1997 Chilean parliamentary election

1997 Chilean parliamentary election
	Chamber of Deputies
	All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
	Senate
	20 of the 48 seats in the Senate

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1997.^[1] The Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance maintained its majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Results



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Won	Not up	Total	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	1,238,540	29.22	10	4	14	+1
			Socialist Party of Chile	617,947	14.58	1	3	4	–1
			Party for Democracy	182,076	4.29	0	2	2	0
			Social Democrat Radical Party	76,091	1.79	0	0	0	–1
		Total		2,114,654	49.88	11	9	20	–1
	Union for Chile		Independent Democratic Union	728,680	17.19	2	3	5	+2
			National Renewal	629,394	14.85	2	5	7	–4
			Independents	195,118	4.60	4	1	5	+3
		Total		1,553,192	36.64	9	8	17	+1
	The Left		Communist Party of Chile	357,825	8.44	0	0	0	0
			Independents	8,406	0.20	0	0	0	0
		Total		366,231	8.64	0	0	0	0
	Chile 2000		Progressive Union of the Centrist Center	18,023	0.43	0	1	1	0
			Independents	93,150	2.20	0	0	0	–
		Total		111,173	2.62	0	1	1	–
	Humanist Party			94,116	2.22	0	0	0	0
Appointed senators						9	0	9	+1
Former presidents						1	0	1	+1
Total				4,239,366	100.00	30	18	48	+2

Valid votes				4,239,366	83.08
Invalid/blank votes				863,540	16.92
Total votes				5,102,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,794,935	88.06
Source: Nohlen, SERVEL, IPU



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	1,331,745	22.98	38	+1
			Party for Democracy	727,293	12.55	16	+1
			Socialist Party of Chile	640,397	11.05	11	–4
			Social Democratic Radical Party	181,538	3.13	4	+2
			Independents	46,719	0.81	0	–1
		Total		2,927,692	50.51	69	–1
	Union for Chile		National Renewal	971,903	16.77	23	–6
			Independent Democratic Union	837,736	14.45	17	+2
			Party of the South	20,813	0.36	1	+1
			Independents	270,940	4.67	6	+2
		Total		2,101,392	36.26	47	–1
	The Left		Communist Party of Chile	398,588	6.88	0	0
			New People's Alliance	8,971	0.15	0	New
			Independents	26,589	0.46	0	0
		Total		434,148	7.49	0	0
	Humanist Party			168,597	2.91	0	0
	Chile 2000		Progressive Union of the Centrist Center	68,822	1.19	2	0
			Independents	55,100	0.95	0	–
		Total		123,922	2.14	2	0
	Independents			40,022	0.69	2	+2
Total				5,795,773	100.00	120	0

Valid votes				5,795,773	82.25
Invalid/blank votes				1,250,578	17.75
Total votes				7,046,351	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,077,743	87.23
Source: SERVEL

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

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