2012 Chilean municipal election

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A municipal election took place in Chile on 28 October 2012. The newly elected mayors and councilmen will begin their term on 6 December 2012.

This was the first election carried out under a new law in which all potential voters were automatically enrolled and in which voting was made voluntary.

Results

Election press headquarters at Teatro La Cúpula in O'Higgins Park, Santiago.

Mayoral election

Preliminary results with 95.24% of polling stations counted.[1][2]

List/Party Votes % Candidates Elected
List A - Igualdad Para Chile 36,336 0.69 23 0
    Partido Igualdad 19,034 0.36 12 0
    Independents List A 17,302 0.32 11 0
List B - Regionalistas e Independientes 126,510 2.40 67 5
    Partido Regionalista de los Independientes 39,958 0.75 28 2
    Independents List B 86,552 1.64 39 3
List C - El Cambio Por Tí 155,964 2.96 77 7
    Partido Progresista 83,558 1.58 44 3
    Partido Ecologista Verde 142 0.00 1 0
    Independents List C 72,264 1.37 32 4
List D - Chile Está en Otra 9,776 0.18 5 0
    Chileprimero 123 0.00 1 0
    Independents List D 9,653 0.18 4 0
List E - Por un Chile Justo 720,865 13.70 112 62
    Partido Comunista de Chile 72,784 1.38 7 4
    Partido por la Democracia 346,893 6.59 61 37
    Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 174,340 3.31 27 13
    Independents List E 126,848 2.41 17 8
List F - Concertación Democrática 1,546,773 29.40 225 106
    Partido Demócrata Cristiano 865,278 16.44 120 55
    Partido Socialista de Chile 519,373 9.87 70 31
    Independents List F 162,122 3.08 35 20
List G - Más Humanos 82,666 1.57 54 3
    Partido Humanista 33,144 0.62 25 1
    Movimiento Amplio Social 30,449 0.57 8 1
    Independents List G 19,073 0.36 21 1
List H - Coalición 1,971,651 37.47 333 121
    Unión Demócrata Independiente 946,742 17.99 131 47
    Renovación Nacional 621,915 11.82 118 40
    Independents List H 402,994 7.65 84 34
List I - Por el Desarrollo del Norte 33,864 0.64 2 1
    Independents List I 33,864 0.64 2 1
Independents (out of pact) 576,664 10.96 261 40
Valid votes 5,261,069 100.00
Null votes 148,726
Blank votes 86,134
Total votes 5,495,929
Total voters enrolled 13,404,084 43.05% turnout (est.)
Voting age population 12,835,981 104.43% registered

Councilmen election

Preliminary results with 76.95% of polling stations counted.[1][2]

List/Party Votes % Candidates Elected
List A - Igualdad Para Chile 33,361 0.81 135 1
List B - Regionalistas e Independientes 312,651 7.63 1,514 136
List C - El Cambio Por Tí 184,830 4.51 960 46
List D - Chile Está en Otra 5,990 0.14 37 1
List E - Por un Chile Justo 905,092 22.10 2,085 499
    PPD e Independientes 407,088 9.94 793 269
    PRSD e Independientes 234,800 5.73 718 128
    PCCH + IC e Independientes 263,204 6.42 574 102
List F - Concertación Democrática 1,120,472 27.36 2,126 663
    PDC e Independientes 618,996 15.11 1,095 387
    PS e Independientes 501,476 12.24 1,031 276
List G - Más Humanos 125,215 3.05 671 31
    PH e Independientes 76,487 1.86 458 19
    MAS e Independientes 48,728 1.19 213 12
List H - Coalición 1,349,211 32.94 2,209 833
    RN e Independientes 643,269 15.70 1,101 407
    UDI e Independientes 705,942 17.24 1,108 426
List I - Por el Desarrollo del Norte 18,476 0.45 27 6
Independents (out of pact) 39,434 0.96 134 6
Valid votes 4,094,732 100.00
Null votes 187,759
Blank votes 140,434
Total votes 4,422,925
Total voters enrolled 13,404,084 42.88% turnout (est.)
Voting age population 12,835,981 104.43% registered

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Interior Ministry" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ^ a b "Gobierno entrega último boletín con resultados de las elecciones municipales 2012" (in Spanish). 2012-10-29. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-11-01.