2001 Chilean parliamentary election

December 16, 2001

All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 18 of 49 seats in the Senate

Party % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies Concertación 47.90% 62 −7 Alliance for Chile 44.27% 57 +10 Senate Concertación 51.32% 20 0 Alliance for Chile 44.03% 18 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 16 December 2001.^[1] The Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance remained the largest faction in the Chamber of Deputies, but saw its majority in the Chamber reduced to just two seats.

Results

Senate

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Won	Not up	Total
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	395,728	22.84	2	10	12
			Socialist Party	254,905	14.71	4	1	5
			Party for Democracy	219,335	12.66	3	0	3
			Social Democrat Radical Party	19,025	1.10	0	0	0
		Total		888,993	51.32	9	11	20
	Alliance for Chile		National Renewal	342,045	19.74	4	3	7
			Independent Democratic Union	263,035	15.18	3	6	9
			Independents	157,639	9.10	2	0	2
		Total		762,719	44.03	9	9	18
	Communist Party			45,735	2.64	0	0	0
	Humanist Party			6,465	0.37	0	0	0
	Liberal Party			1,407	0.08	0	0	0
	Independents			27,096	1.56	0	0	0
Appointed senators						–	–	9
Former presidents						–	–	2
Total				1,732,415	100.00	18	20	49
Valid votes				1,732,415	87.72
Invalid/blank votes				242,602	12.28
Total votes				1,975,017	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,307,154	85.60
Source: SERVEL, Nohlen, IPU, World Factbook

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Concertación		Christian Democratic Party	1,162,210	18.92	23	–15
			Party for Democracy	782,333	12.73	20	+4
			Socialist Party	614,434	10.00	10	–1
			Social Democratic Radical Party	248,821	4.05	6	+2
			Independents	135,191	2.20	3	+3
		Total		2,942,989	47.90	62	–7
	Alliance for Chile		Independent Democratic Union	1,547,209	25.18	31	+14
			National Renewal	845,865	13.77	18	–5
			Independents	327,121	5.32	8	+2
		Total		2,720,195	44.27	57	+10
	Communist Party			320,688	5.22	0	0
	Humanist Party			69,692	1.13	0	0
	Liberal Party			3,475	0.06	0	New
	Independents			86,964	1.42	1	–1
Total				6,144,003	100.00	120	0
Valid votes				6,144,003	87.34
Invalid/blank votes				890,289	12.66
Total votes				7,034,292	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,075,446	87.11
Source: SERVEL

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