Presidential elections in Chile 2005/2006
In the presidential election in Chile in 2005/2006 , the Socialist Minister Michelle Bachelet ( PS ) was elected to succeed the incumbent Chilean President Ricardo Lagos ( PPD ).
In the first round of the fourth presidential election since the Transición on December 11, 2005 , Bachelet was, as expected, ahead of the right-wing liberal entrepreneur Sebastián Piñera ( RN ), but with 45.95 percent he missed the required absolute majority. In the runoff election on January 15, 2006 , Bachelet was able to prevail against the Piñera, supported by the right-wing conservative alliance Alianza por Chile , with 53.5 percent .
Election results
Results of the first ballot
Official end result
| Candidate, party, coalition | be right | in % | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sebastián Piñera Renovación Nacional ( Alianza por Chile ) |
1,763,694 | 25.41 | Runoff | |
|
Michelle Bachelet Partido Socialista ( Concertación ) |
3,190,691 | 45.95 | Runoff | ||
|
Tomás Hirsch Partido Humanista (Juntos Podemos Más) |
375.048 | 5.4 | ||
|
Joaquín Lavín Infante Unión Demócrata Independiente ( Alianza por Chile ) |
1,612,608 | 23.22 | ||
| Valid votes | 6,942,041 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid votes | 180,485 | ||||
| Blank ballot papers | 84,752 | ||||
| Votes cast | 7.207.278 | ||||
| Registered voters | 8,285,186 | ||||
Runoff results
Official end result
| Candidate, party, coalition | be right | in % | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Sebastián Piñera Renovación Nacional ( Alianza por Chile ) |
3,236,394 | 46.50 | ||
|
Michelle Bachelet Partido Socialista ( Concertación ) |
3,723,019 | 53.50 | Winner | ||
| Valid votes | 6,959,413 | 100.00 | |||
| Invalid votes | 154,972 | ||||
| Blank ballot papers | 47,960 | ||||
| Votes cast | 7,162,345 | ||||
| Registered voters | 8,220,897 | ||||
backgrounds
Election mode
Ricardo Lagos' six-year term ended on March 11, 2006 . Due to a constitutional amendment , the new president's term of office was four years for the first time. All Chileans over the age of 18 who entered the electoral roll were eligible to vote.
At the same time as the presidential election, the election to the House of Representatives with 120 members and the election of 20 of the 38 senators took place according to the binomial voting system .
Candidates
Four candidates ran for election on December 11th, three of which were allied:
- Michelle Bachelet Jeria from the Socialist Party (PS) ran for the center-left alliance Concertación , which also provided the previous president Ricardo Lagos . She has been the country's defense minister since 2002.
- Joaquín Lavín Infante from the right-wing Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) ran for the right-wing alliance Alianza por Chile , who was narrowly defeated by the current president Ricardo Lagos in the last election . The Renovación Nacional , actually part of this alliance, has been supporting its own candidate since May 2005.
- The only candidate from a single party was Sebastián Piñera Echenique from the right-wing Renovación Nacional (RN), which had supported Joaquín Lavín until May.
- Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt from the Humanist Party (PH) ran for the left-wing alliance Juntos Podemos Más , who had also run in the previous presidential election and received 0.5% of the vote at the time.
Michelle Bachelet
Sebastián Piñera
Joaquín Lavín
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Opinion polls
| Opinion polls | Election results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERC | Gémines | Gémines | CERC | Feedback | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | |
| July 2005 | August 2005 | October 2005 | October 2005 | October 2005 | December 11, 2005 | January 15, 2006 | |
| Michelle Bachelet | 47.0% | 41.1% | 40.0% | 42.0% | 45.7% | 45.95% | 53.50% |
| Joaquín Lavín | 17.0% | 23.7% | 21.0% | 17.0% | 18.4% | 23.22% | - |
| Sebastián Piñera | 18.0% | 13.9% | 17.2% | 16.0% | 19.4% | 25.41% | 46.50% |
| Tomás deer | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 7.0% | 5.2% | 5.4% | - |
| Invalid (nulo) / abstention (blank) | 3.0% | - | 9.0% | 3.0% | 3.2% | ? | - |
| Don't know / no answer / not on the electoral roll | 13.0% | 20.0% | 9.4% | 14.0% | 8.0% | ? | - |
- Opinion polls according to the Spanish language Wikipedia
- Results according to the Chilean Ministry of the Interior
See also
Web links
- Official site of Michelle Bachelet
- Official website of Joaquín Lavín
- Official website of Tomás Hirsch
- Official website of Sebastián Piñera
- Results (spanish)
