1993 Chilean general election

1993 Chilean general election

11 December
Presidential election
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Turnout	91.23%
Candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Arturo Alessandri Besa Party PDC Independent Alliance Concertación UPC Popular vote 4,044,898 1,703,408 Percentage 57.98% 24.42%
President before election Patricio Aylwin PDC Elected President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle PDC
Parliamentary election
← 1989 1997 →
All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 18 of 46 seats in the Senate
Turnout	91.34%
Party % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies Concertación 55.40 70 0 UPC 36.68 50 +2 Senate Concertación 55.48 21 -1 UPC 37.32 17 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993 to elect the President, members of the Chamber of Deputies and elected members of the Senate.^[1] Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concertación alliance was elected President, and the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate.

Results[]

President[]

Senate[]

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Won	Not up	Total	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	378,987	20.22	4	9	13	0
			Socialist Party of Chile	238,405	12.72	3	2	5	+5
			Party for Democracy	275,727	14.71	2	2	4	–2
			Radical Party of Chile	119,459	6.37	0	1	1	–1
			Independents	27,253	1.45	0	0	0	–3
		Total		1,039,831	55.48	9	12	21	–1
	Union for the Progress of Chile		National Renewal	279,580	14.92	5	6	11	+6
			Independent Democratic Union	190,283	10.15	2	1	3	+1
			Party of the South	52,509	2.80	0	0	0	0
			Union of the Centrist Center	46,455	2.48	1	0	1	+1
			Independents	130,587	6.97	1	1	2	–7
		Total		699,414	37.32	9	8	17	+1
	Leftist Democratic Alternative		Communist Party of Chile	65,073	3.47	0	0	0	New
			Popular Unitary Action Movement	3,030	0.16	0	0	0	New
			Independents	13,278	0.71	0	0	0	0
		Total		81,381	4.34	0	0	0	0
	The New Left		Humanist Green Alliance	8,528	0.46	0	0	0	0
			Independents	3,740	0.20	0	0	0	0
		Total		12,268	0.65	0	0	0	0
	Independents			41,233	2.20	0	0	0	0
Appointed senators						0	8	8	–1
Total				1,874,127	100.00	18	28	46	–1
Valid votes				1,874,127	91.61
Invalid/blank votes				171,554	8.39
Total votes				2,045,681	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,265,560	90.29
Source: SERVEL, Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies[]

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	1,827,373	27.12	37	–1
			Socialist Party of Chile	803,719	11.93	15	New
			Party for Democracy	798,206	11.84	15	–1
			Radical Party of Chile	200,837	2.98	2	–3
			Chilean Social Democracy Party	53,377	0.79	0	New
			Independents	49,764	0.74	1	–8
		Total		3,733,276	55.40	70	0
	Union for the Progress of Chile		National Renewal	1,098,852	16.31	29	0
			Independent Democratic Union	816,104	12.11	15	+4
			Union of the Centrist Center	216,639	3.21	2	New
			Party of the South	13,422	0.20	0	0
			National Party	2,688	0.04	0	0
			Independents	324,084	4.81	4	–4
		Total		2,471,789	36.68	50	+2
	Leftist Democratic Alternative		Communist Party of Chile	336,034	4.99	0	New
			Popular Unitary Action Movement	6,644	0.10	0	New
			Independents	87,817	1.30	0	–
		Total		430,495	6.39	0	0
	The New Left		Humanist Green Alliance	67,733	1.01	0	–1
			Ecologist Movement	2,215	0.03	0	New
			Independents	26,247	0.39	0	–
		Total		96,195	1.43	0	–1
	Independents			7,104	0.11	0	–1
Total				6,738,859	100.00	120	0
Valid votes				6,738,859	91.25
Invalid/blank votes				646,157	8.75
Total votes				7,385,016	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,085,493	91.34
Source: SERVEL

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