1993 Chilean general election

General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993.[1] Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance was elected President, whilst the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate.

1993 Chilean presidential election

December 11, 1993

Nominee Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Arturo Alessandri Besa Party Christian Democratic Independent Alliance Concertación Alliance Popular vote 4,044,898 1,703,408 Percentage 57.98% 24.42%

President before election Patricio Aylwin Christian Democratic Elected President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Christian Democratic

Results

President

Candidate	Party/Coalition	Votes	%
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle	Christian Democratic Party/CPD	4,044,898	57.98
Arturo Alessandri Besa	Independent/UPC	1,703,408	24.42
José Piñera	Independent	431,241	6.18
Manfred Max Neef	Independent	387,437	5.55
Eugenio Pizarro	Independent	327,501	4.69
Cristián Reitze	Humanist Green Alliance	81,832	1.17
Valid votes		6,976,317	100.00
Null votes		271,424	3.67
Blank votes		136,968	1.85
Total votes		7,387,709	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,085,439	91.23
Source: Tricel via Servel

First round Frei   57.98% Alessandri   24.42% Piñera   6.18% Max Neef   5.55% Pizarro   4.69% Reitze   1.17%

Senate

Coalition	Party	Votes	%	Seats
				Elected	Total	+/–
Concert of Parties for Democracy	Christian Democratic Party	378,987	20.2	4	13	0
	Socialist Party	238,405	12.7	3	5	+5
	Party for Democracy	275,727	14.7	2	2	–2
	Radical Party	119,459	6.4	0	1	–1
	Independents	27,253	1.5	0	0	–3
Union for the Progress of Chile	National Renewal	279,580	14.9	5	11	+6
	Independent Democratic Union	190,283	10.2	2	3	+1
	Party of the South	52,509	2.8	0	0	0
	Union of the Centrist Center	46,455	2.5	1	1	+1
	Independents	130,587	7.0	1	2	–7
Alternative Left Democracy	Communist Party	65,073	3.5	0	0	New
	Popular Unitary Action Movement	3,030	0.2	0	0	New
	Independents	13,278	0.7	0	0	–
Humanist Green Alliance		8,528	0.5	0	0	0
Independents		41,233	2.2	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		171,554	–	–	–	–
Total		2,045,681	100	18	38	0
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote Concertación   55.48% UPPCh   37.32% ADI   4.34% Independents   2.20% Others   0.66%

Seats summary Concertación   55.26% UPPCh   44.74%

Chamber of Deputies

Coalition	Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Concert of Parties for Democracy	Christian Democratic Party	1,827,373	27.1	37	–1
	Socialist Party	803,719	11.9	15	+15
	Party for Democracy	798,206	11.8	15	–1
	Radical Party	200,837	3.0	2	–3
	Party of Social Democracy	53,377	0.8	0	New
	Independents	79,764	0.7	1	–8
Union for the Progress of Chile	National Party	2,688	0.4	0	0
	National Renewal	1,098,852	16.3	29	0
	Independent Democratic Union	816,104	12.1	15	+4
	Union of the Centrist Center	216,639	3.2	2	New
	Party of the South	13,422	0.2	0	0
	Independents	324,084	4.8	4	–4
Alternative Left Democracy	Communist Party	336,034	5.0	0	New
	Popular Unitary Action Movement	6,644	0.1	0	New
	Independents	87,817	1.3	0	–
The New Left	Humanist Green Alliance	67,733	1.0	0	–1
	Ecological Movement	2,215	0.0	0	New
	Independents	26,247	0.4	0	–
Independents		7,104	0.1	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes		646,157	–	–	–
Total		7,385,016	100	120	0
Registered voters/turnout		8,085,493	91.3	–	2
Source: Nohlen

Popular vote Concertación   55.40% UPPCh   36.68% ADI   6.39% Independents   0.11% Others   1.53%

Seats summary Concertación   58.33% UPPCh   41.67%

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3