December 2008 8 January 2009 42.5 44.8 12.7 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Segunda-UDD 18 December 2008 19 December 2008 38 46 16 Source
TNS Time January 2009 31 January 2009
(unverified)		 40 45 15 Source
Imaginacción 3–31 January 2009 6 February 2009 42.3 45.6 12.1 Source[permanent dead link‍]
TNS Time 2–26 February 2009 10 March 2009
(unverified)		 38 43 19 Source
Imaginacción 7–28 February 2009 4 March 2009 43.4 46.8 9.8 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Segunda-UDD 5 March 2009 6 March 2009 37 46 17 Source
TNS Time 2–30 March 2009 31 March 2009 41 39 20 Source
Imaginacción 2–31 March 2009 8 April 2009 44.3 44.7 11.0 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Segunda-UDD 6 April 2009 7 April 2009 39 45 16 Source
La Tercera 6–7 April 2009 12 April 2009 40 46 14 Source
Imaginacción 4–26 April 2009 11 May 2009 43.2 43.8 13.0 Source[permanent dead link‍]
TNS Time 1–30 April 2009 5 May 2009 41 43 16 Source
CERC 13–27 April 2009 14 May 2009 33 47 20 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Tercera 21–23 April 2009 26 April 2009 39 43 18 Source
Giro País-Subjetiva 30 April – 10 May 2009 16 May 2009 40.8 37.9 21.3 Source
La Segunda-UDD 14 May 2009 15 May 2009 34 44 22 Source
Imaginacción 2–30 May 2009 11 June 2009 43.1 44.2 12.7 Source[permanent dead link‍]
TNS Time 4–30 May 2009 2 June 2009 38 43 19 Source[permanent dead link‍]
CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 39 39 22 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 39 41 20 Ballot box vote. (Source)
Ipsos 18 May – 1 June 2009 9 June 2009 39.6 42.3 18.1 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Imaginacción 1–30 June 2009 14 July 2009 41.9 43.3 14.8 Source[permanent dead link‍]
MORI 27 June – 9 July 2009 23 July 2009 30 46 24 Source
La Segunda-UDD 8 July 2009 10 July 2009 39 43 18 Source
Imaginacción 1–31 July 2009 12 August 2009 42.8 44.5 12.7 Source[permanent dead link‍]
CERC 17 July – 3 August 2009 12 August 2009 36 44 20 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Ipsos 24 July – 6 August 2009 19 August 2009 38.1 45.5 16.4 Source
Direct Media 5–6 August 2009 12 August 2009 30.97 40.89 28.14 Source
CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 39 39 22 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 39 42 19 Ballot box vote. (Source)
La Segunda-UDD 12 August 2009 14 August 2009 36 45 19 Source
Imaginacción 1–29 August 2009 14 September 2009 42.6 44.6 12.8 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Imaginacción 1–30 September 2009 14 October 2009 42.2 45.2 12.6 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Segunda-UDD 24 September 2009 25 September 2009 38 47 15 Source
Ipsos 16 September – 6 October 2009 21 October 2009 39.6 44.5 15.9 Source
UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 36.3 35.5 28.2 Source
La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 39 48 13 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 10–12 October 2009 18 October 2009 38.1 42.5 19.4 Ballot box vote. (Source)
Giro País-Subjetiva 9–20 October 2009 31 October 2009 42.0 42.2 15.8 Source
Imaginacción 1–31 October 2009 16 November 2009 42.1 45.8 12.1 Source[permanent dead link‍]
CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 36 40 24 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 37 43 20 Ballot box vote. (Source)
El Mercurio-Opina 3–4 November 2009 7 November 2009 36.8 42.7 20.5 Ballot box vote. (Source)
La Segunda-UDD 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 37 47 16 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 5–6 December 2009 9 December 2009 34.4 42.5 23.1 Ballot box vote. (Source)
El Mercurio-Opina 15–17 December 2009 19 December 2009 39.7 46.2 14.1 Ballot box vote. (Source)
La Segunda-UDD 17 December 2009 18 December 2009 43 48 9 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 5–7 January 2010 9 January 2010 41.0 46.1 12.9 Ballot box vote. (Source)

DK/NR: Don't know / No response.

Enríquez-Ominami vs. Piñera
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Publisher Field date Date published MEO Piñera DK/NR Comments
La Segunda-UDD 14 May 2009 15 May 2009 37 45 18 Source
MORI 27 June – 9 July 2009 23 July 2009 23 47 30 Source
La Segunda-UDD 8 July 2009 10 July 2009 36 45 19 Source
La Tercera 20–22 July 2009 26 July 2009 22 49 29 Source
CERC 17 July – 3 August 2009 12 August 2009 29 44 27 Source[permanent dead link‍]
Ipsos 24 July – 6 August 2009 19 August 2009 40.3 43.6 16.1 Source
Direct Media 5–6 August 2009 12 August 2009 31.29 38.88 29.83 Source
CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 33 40 27 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 34 44 22 Ballot box vote. (Source)
La Segunda-UDD 12 August 2009 14 August 2009 37 45 18 Source
Imaginacción 1–30 September 2009 14 October 2009 39.3 45.9 14.8 Source[permanent dead link‍]
La Segunda-UDD 24 September 2009 25 September 2009 40 47 13 Source
Ipsos 16 September – 6 October 2009 21 October 2009 42.3 42.8 14.9 Source
UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 36.4 34.0 29.6 Source
La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 43 44 13 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 10–12 October 2009 18 October 2009 40.3 42.9 16.8 Ballot-box vote. (Source)
Giro País-Subjetiva 9–20 October 2009 31 October 2009 41.1 40.2 18.7 Source
Imaginacción 1–31 October 2009 16 November 2009 42.7 43.4 13.9 Source[permanent dead link‍]
CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 35 37 28 Response to a questionnaire. (Source)
CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 37 40 23 Ballot box vote. (Source)
El Mercurio-Opina 3–4 November 2009 7 November 2009 37.7 41.9 20.4 Ballot-box vote. (Source)
La Segunda-UDD 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 40 44 16 Source
El Mercurio-Opina 5–6 December 2009 9 December 2009 34.8 40.7 24.5 Ballot-box vote. (Source)

DK/NR: Don't know / No response.

Arrate vs. Piñera
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Publisher Field date Date published Arrate Piñera DK/NR Comments
La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 33 51 16 Source

DK/NR: Don't know / No response.

Enríquez-Ominami vs. Frei
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Publisher Field date Date published MEO Frei DK/NR Comments
UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 32.3 31.9 35.8 Source

DK/NR: Don't know / No response.

Debates

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The four candidates attend the second debate organized by Archi.

The first debate was organized by TVN and took place in Studio #9 at the station's main headquarters in Santiago. It was broadcast live on 23 September 2009 at 10:40 p.m and included all four candidates. A poll published by Ipsos the following day, showed that Enríquez-Ominami, Arrate and Piñera were each considered to have had the best performance over the rest, with 29-30% of support, while Frei's showing only had the support of 9%. Frei was seen by 45% as the worst performer, followed by Piñera (37%), Arrate (10%) and Enríquez-Ominami (5%).[75] Another poll by La Segunda found 23% thought Piñera had won the debate, followed by Arrate (21%), Enríquez-Ominami (15%) and Frei (9%). 31% thought none had won the debate.[76]

The second debate was organized by Archi (Radio Broadcasters Association) and Mayor University. It took place at 8:30 AM on 9 October 2009. It was a radio-only debate, though some local 24-hour news channels broadcast live some parts of it. A poll carried out by Mayor University showed Piñera had won the debate by 41%, followed by Enríquez-Ominami (22%), Arrate (19%) and Frei Ruiz-Tagle (17%).[77]

 
The four candidates at the ANP debate.

There was an online debate on 4 November, organized by Terra and Radio Cooperativa. Only Arrate was present after the other three candidates declined to attend. Frei and Piñera had confirmed their presence in May, while Enríquez-Ominami backed down on the same day of the debate.

A debate to discuss regional issues took place on 6 November at 9 AM in Talca's casino. It was organized by the National Press Association (ANP) and was attended by all four candidates.

A fifth debate took place on 9 November at Canal 13's studios in Santiago, which was broadcast live at 10 PM. All four candidates were present. This debate was notable because the candidates were able to ask questions to one another and freely talk to each other.

The last debate of the first round was organized by the National Television Association (Anatel) and broadcast live on 16 November at 10 PM by all terrestrial television stations. All candidates attended. There was no audience present.

For the second round, there was a single debate between the two candidates. It was organized by Anatel and broadcast at 10 PM by all terrestrial television stations on 11 January 2010.

Results

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President

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On 20 December 2009, the Juntos Podemos Más coalition gave its support to Eduardo Frei's candidacy, after the former president agreed to include a number of policies into his government program.[78] Two days later, Jorge Arrate also gave his full support to Frei.[79] On 13 January 2010 Enríquez-Ominami held a press conference to state that he would vote for Frei, although he did not say his name.[80] He had previously said that voting for Piñera would be a regression and voting for Frei would not be an advancement.

 
Candidate Eduardo Frei casting his ballot in La Unión on 13 December 2009
 
Ballots of the first round of the presidential election (in yellow) and the parliamentary election (in white).
 
Ballot of the runoff
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Sebastián PiñeraCoalition for Change (RN)3,074,16444.063,591,18251.61
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleConcertación (PDC)2,065,06129.603,367,79048.39
Marco Enríquez-OminamiNew Majority for Chile (Ind.)1,405,12420.14
Jorge ArrateJuntos Podemos Más (PCCh)433,1956.21
Total6,977,544100.006,958,972100.00
Valid votes6,977,54496.056,958,97296.61
Invalid/blank votes286,5923.95244,3993.39
Total votes7,264,136100.007,203,371100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,285,18687.688,285,18686.94
Source: SERVEL (first round) SERVEL (second round)

Chamber of Deputies

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Concertación &
Juntos Podemos		Christian Democratic Party940,26514.2119–1
Party for Democracy839,74412.6918–3
Socialist Party653,3679.8811–4
Social Democratic Radical Party251,4563.805–2
Communist Party of Chile133,7182.023+3
Independents115,8281.751–1
Total2,934,37844.3557–8
Coalition for ChangeIndependent Democratic Union1,525,00023.0537+4
National Renewal1,178,39217.8118–1
ChileFirst18,0210.270New
Independents153,2612.323+1
Total2,874,67443.4558+4
Clean Chile, Vote HappyRegionalist Independent Party264,4664.003+2
Broad Social Movement26,4400.400New
Independents65,8921.000–
Total356,7985.393New
New Majority for ChileHumanist Party95,1771.4400
Ecologist Party3,8150.060New
Independents203,6353.080–
Total302,6274.570New
Independents147,3792.232+1
Total6,615,856100.001200
Valid votes6,615,85691.08
Invalid/blank votes647,6818.92
Total votes7,263,537100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,285,18687.67
Source: SERVEL

List of elected deputies 2010–2014

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District Deputy Party Votes %
1[d] Orlando Vargas Pizarro Ind-PPD 22 425 30,01 %
Nino Baltolú Rasera UDI 17 644 23,61 %
2[d] Hugo Gutiérrez Gálvez PCCh 28 217 30,31 %
Marta Isasi Barbieri Ind-UDI 28 884 31,02 %
3[d] Felipe Ward Edwards UDI 24 618 37,36 %
Marcos Espinoza Monardes PRSD 16 223 24,62 %
4[d] Pedro Araya Guerrero PRI 27 268 24,60 %
Manuel Rojas Molina UDI 37 241 33,59 %
5[d] Lautaro Carmona Soto PCCh 17 022 27,87 %
Carlos Vilches Guzmán UDI 13 159 21,55 %
6[d] Giovanni Calderón Bassi UDI 8 330 19,26 %
Alberto Robles Pantoja PRSD 11 582 26,77 %
7[d] Marcelo Díaz Díaz PS 32 673 36,74 %
Mario Bertolino Rendic RN 18 037 20,28 %
8[d] Matías Walker Prieto DC 28 948 27,21 %
Pedro Velásquez Seguel Ind. 25 919 24,37 %
9[d] Adriana Muñoz D'Albora PPD 15 332 25,29 %
Luis Lemus Aracena PRI 15 735 25,95 %
10[d] Eduardo Cerda García DC 30 017 21,94 %
Andrea Molina Oliva Ind-UDI 36 000 26,31 %
11[d] Gaspar Rivas Sánchez RN 21 634 20,22 %
Marco Antonio Núñez Lozano PPD 49 801 46,55 %
12[d] Arturo Squella Ovalle UDI 30 108 24,75 %
Marcelo Schilling Rodríguez PS 24 124 19,83 %
13[d] Aldo Cornejo Gonález DC 40 582 31,04 %
Joaquín Godoy Ibáñez RN 38 183 29,20 %
14[d] Rodrigo González Torres PPD 41 168 25,89 %
Edmundo Eluchans Urenda UDI 45 829 28,82 %
15[d] Víctor Torres Jeldes DC 18 102 21,11 %
María José Hoffmann Opazo UDI 20 585 24,00 %
16[d] Gabriel Silber Romo DC 48 333 29,39 %
Patricio Melero Abaroa UDI 58 306 35,45 %
17[d] Karla Rubilar Barahona RN 46 572 33,15 %
María Antonieta Saa Díaz PPD 45 798 32,60 %
18[d] Cristina Girardi Lavín PPD 51 669 34,35 %
Nicolás Monckeberg Díaz RN 40 782 27,11 %
19[d] Patricio Hales Dib PPD 39 126 38,12 %
Claudia Nogueira Fernández UDI 38 297 37,31 %
20[d] Pepe Auth Stewart PPD 49 981 20,70 %
Mónica Zalaquett Said UDI 56 168 23,26 %
21[d] Jorge Burgos Varela DC 52 982 29,79 %
Marcela Sabat Fernández RN 48 732 27,40 %
22[d] Felipe Harboe Bascuñán PPD 42 060 38,66 %
Alberto Cardemil Herrera RN 38 949 35,80 %
23[d] Ernesto Silva Méndez UDI 60 272 27,95 %
Cristián Monckeberg Bruner RN 77 484 35,93 %
24[d] Enrique Accorsi Opazo PPD 31 383 23,19 %
María Angélica Cristi Marfil UDI 44 969 33,24 %
25[d] Ximena Vidal Lázaro PPD 43 794 30,81 %
Felipe Salaberry Soto UDI 28 444 20,01 %
26[d] Carlos Montes Cisternas PS 71 173 50,44 %
Gustavo Hasbún Selume UDI 36 438 25,82 %
27[d] Tucapel Jiménez Fuentes PPD 47 765 31,89 %
Iván Moreira Barros UDI 53 683 35,84 %
28[d] Guillermo Teillier del Valle PCCh 49 040 33,52 %
Pedro Browne Urrejola RN 31 882 21,79 %
29[d] Osvaldo Andrade Lara PS 55 152 29,88 %
Leopoldo Pérez Lahsen RN 45 464 24,63 %
30[d] Ramón Farías Ponce PPD 29 335 19,27 %
José Antonio Kast Rist UDI 53 423 35,10 %
District Deputy Party Votes %
31[d] Denise Pascal Allende PS 52 763 32,23 %
Gonzalo Uriarte Herrera UDI 60 833 37,16 %
32[d] Juan Luis Castro González PS 27 772 30,76 %
Alejandro García-Huidobro UDI 31 346 34,71 %
33[d] Ricardo Rincón González DC 38 057 32,45 %
Eugenio Bauer Jouanne UDI 26 504 22,60 %
34[d] Alejandra Sepúlveda Orbenes PRI 42 771 45,55 %
Javier Macaya Danús UDI 17 130 18,24 %
35[d] Juan Carlos Latorre Carmona DC 30 300 38,83 %
Ramón Barros Montero UDI 29 622 37,96 %
36[d] Roberto León Ramírez DC 51 476 42,93 %
Celso Morales Muñoz UDI 35 732 29,80 %
37[d] Sergio Aguiló Melo PS 31 649 37,69 %
Germán Verdugo Soto RN 32 864 39,14 %
38[d] Pablo Lorenzini Basso DC 29 320 38,32 %
Pedro Pablo Álvarez-Salamanca Ramírez Ind-UDI 15 844 20,71 %
39[d] Jorge Tarud Daccarett PPD 38 626 46,26 %
Romilio Gutiérrez Pino UDI 22 487 26,93 %
40[d] Guillermo Ceroni Fuentes PPD 32 643 44,75 %
Ignacio Urrutia Bonilla UDI 19 323 26,49 %
41[d] Carlos Abel Jarpa Wevar PRSD 24 093 19,12 %
Rosauro Martínez Labbé RN 42 385 33,64 %
42[d] Jorge Sabag Villalobos DC 32 174 28,59 %
Frank Sauerbaum Muñoz RN 22 861 20,33 %
43[d] Cristián Campos Jara PPD 33 622 31,35 %
Jorge Ulloa Aguillón UDI 30 309 28,26 %
44[d] José Miguel Ortiz Novoa DC 45 379 27,04 %
Enrique van Rysselberghe Herrera UDI 44 735 26,65 %
45[d] Clemira Pacheco Rivas PS 38 379 33,80 %
Sergio Bobadilla Muñoz UDI 29 272 25,78 %
46[d] Iván Norambuena Farías UDI 34 852 35,77 %
Manuel Monsalve Benavides PS 30 360 31,16 %
47[d] José Pérez Arriagada PRSD 46 606 33,80 %
Juan Lobos Krause UDI 51 937 37,67 %
48[d] Mario Venegas Cárdenas DC 20 102 29,80 %
Gonzalo Arenas Hodar UDI 17 223 25,54 %
49[d] Fuad Chahín Valenzuela DC 20 212 30,26 %
Enrique Estay Peñaloza UDI 16 009 23,97 %
50[d] René Saffirio Espinoza DC 37 017 30,83 %
Germán Becker Alvear RN 33 785 28,14 %
51[d] Joaquín Tuma Zedán PPD 16 327 24,36 %
José Manuel Edwards Silva RN 11 275 16,82 %
52[d] Fernando Meza Moncada PRSD 22 116 32,72 %
René Manuel García García RN 20 726 30,66 %
53[d] Alfonso de Urresti Longton PS 32 433 38,71 %
Roberto Delmastro Naso RN 25 360 30,27 %
54[d] Enrique Jaramillo Becker PPD 29 004 37,43 %
Gastón von Mühlenbrock Zamora UDI 19 978 25,78 %
55[d] Sergio Ojeda Uribe DC 23 623 30,44 %
Javier Hernández Hernández UDI 22 108 28,49 %
56[d] Fidel Espinoza Sandoval PS 39 245 51,30 %
Carlos Rencodo Lavanderos UDI 18 792 24,57 %
57[d] Patricio Vallespín López DC 33 782 38,60 %
Marisol Turres Figueroa UDI 28 552 32,62 %
58[d] Gabriel Ascencio Mansilla DC 17 457 23,10 %
Alejandro Santana Tirachini RN 27 098 35,86 %
59[d] René Alinco Bustos PPD 9381 22,90 %
David Sandoval Plaza UDI 12 902 31,50 %
60[d] Carolina Goic Boroevic DC 22 498 34,00 %
Miodrag Marinovic Solo De Zaldívar Ind. 17 512 26,47 %

Senate

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats
WonNot upTotal+/–
Coalition for ChangeNational Renewal382,72820.196280
Independent Democratic Union403,74121.30358–1
Independents70,1243.700000
Total856,59345.199716–1
Concertación &
Juntos Podemos		Christian Democratic Party314,14516.57459+3
Party for Democracy262,50313.85314+1
Socialist Party175,0179.23235–3
Social Democrat Radical Party68,4823.61011–2
Total820,14743.2791019–1
Clean Chile, Vote HappyIndependent Regionalist Party46,7302.47000–1
MAS Region–110
Independents75,3113.970000
Total122,0416.44011–1
New Majority for ChileHumanist Party12,9740.680000
Independents79,2664.180000
Total92,2404.870000
Independents4,4610.24022+1
Total1,895,482100.001820380
Valid votes1,895,48292.31
Invalid/blank votes157,9987.69
Total votes2,053,480100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,392,47785.83
Source: SERVEL, IPU, Election Resources

Tarapacá-Arica and Parinacota

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Coalition for Change UDI Jaime Orpis 56,390 33.5 Hold his seat
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Independent Salvador Urrutia 47,087 29.3
Concertación Socialist Fulvio Rossi 45,639 26.8 New senator
Coalition for Change National Renewal Julio Lagos 12,348 7.3
Concertación PDC Daniel Espinoza 6,919 4.1

Atacama

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Coalition for Change National Renewal Baldo Prokurica 34,793 33.0 Hold his seat
Concertación Socialist Isabel Allende Bussi 28,240 26.8 New senator
Concertación For Democracy Antonio Leal 19,693 18.7
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Regionalist Jaime Mulet Martínez 18,580 17.6
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Regionalist Robinson Peña 2,126 2.0
Coalition for Change UDI Cristián Letelier 1,909 1.8

Valparaiso East

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Concertación PDC Ignacio Walker 76,716 21.1 New senator
Concertación Social Democrat Radical Nelson Ávila 64,124 17.6 Lost his seat
Coalition for Change UDI Marcelo Forni 71,645 19.7
Coalition for Change National Renewal Lily Pérez 83,595 23.0 New senator
New Majority for Chile Independent Carlos Ominami 60,945 16.7
New Majority for Chile Independent Cristián García-Huidobro 2,509 0.7
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Independent Lautaro Velásquez 4,422 1.2

Valparaíso West

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Concertación For Democracy Ricardo Lagos Weber 123,626 33.2 New senator
Coalition for Change National Renewal Francisco Chahuán 105,123 28.2 New senator
Coalition for Change UDI Joaquín Lavín 103,762 27.9
Concertación PDC Hernán Pinto 22,447 6.00
New Majority for Chile Independent Juan Guzmán 14,784 4.0
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Regionalist Raúl Silva 2,773 0.7

Maule North

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Coalition for Change UDI Juan Antonio Coloma 96,844 35.2 Hold his seat
Concertación PDC Andrés Zaldívar 86,266 31.3 Holding in a new seat
Concertación Socialist Jaime Gazmuri 67,586 24.6 Lost his seat
Coalition for Change National Renewal Robert Morrison 17,548 6.3
New Majority for Chile Humanist Mercedes Bravo 6,942 2.5

Maule South

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Coalition for Change UDI Hernán Larraín 67,461 43.1 Hold his seat
Concertación PDC Ximena Rincón 48,607 31.0 New senator
Concertación Socialist Jaime Naranjo 32,867 21.0 Lost his seat
Coalition for Change Independent Juan Ariztía 6,110 3.9
New Majority for Chile Humanist Marilén Cabrera 1,567 1.0

Araucanía North

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Coalition for Change National Renewal Alberto Espina 52,082 38.5 Hold his seat
Concertación For Democracy Jaime Quintana 40,120 29.7 New senator
Concertación PDC Tomás Jocelyn-Holt 7,481 5.5
Coalition for Change Independent Cecilia Villouta 7,255 5.4
New Majority for Chile Humanist Juan Enrique Prieto 1,611 1.2
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Independent Roberto Muñoz 20,126 14.9
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Independent Enrique Sanhueza 6,574 4.9
Source[81]

Araucanía South

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Concertación For Democracy Eugenio Tuma Zedan 74,207 29.1 New senator
Coalition for Change National Renewal José García Ruminot 57,260 22.4 Hold his seat
Coalition for Change UDI Ena von Baer 56,578 22.2
Concertación PDC Francisco Huenchumilla 51,338 20.1
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Regionalist Eduardo Díaz 11,464 4.5
New Majority for Chile Humanist Luis Fernando Vivanco 2,779 1.1
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Independent José Villagrán 1,512 0.6
Source[82]

Aysen

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Pact Party Candidate Votes % Result
Coalition for Change National Renewal Antonio Horvath 14,193 34.6 Hold his seat
Concertación PDC Patricio Walker 11,293 27.5 New senator
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Regionalist Eduardo Cruces 6,958 17.0
Clean Chile, Vote Happy Regionalist Paz Foitzich 4,613 11.2
Concertación Social Democrat Radical Ernesto Velasco 3,940 9.6
Source[83]

Timeline

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  • 13 September 2009: deadline to enroll to vote in the upcoming elections.
  • 14 September 2009: deadline to register candidacies at the Electoral Service (Servel).
  • 14 September 2009: electoral campaign begins.
  • 5 October 2009: draw supervised by Servel to assign a ballot number to each candidate.
  • 13 November 2009: electoral advertisement period starts.
  • 10 December 2009: electoral advertisement period ends.
  • 13 December 2009: election day. Electoral campaigning ends.
  • 13 December 2009: first preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 6:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. UTC), including 4,342 out of 34,348 ballot boxes (12.64%).
  • 13 December 2009: second preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 8:03 p.m. local time (11:03 p.m. UTC), including 20,595 ballot boxes (59.96%).
  • 13 December 2009: third preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 10:56 p.m. local time (1:56 a.m. UTC), including 33,756 ballot boxes (98.28%).
  • 14 December 2009: fourth and final preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 11:05 a.m. local time (2:05 p.m. UTC), including 34,133 ballot boxes (99.37%).
  • 21 December 2009: the Electoral Service (Servel) publishes preliminary results based on the examination of election certificates (actas de escrutinio) by the Tellers' Colleges (Colegios Escrutadores) meeting on 14 December 2009, including 34,263 out of 34,348 ballot boxes (99.75%).
  • 29 December 2009: the Tricel publishes the final results of the first round election on the Official Gazette.
  • 3 January 2009: electoral advertisement period for runoff election starts.
  • 7 January 2009: ballot number is assigned to each candidate according to their position in the first draw.
  • 14 January 2009: electoral advertisement period ends.
  • 17 January 2010: date of presidential run-off. Electoral campaigning ends.
  • 17 January 2010: first preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Ministry at 6:00 p.m. local time (9:00 p.m. UTC), including results from 20,711 out of 34,348 ballot boxes (60.30%).
  • 17 January 2010: Eduardo Frei concedes the election to Sebastián Piñera at 6:44 p.m. local time (9:44 p.m. UTC).
  • 17 January 2010: second preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Ministry at 7:40 p.m. local time (10:40 p.m. UTC), including results from 34,056 ballot boxes (99.15%).
  • 18 January 2010: third and final preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Ministry at 11:00 a.m. local time (2:00 p.m. UTC), including results from 34,252 ballot boxes (99.72%).
  • 29 January 2010: the Election Qualifying Court (Tricel) officially proclaims PIñera as President-elect.
  • 30 January 2010: the Tricel publishes the Act of Proclamation on the Official Gazette.
  • 3 February 2010: the Tricel publishes the final results of the runoff election on its website.

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