Presidential election in Chile 2017

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The presidential election in Chile 2017 was the seventh presidential election in Chile since the Transición after the end of the dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet . It took place on November 19, 2017. At the same time the members of the Chamber of Deputies and 23 of the 43 members of the Senate were elected as well as the members of the regional councils ( Consejos regionales ) of the 15 regions .

In the first ballot on November 19, 2017, none of the seven candidates achieved an absolute majority, which is why there was a runoff between the two best-placed candidates, Sebastián Piñera and Alejandro Guillier , on December 17, 2017 . Piñera won after almost all votes were counted (54.6 percent). His challenger Guillier (45.4 percent) admitted a "painful defeat".

On March 11, 2018, Piñera took office.

Candidates

First ballot paper
Second ballot paper

The following eight people were accepted as presidential candidates by the Servel , the Chilean electoral authority, and were officially registered on September 12, 2017.

choice

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Majorities in the first ballot by local authority (left: first ballot, right: second ballot): Sebastián Piñera Alejandro Guillier Beatriz Sánchez Carolina Goic




Voting decision of the foreign students in the second ballot (dark / light colors = absolute / relative majority of votes)

In contrast to the previous parliament, a relatively strong third force was able to establish itself in Chile in 2017. The left-wing party alliance Frente Amplio (FA)  , which was only founded in January 2017 , achieved a result that was not expected by observers and with immediate effect put 20 members in parliament and with Juan Ignacio Latorre Riveros a senator for the constituency of Valparaíso . It was able to establish itself as the third political force in Chile. Most of the MPs come from the Revolución Democratica (RD) party .

candidate Party / coalition First ballot Second ballot
be right % be right %
Sebastián Piñera Chile Vamos 2,417,216 36.64 3,732,647 54.57
Alejandro Guillier Nueva Mayoría 1,497,118 22.70 3,107,194 45.43
Beatriz Sánchez Front Amplio 1,336,824 20.27
José Antonio Kast Independently 523.213 7.93
Carolina Goic PDC 387.780 5.88
Marco Enríquez-Ominami PER 376.471 5.71
Eduardo Artés UPA 33,690 0.51
Alejandro Navarro País 24,019 0.36
Valid votes 6,596,331 100.00 100.00
Invalid ballot 65,020 0.97
Blank ballot papers 39,397 0.59
total 6,700,748 100.00 100.00
Registered voters 14,347,288 a 46.70
Eligible voters 14.009.047 47.67 b
Source: Servel .

a 39,137 voters from abroad.
b Thereby 23,308 votes from abroad.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ " Conservative Piñera Wins Presidential Election in Chile" . tagesschau.de. Accessed December 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Servel definió en sorteo el order of candidatos presidenciales en la papeleta de noviembre. biobiochile.cl, September 14, 2017, accessed December 16, 2017 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ formerly a member of the UDI
  4. ↑ Chile: New left alliance established as third political force . In: amerika21 . ( amerika21.de [accessed December 17, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Servel Publico Padrones electorales definitivos para Chile y el extranjero - Servicio Electoral de Chile .