1961 Chilean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 5 March 1961.^[1] The Radical Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and also became the largest party in 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 24 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.^[2]

Results[]

Senate[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Won	Total
	Radical Party	146,373	23.79	7	13
	Liberal Party	103,688	16.85	6	9
	Christian Democratic Party	90,211	14.66	1	4
	Socialist Party	83,456	13.56	4	7
	United Conservative Party	79,303	12.89	2	5
	Communist Party	75,123	12.21	3	3
	National Democratic Party	17,325	2.82	0	0
		17,299	2.81	1	1
	Democrat Party	2,594	0.42	0	0
	Independents			–	3
Total		615,372	100.00	24	45

Valid votes		615,372	96.20
Invalid/blank votes		24,335	3.80
Total votes		639,707	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		847,505	75.48
Source: Nohlen, Whelan

Chamber of Deputies[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Radical Party	296,828	22.15	39	+3
	Liberal Party	222,485	16.60	28	–2
	Christian Democratic Party	213,468	15.93	23	+4
	United Conservative Party	198,260	14.80	17	–4
	Communist Party	157,572	11.76	16	New
	Socialist Party	149,122	11.13	12	+5
	National Democratic Party	95,179	7.10	12	New
	Labour National Union	3,394	0.25	0	New
	Democrat Party	772	0.06	0	–5
	Popular Command	96	0.01	0	New
	Independents	2,720	0.20	0	–2
Total		1,339,896	100.00	147	0

Valid votes		1,339,896	96.70
Invalid/blank votes		45,780	3.30
Total votes		1,385,676	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,858,980	74.54
Source: Nohlen

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p283

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p283

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