2017 Chilean general election

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Presidential election

19 November 2017 (first round) 17 December 2017 (second round)

Candidate Sebastián Piñera Alejandro Guillier Party Independent Independent Alliance Chile Vamos Force of the Majority Popular vote 3,796,918 3,160,628 Percentage 54.57% 45.43%

First round results by commune Second Round results by commune

President before election Michelle Bachelet Socialist Elected President Sebastián Piñera Independent

Chamber of Deputies

All 155 seats

Party % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies Chile Vamos 38.68 72 +23 Force of the Majority 24.06 43 −1 Broad Front 16.49 20 +17 Democratic Convergence 10.68 14 −9 All Over Chile 3.92 1 +1 Green Regionalist 1.92 4 +3 Independents 1.75 1 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chamber of deputies election result

Senate

23 of the 43 seats

Party % Seats +/– Chile Vamos 37.71 12 +5 Force of the Majority 22.82 7 +3 Democratic Convergence 14.32 3 −1 Broad Front 11.06 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Senate election result

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General elections were held in Chile on 19 November 2017, including presidential, parliamentary and regional elections.

Voters went to the polls to elect:

• A President of the Republic to serve a four-year term.
• Twenty three of 43 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress.
• The full 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress.
• The full 278 members of the regional boards to serve a four-year term.

In the presidential election, former president Sebastián Piñera received a lower-than-expected 36% of the vote, nearly 14 points ahead of senator Alejandro Guillier, who was backed by the sitting administration. In the runoff election on 17 December 2017, Piñera surprised many by defeating Guillier with 54% of the vote, and turnout was two points higher than in the first round.

In the parliamentary elections, the Chile Vamos coalition, which supported Piñera's candidacy, won 46% of the Chamber of Deputies and 44% of the Senate, while the governing New Majority alliance, which competed without the Christian Democrats for the first time in 28 years, failed to retain its majority in both chambers, receiving just 28% and 35% in the lower and upper chambers, respectively. The leftist bloc Broad Front elected 20 deputies (13%) and gained one senator. The Christian Democratic Party received 9% of the lower chamber and secured 14% of the Senate.

Following an election reform in 2015, the Chamber of Deputies grew in size to 155 members from the previous 120, while the Senate increased its membership from 38 to 43 after this election, and will grow to 50 following the election in 2021.^[1] Multi-seat constituencies were reestablished, replacing the previous binomial system of two seats per district, installed by the outgoing Pinochet dictatorship in 1989.^[2][3] For the first time, a 40% gender quota was put in place for candidates of each political party in parliamentary elections.^[4]

All the newly elected officials began their terms on 11 March 2018.

This was the first non-primary election in which Chilean citizens voted from abroad.^[5]

Presidential primaries

According to the Constitution, primaries are voluntary but its results are binding.^[6] Sebastián Piñera won the Chile Vamos primary with 58% of the vote while Beatriz Sánchez became the Broad Front (Frente Amplio) nominee with nearly 68%.^[7]

Presidential candidates

Summary of candidates

These candidates officially registered their candidacies before the national election authority (Servel), either directly, or via a primary election victory. All candidacies were accepted (met legal requirements) by the Servel on September 1, 2017^[8] and were officially registered on September 12, 2017, after no legal challenges were raised.^[9]

Candidate	Endorsement	Ideology
Eduardo Artés Patriotic Union	Patriotic Union	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Marco Enríquez-Ominami Progressive Party	Progressive Party	Democratic socialism Progressivism
Carolina Goic Christian Democratic Party	Christian Democratic Party
Alejandro Guillier Independent	The Force of the Majority: MAS Region Communist Party Citizen Left Party for Democracy Social Democrat Radical Party Socialist Party Independent electors
José Antonio Kast Independent	Independent electors	Conservatism Right-wing populism
Alejandro Navarro País	País
Sebastián Piñera Independent	Chile Vamos: Political Evolution Independent Regionalist Party National Renewal Independent Democratic Union Amplitude
Beatriz Sánchez Independent	Broad Front (Frente Amplio): Humanist Party Liberal Party Democratic Revolution Power Green Ecologist Party Equality Party

Chile Vamos

Nominee

2017 Chile Vamos Candidate
Sebastián Piñera
for President
President of Chile (2010–2014)
[7][10]

Candidates

The former president was proclaimed as candidate by the Independent Regionalist Party on 17 December 2016,^[11] by the Independent Democratic Union on 24 March 2017,^[12] and two days later by his former party, National Renewal.^[13] On 2 July 2017 Sebastián Piñera won the Chile Vamos primary, thereby officially becoming a presidential candidate. On 8 July 2017, Amplitude —a party that is not member of Chile Vamos— proclaimed him as its candidate.^[14] On 6 August 2017, Political Evolution, which had supported Felipe Kast during the primaries, officially joined Piñera's campaign team.^[15]

Sebastián Piñera won the primary with 58% of the vote.^[10]

Candidates in this section are sorted by reverse date of withdrawal from the primary
Manuel José Ossandón (Ind-RN)	Felipe Kast (Evopoli)	Alberto Espina (RN)	Francisco Chahuán (RN)	Francisco de la Maza (UDI)
Senator from Santiago Metropolitan Region (2014–present)	Deputy from Central Santiago (2014–2018)	Senator from Araucanía (2002–2018)	Senator from Valparaíso Region (2010–present)	Mayor of Las Condes (2000–2016)
LN: 2 July 2017 372,215 votes	LN: 2 July 2017 218,489 votes	W: 21 March 2017	W: 6 March 2017	W: 11 September 2016
[16][10]	[17][10]	[18][19]	[20][21]	[22][23]

The Force of the Majority

Presidential nominee

2017 The Force of the Majority Candidate
Alejandro Guillier
for President
Senator from Antofagasta Region (2014–present)
[24][25][26]

Candidates

Alejandro Guillier was proclaimed by the Social Democrat Radical Party as candidate on 7 January 2017.^[27] On 9 April 2017 he was chosen by the Socialist Party's Central Committee as its candidate after a secret election in which he beat former president Ricardo Lagos by nearly two-thirds of the vote;^[28] he was proclaimed as candidate by that party on 21 April 2017.^[29] On 7 May 2017, the Communist Party proclaimed him as their candidate.^[30] On 13 May 2017 the Party for Democracy unanimously proclaimed him as their candidate in a show of hands.^[31] As the New Majority coalition failed to organize a primary and Guillier decided to stay as an independent, he was forced to collect thousands of signatures in order to compete.^[32] On 4 August 2017 he officially registered his candidacy before the Servel, presenting 61,403 signatures, more than the 33 thousand needed to register an independent candidacy.^[24][25][26]

Candidates in this section are sorted by reverse date of withdrawal from the failed primaries
Carolina Goic (PDC)	Ricardo Lagos (PPD)	Fernando Atria (PS)	José Miguel Insulza (PS)	Francisco Huenchumilla (PDC)	Jorge Tarud (PPD)	Ignacio Walker (PDC)	Isabel Allende (PS)
Senator from Magallanes (2014–present)	President of Chile (2000–2006)	University of Chile Law professor (2011–present)	Secretary General of the Organization of American States (2005–2015)	Intendant of Araucanía (2014–2015)	Deputy from South Maule (2002–2018)	Senator from Valparaíso Region (2010–2018)	Senator from Atacama (2010–present)
W: 29 April 2017 Announced to run directly as PDC nominee	W: 10 April 2017	W: 1 April 2017	W: 1 April 2017	W: 5 February 2017	W: 14 January 2017	W: 3 December 2016	W: 28 October 2016
[33]	[34][35]	[36]	[36]	[37]	[38]	[39]	[40]

Broad Front

Nominee

2017 Broad Front Candidate
Beatriz Sánchez
for President
TV and Radio Journalist
[41][10]

Candidates

The journalist announced on 21 March 2017 during her own radio show that she was quitting her job to think about the possibility of running for president.^[42] On 31 March 2017 she gained the official support from both Democratic Revolution and Autonomist Movement.^[43] She launched her candidacy on 3 April 2017 at a rally near Plaza Baquedano in Santiago.^[44] On 16 April 2017 she was proclaimed as candidate by the Humanist Party,^[45] and on 23 April 2017 the Libertarian Left gave her its support.^[46] On 9 May 2017 she was proclaimed as candidate by the Poder party,^[47] and four days later by the Progressive Democratic Movement.^[48] On 14 May 2017 the Autonomous Left proclaimed her as their candidate.^[49] On 29 May 2017 the Liberal Party proclaimed her as their candidate,^[50] while on 6 June 2017, the Green Ecologist Party did the same.^[51] On 2 July 2017 she won the Broad Front primary with nearly 68% of the vote. Her primary win was officially sanctioned by the Election Court (Tricel) on 24 July 2017 during a ceremony in Santiago.^[41] On 31 July 2017, Sánchez presented her campaign team, which included members of the Equality Party, which had supported her primary opponent, Alberto Mayol.^[52]

Candidates in this section are sorted by reverse date of withdrawal from the primary
Alberto Mayol (Ind.)	Luis Mariano Rendón (Ind-Pirate)	Claudia Sanhueza (RD)	Sebastián Depolo (RD)	Luis Mesina (Ind.)
USACH Management and Public Policies professor (2013–present)	Chair of the Ecological Action Network	UDP Economics professor	Leader of Democratic Revolution (2015–2016)	Chair of No+AFP Workers Cordinator (2016–present)
LN: 2 July 2017 106,300 votes	V: 13 April 2017	W: 21 March 2017	W: 21 March 2017	W: 10 January 2017
[53][10]	[54][55]	[56]	[57]	[58][59]

Other candidates

Independent Candidate	2017 Christian Democratic Candidate	2017 Progressive Candidate	2017 Patriotic Union Candidate	2017 País Candidate
José Antonio Kast	Carolina Goic	Marco Enríquez-Ominami	Eduardo Artés	Alejandro Navarro
for President	for President	for President	for President	for President
Deputy from La Reina and Peñalolén (2002–2018)	Senator from Magallanes (2014–present)	2013 Presidential Candidate	Public Education History teacher	Senator from Biobío (2014–present)
The current deputy and former UDI party member stated on 8 March 2017 he would not participate in a Chile Vamos primary and would instead collect the necessary signatures needed to become an independent candidate to run directly in the November 2017 election.[60] On 18 August 2017 he officially registered his independent candidacy before the Servel, presenting 43,461 signatures.[61]	Main article: New Majority presidential primary, 2017 The current senator for Magallanes was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as candidate on 11 March 2017.[62] On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years.[63] On 11 May 2017 Goic officially registered her pre-candidacy before the Servel, accompanied by former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle.[64] On 19 August 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Servel.[65]	The former candidate in the past two presidential elections announced his candidacy on 7 September 2016.[66] On 19 May 2017 he officially registered his pre-candidacy before the election authority.[67] On 20 August 2017 his party officially registered his candidacy before the Servel.[68]	The teacher and president of the Patriotic Union was registered before the Servel by his party on 22 July 2017.[69]	The current senator for Biobío and former MAS party member announced his intention to run as president on 24 March 2017. He has the support of the newly formed País party.[70] On 18 August 2017 País officially registered his candidacy before the Servel.[61]

Unsuccessful candidacies

• Carola Canelo (Ind.): The lawyer and academic announced on 16 November 2016 her intention to run for president.^[71] On 21 August 2017 —the deadline to register candidacies— the press reported that her official website stated that she had only gathered 6,257 out of the 33,493 signatures needed to register an independent candidacy.^[72]
• Tomás Jocelyn-Holt (Ind.): The 2013 candidate announced on 7 June 2017, during a television interview, that he was willing to run again as president, representing The Other Chile (El Otro Chile) coalition.^[73] However, on 15 August 2017 he said he had failed to gather the required number of signatures to register as an independent candidate though he vowed to run in 2022.^[74]
• Nicolás Larraín (Ind.): On 12 December 2016, the television host announced his presidential candidacy.^[75] On 19 June 2017 he announced he was quitting his candidacy and giving his support to then Chile Vamos primary candidate for Evópoli Felipe Kast.^[76]
• Franco Parisi (Ind.): The former presidential candidate stated on 17 January 2017 he was mulling over the possibility of running again in 2017 after the Regional Democracy party said it would support him.^[77] On 4 August 2017, he put an end to his presidential candidacy, opting instead to compete for a seat in the Senate.^[78]
• Luis Riveros (Ind.): The former rector of the University of Chile said on 28 October 2016 he was willing to run for president.^[79] On 7 April 2017, La Tercera daily announced he was stepping out of the race.^[80]

Opinion polling

Presidential election

Results

Chamber of Deputies election

Revised provisional results.

Distribution by parties (left) and coalitions (right)
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Chile Vamos		National Renewal	1,067,270	17.80	36
			Independent Democratic Union	957,245	15.96	30
			Evópoli	255,221	4.26	6
			Independent Regionalist Party	39,692	0.66	0
		Total		2,319,428	38.68	72
	The Force of the Majority		Socialist Party	585,128	9.76	19
			Party for Democracy	365,988	6.10	8
			Communist Party	275,096	4.59	8
			Social Democrat Radical Party	216,355	3.61	8
		Total		1,442,567	24.06	43
	Broad Front		Democratic Revolution	343,019	5.72	10
			Humanist Party	253,787	4.23	5
			Equality Party	129,232	2.16	1
			Green Ecologist Party	128,629	2.14	1
			Citizen Power	87,456	1.46	1
			Liberal Party	46,605	0.78	2
		Total		988,728	16.49	20
	Democratic Convergence		Christian Democratic Party	616,550	10.28	14
			Citizen Left	14,358	0.24	0
			MAS Region	9,582	0.16	0
		Total		640,490	10.68	14
	All Over Chile		Progressive Party	199,566	3.33	1
			País	35,469	0.59	0
		Total		235,035	3.92	1
	Green Regionalist Coalition		Social Green Regionalist Federation	94,666	1.58	4
			Patagonian Regional Democracy	20,575	0.34	0
		Total		115,241	1.92	4
	Sumemos		Amplitude	61,319	1.02	0
			Citizens	30,286	0.51	0
			Everybody	2,888	0.05	0
		Total		94,493	1.58	0
	Patriotic Union			51,348	0.86	0
	Revolutionary Workers Party			4,663	0.08	0
	Independents			104,717	1.75	1
Total				5,996,710	100.00	155
Valid votes				5,996,710	89.84
Invalid votes				317,742	4.76
Blank votes				360,694	5.40
Total votes				6,675,146	100.00
Source: Servicio Electoral de Chile

Results by regions

Senate election

Revised provisional results.

Distribution by parties (left) and alliances (right)
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Won	Not up	Total
	Chile Vamos		National Renewal	349,622	20.98	6	2	8
			Independent Democratic Union	210,897	12.66	4	5	9
			Evópoli	67,801	4.07	2	0	2
		Total		628,320	37.71	12	7	19
	The Force of the Majority		Party for Democracy	200,299	12.02	4	3	7
			Socialist Party	125,247	7.52	3	4	7
			Social Democrat Radical Party	34,448	2.07	0	1	1
			Communist Party	20,209	1.21	0	0	0
		Total		380,203	22.82	7	8	15
	Democratic Convergence		Christian Democratic Party	237,983	14.28	3	3	6
			MAS Region	661	0.04	0	0	0
		Total		238,644	14.32	3	3	6
	Broad Front		Humanist Party	62,223	3.73	0	0	0
			Democratic Revolution	38,224	2.29	1	0	1
			Liberal Party	28,774	1.73	0	0	0
			Citizen Power	28,472	1.71	–	0	0
			Equality Party	26,640	1.60	0	0	0
		Total		184,333	11.06	1	0	1
	Sumemos		Amplitude	62,601	3.76	0	0	0
			Citizens	45,636	2.74	0	0	0
			Everybody	4,748	0.28	0	0	0
		Total		112,985	6.78	0	0	0
	All Over Chile		Progressive Party	15,959	0.96	0	0	0
			País	6,970	0.42	0	1	1
		Total		22,929	1.38	0	1	1
	Patriotic Union			7,312	0.44	0	0	0
	Green Regionalist Coalition		Social Green Regionalist Federation	2,397	0.14	0	0	0
			Patagonian Regional Democracy	519	0.03	0	0	0
		Total		2,916	0.17	0	0	0
	Independents			88,701	5.32	0	1	1
Total				1,666,343	100.00	23	39	85
Valid votes				1,666,343	91.59
Invalid votes				70,958	3.90
Blank votes				81,964	4.51
Total votes				1,819,265	100.00
Source: Servicio Electoral de Chile

Results by region

Arica and Parinacota

Tarapacá

Atacama

Valparaíso Region

Maule

Araucanía

Aysén

Regional Boards election

Revised provisional results.