1965 Chilean parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1965.[1] The Christian Democratic Party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, the first time a party had held a majority for several decades. The party 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 21 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[2]
Results[]
Senate[]
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Total | +/– | ||||
| Christian Democratic Party | 12 | 13 | +9 | |||
| Radical Party | 3 | 9 | –4 | |||
| Socialist Party | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Communist Party | 2 | 5 | +2 | |||
| National Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | +1 | |||
| Liberal Party | 0 | 5 | –4 | |||
| United Conservative Party | 0 | 2 | –3 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Independents | 0 | 2 | –1 | |||
| Total | 21 | 45 | 0 | |||
| Source: Whelan, Whelan | ||||||
Chamber of Deputies[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Party | 995,187 | 43.60 | 82 | +59 | |
| Radical Party | 312,912 | 13.71 | 20 | –19 | |
| Communist Party | 290,635 | 12.73 | 18 | +2 | |
| Socialist Party | 241,593 | 10.58 | 15 | +3 | |
| Liberal Party | 171,979 | 7.53 | 6 | –22 | |
| United Conservative Party | 121,882 | 5.34 | 3 | –14 | |
| National Democratic Party | 74,585 | 3.27 | 3 | –9 | |
| Labour Agrarian Democracy | 22,552 | 0.99 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic Party | 21,518 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Action | 15,173 | 0.66 | 0 | New | |
| 5,637 | 0.25 | 0 | New | ||
| Popular Command | 3,121 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 5,669 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,282,443 | 100.00 | 147 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,282,443 | 97.00 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 70,680 | 3.00 | |||
| Total votes | 2,353,123 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,920,615 | 80.57 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p283
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