2009–10 Chilean general election

none October 2022 Chile 2005–06 Chilean general election 2005–06 2013 Chilean general election 2013 yes Presidential election presidential 13 December 2009 (first round)17 January 2010 (second round) 8,285,186 87.68% (first round) 0.01pp86.94% (second round) 0.18pp Piñera (2010).jpg Sebastián Piñera National Renewal (Chile) Coalition for Change 3,591,182 51.61% 4682b4 Eduardo Frei Chiledebate.jpg Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Christian Democratic Party (Chile) Concertación 3,367,790 48.39% ffa500 275px First round results by commune 275px Second round results by commune 2 President Michelle Bachelet Socialist Party of Chile Sebastián Piñera National Renewal (Chile) yes Chamber of Deputies All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 61 13 December 2009 yes Concertación & Juntos Podemos 57 44.35 65 Coalition for Change 58 43.45 54 Clean Chile, Vote Happy green 3 5.39 1 File:2009ChileDeputiesElectionMap.svg yes Senate 18 of the 38 seats in the Senate 13 December 2009 yes Coalition for Change 17 45.19 17 Concertación & Juntos Podemos 19 43.27 20 Clean Chile, Vote Happy green 1 6.44 0 General elections were held in Chile on Sunday 13 December 2009 to elect the president, all 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 18 of the 38 members of the Senate were up for election. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held between the top two candidates—Sebastián Piñera and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle—on Sunday 17 January 2010.Cronograma Electoral https://web.archive.org/web/20110617112708/http://www.servel.cl/servel/Controls/Neochannels/Neo_CH397/Deploy/cronograma_2009.pdf 2011-06-17 , Servel Piñera won the runoff with 52% of the vote and succeeded Michelle Bachelet on 11 March 2010. In the Congressional elections, the centre-right Coalition for Change improved on the Alliance for Chile's result in 2005 by winning 58 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, while the governing center-left Concertación (CPD) was reduced to 57 seats. Three communist MPs were elected (Guillermo Teillier, Hugo Gutiérrez and Lautaro Carmona), while incumbent Speaker of the Chamber, Rodrigo Álvarez (UDI) was defeated by Marcela Sabat (RN). Background Chilean politics is dominated by two main coalitions: the center-left Concert of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia), composed of the Christian Democrat Party, the Socialist Party, the Party for Democracy, and the Social Democrat Radical Party; and the center-righthttp://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12522950 Premium content Economist.com 2008-10-30 2010-02-01 Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile), composed of the Independent Democratic Union and National Renewal. The Concertación selected former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle as their candidate, while the Alianza chose former presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera, who is supported by the newly created Coalition for Change electoral group. The far-left Juntos Podemos Más pact selected former Socialist Party member Jorge Arrate as its candidate. Another former Socialist party member, deputy Marco Enríquez-Ominami (MEO), ran as independent. Presidential candidates Candidate Endorsement Political spectrum 50px|leftJorge ArrateCommunist Party of Chile 50px|leftJuntos Podemos MásNew Lefthttp://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090905/pags/20090905143407.html Nueva Izquierda se sumó a la candidatura de Jorge Arrate Cooperativa.cl 2009-09-05 2010-02-01 Left 50px|leftMarco Enríquez-OminamiIndependent 50px|leftNew Majority for ChileBroad Social Movementhttp://latercera.com/contenido/654_188496_9.shtml MAS se integra formalmente a comando de Marco Enríquez-Ominami | PAÍS latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190156/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_188496_9.shtml dead Center-left 50px|leftEduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleChristian Democrat Party 50px|leftConcertaciónCountry Force Center-left 50px|leftSebastián PiñeraNational Renewal 50px|leftCoalition for Change Center-right Coalition for Change candidate 150px|center 150px|centerSebastián Piñera(RN) Both Alliance for Chile parties —RN and UDI— chose Sebastián Piñera as their candidate for president, now under the banner of a larger electoral pact, the Coalition for Change, which also includes the newly formed party ChileFirst and other minor groups. Party pre-candidates Party Candidate Remarks 100px|centerRN 100px|centerSebastián Piñera Piñera participated in Hernán Büchi's 1989 presidential campaign and was later elected to the Senate. He was a potential presidential nominee in 1993, but his chances were ruined by a conflict with Evelyn Matthei that came to be known as Piñeragate. In 1999 he again attempted to be the nominee, but was defeated in the convention by Joaquín Lavín. In 2005 he shook the political scene by jumping into the first round independently of the UDI. Polls show him narrowly beating Frei in a runoff scenario. He was officially proclaimed by RN on 8 August 2009.http://latercera.com/contenido/674_166340_9.shtml Sebastián Piñera es proclamado como candidato presidencial de RN | POLÍTICA latercera.com 2010-02-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190058/http://latercera.com/contenido/674_166340_9.shtml 2011-07-13 He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 9 September 2009.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_179733_9.shtml Piñera inscribe candidatura ante el Servel y augura buen resultado de la 'Roja' | PAÍS latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190111/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_179733_9.shtml dead 100px|centerUDI 100px|centerSebastián Piñera The UDI officially proclaimed Piñera as its candidate on 22 August 2009.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090822/pags/20090822190033.html Coloma: Piñera es el candidato presidencial de la UDI para dirigir Chile Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 Piñera had been proposed as the party's candidate by the UDI's Consejo Directivo in December 2008.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20081213/pags/20081213085725.html UDI informó que no pondrán condiciones a Piñera sino "elementos claves" Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 Pre-candidates: Evelyn Matthei: She is the daughter of Air Force General Fernando Matthei, a member of the military junta that took power in the 1973 coup. She was a member of National Renewal, but in 1992 was embroiled in a conflict with Sebastián Piñera, ending with her leaving the party and joining the UDI. She has been mentioned as a potential UDI candidate, considering she is among the leading proponents of having the UDI bring its own candidate to the first round. She has said it would be "fun" to compete against Piñera. Longueira said on 9 October 2008 that she would be an excellent candidate. On 11 October 2008, she said she was willing to run for president.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_61341_9.shtml La Tercera - Matthei: "Estoy dispuesta a ser candidata en las próximas elecciones presidenciales" Latercera.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090710030641/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_61341_9.shtml 2009-07-10 dead She announced her precandidacy on 14 October 2008.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_62451_9.shtml La Tercera - Evelyn Matthei se reconoció precandidata presidencial Latercera.cl 2008-10-14 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090601070225/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_62451_9.shtml 2009-06-01 dead Potential candidates: 50px|leftJoaquín Lavín: He earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago. Afterwards, in 1992, Lavín was elected mayor of Las Condes, a stronghold of the right, with 31% of the vote and reelected in 1997 with 78% of the vote. Lavín was the presidential candidate for the UDI-RN coalition Alliance for Chile in the 1999 election. He eventually lost to PS/PPD candidate Ricardo Lagos in a runoff by 200,000 votes. Lavín again represented UDI in the 2005 presidential election, but ended in third place with 23.23% of the vote, due to the presence of another right-wing candidate in the race, Sebastián Piñera, who made it to the runoff election with 25.41% of the vote. Pablo Longueira urged him to run for a third time for the presidential elections, but he refused and ended up running for a senate seat in the Valparaíso Region which he lost.Longueira: "Lavín debe ser candidato presidencial" | Emol.com Hernán Larraín: He is a senator and former president of the UDI. Longueira said on 9 October 2008 that he would be an excellent candidate. Declined candidacies: Hernán Büchi: A possible candidacy by the 1990 presidential candidate generated buzz within the UDI in June 2007. He has however declined a candidacy. Pablo Longueira: The senator officially launched his candidacy on 30 March 2007. He had announced his plans before the 2005 election took place. He stepped down "momentarily" due to "low party support" on 3 May 2007.Emol.com - Longueira baja por ahora su candidatura presidencial ante escaso apoyo de la UDI Jacqueline van Rysselberghe: The mayor of Concepción was proclaimed, on 11 October 2006, as candidate by five UDI deputies from the Biobío Region. She has refused to campaign for the nomination, however, preferring to concentrate on her 2008 campaign for reelection as mayor. She was reelected as Concepción mayor in October 2008. 100px|centerCH1 100px|centerSebastián PiñeraChileFirst decided to support Piñera on 29 March 2009 after its leader, senator Fernando Flores, declined to run for president. It officially proclaimed him on 15 August 2009.http://pinera2010.cl/2009/08/15/chileprimero-proclamo-a-sebastian-pinera-como-su-candidato-presidencial/ Piñera es el candidato de ChilePrimero | Sebastián Piñera 2010 Pinera2010.cl 2010-01-18 2010-02-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120226184301/http://www.pinera2010.cl/2009/08/15/chileprimero-proclamo-a-sebastian-pinera-como-su-candidato-presidencial/ 26 February 2012 Declined candidacies: Fernando Flores: The former minister of Salvador Allende and current senator launched a failed presidential bid for the 2005 election. He resigned from the PPD in early 2007 and launched a new party, ChileFirst. On 29 March 2009 ChileFirst decided to support Piñera after Flores declined to run for president.Diario La Nación Online http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090328/pags/20090328224642.html Apoyo a Piñera profundiza división en Chile Primero La Nacion.cl 2010-02-01 1 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090401124441/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090328/pags/20090328224642.html dead Concertación candidate 150px|center 150px|centerEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle(PDC) The Concertación selected former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle from the Christian Democrat Party as its single candidate for president. The selection process involved a single regional primary on 5 April 2009 in the Maule and O'Higgins regions between Frei and José Antonio Gómez Urrutia from the Social Democrat Radical Party. Frei won with 65% versus 35% for Gómez. Had the percentage difference between both candidates been less than 20%, the selection process would have continued with additional primaries in other regions until 17 May. Frei was legally proclaimed as presidential candidate by the PPD on 1 August 2009http://www.cooperativa.cl/frei-ratifico-disposicion-a-intervenir-para-resolver-pugna-en-la-concertacion/prontus_nots/2009-08-01/175213.html# Frei ratificó disposición a "intervenir" para resolver pugna en la Concertación Cooperativa.cl 2009-08-01 2010-02-01 and by the PDC, PS and PRSD on 22 August 2009.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090822/pags/20090822212626.html Proclamación radical completó alineación de partidos de la Concertación tras Eduardo Frei Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 12 September 2009.http://latercera.com/contenido/674_180967_9.shtml Frei inscribe candidatura en el Servel acompañado de Angela Jeria | POLÍTICA latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190137/http://latercera.com/contenido/674_180967_9.shtml dead Party pre-candidates Each Concertación party selected its own pre-candidate for president. Only Frei and Gómez submitted their candidacies before the 26 January 2009 deadline. Party Candidate Remarks PRSD 100px|centerJosé Antonio Gómez Urrutia He was proclaimed by his party on 13 November 2008. He had announced his pre-candidacy two days earlier.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_72995_9.shtml La Tercera - Gómez es proclamado abanderado presidencial del Partido Radical Latercera.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090527102246/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_72995_9.shtml 2009-05-27 dead 100px|centerPDC 100px|centerEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle He was proclaimed by his party on 13 December 2008.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=335041 DC proclama a Frei como su candidato presidencial Emol.com 2010-02-01 2009-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20090216205229/http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=335041 dead Other candidates: Pablo Lorenzini: On 16 December 2008, he said he was supporting Frei's candidacy.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_84701_9.shtml Lorenzini envía apoyo a Frei y a directiva DC antes de ser operado latercera.com 2008-12-16 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185454/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_84701_9.shtml dead Marcelo Trivelli: He announced his candidacy on 10 June 2007 during a television interview. Despite his lack of a support base, he declared himself the candidate of "honesty and sincerity" and respect towards the Constitution.http://www.ercilla.cl/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=867&Itemid=4 Candidato Marcelo Trivelli: "LA CLASE POLITICA SE ALEJA CADA VEZ MAS DE LA REALIDAD" Ercilla https://web.archive.org/web/20071018042600/http://ercilla.cl/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=867&Itemid=4 2007-10-18 dead Trivelli received heavy criticism from his own party because of his decision to run, and many party members declared it was not the appropriate time for candidacies.http://www.lnd.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070613/pags/20070613205632.html DC: surgen voces que aíslan opción de Marcelo Trivelli La Nación Trivelli has embarked on a number of trips around the country in order to create enough support to sustain his candidacy.http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5664_294185829,00.html Marcelo Trivelli atribuye su baja en las encuestas a sus recorridos por Chile La Tercera https://web.archive.org/web/20070903230717/http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5664_294185829,00.html 2007-09-03 dead Declined candidacy: 50px|leftSoledad Alvear: She was constantly mentioned as a potential contender in 2009 ever since she resigned from her candidacy in favor of Bachelet. Her supporters, the alvearistas, controlled most of the PDC institutions and she commanded widespread support in the party, despite the vocal opposition of fellow Senator Adolfo Zaldívar. On 6 December 2007, she was unofficially proclaimed a presidential candidate by Christian Democrat deputy Pablo Lorenzini.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=284354 Lorenzini proclama a Soledad Alvear como candidata presidencial El Mercurio Online She declared herself a candidate on 23 June 2008 during a television interview.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=309911 Soledad Alvear reconoce que es precandidata presidencial es EMOL 2008-06-24 2008-06-24 On 28 October 2008, she stepped out of the race for the presidency and resigned as PDC president after disappointing results in the municipal elections held two days earlier. 100px|centerPS 100px|centerEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle The PS selected Frei as its candidate on 17 January 2009. He was the only person to submit a candidacy to the PS presidential convention. Declined candidacies: 50px|leftJosé Miguel Insulza: He declared himself a candidate on 12 December 2008.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20081212/pags/20081212094036.html Insulza afirmó que ya lo pueden llamar precandidato presidencial Cooperativa.cl 2008-12-19 2010-02-01 He, however, declined his candidacy on 5 January 2009, and gave his support to Frei. 50px|leftRicardo Lagos: His government was highly popular and his term ended with approval ratings around 60-70%. Various supporters urged him to run again in 2009. However, his popularity has lately seen a sharp fall due to the catastrophic new transport system (Transantiago), planned under his presidency. Lagos has declared all doors are open to him, but has refused to confirm whether he will participate. In March 2008, he said it was unbecoming as a former head of state to participate in a primary and would refuse to do so.http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5664_344614214,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080327221253/http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0%2C0%2C3255_5664_344614214%2C00.html 27 March 2008 Lagos ratifica que no está disponible para una primaria es 24 March 2008 26 August 2024 On 8 November 2008, he was proclaimed unanimously by the PPD's National Directive as its candidate, but Lagos never accepted the nomination.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20081108/pags/20081108184756.html PPD proclamó a Ricardo Lagos como su abanderado presidencial Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 On 2 December 2008, the PPD officially proclaimed Lagos as its candidate for the presidency.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_80029_9.shtml PPD proclama oficialmente a Ricardo Lagos como candidato presidencial latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185327/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_80029_9.shtml dead However, two days later, Lagos ruled out running for the presidency, stating in a press conference "I am not, nor will I be, a presidential candidate".Chile's Lagos bows out of presidential race PPD 100px|centerEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle The PPD selected Frei as its candidate on 24 January 2009, with 296 votes from the party's National Council, against seven for PRSD candidate José Antonio Gómez Urrutia.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=341600 Por abrumadora mayoría, Frei es proclamado candidato presidencial del PPD Emol.com 2010-02-01 Other candidates: 50px|leftSergio Bitar: In a 4 May 2007 interview with La Tercera, he said he was willing to be his party's presidential nominee if there was enough support.http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5664_266873707,00.html https://archive.today/20070802231116/http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5664_266873707,00.html dead 2007-08-02 Bitar dice que está dispuesto a ser carta presidencial del PPD La Tercera On 7 November 2008 he said that he is "without a doubt" willing to compete eventually for the presidency, but only if Ricardo Lagos's candidacy does not prosper.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_71247_9.shtml La Tercera - Bitar: "Claro que me la puedo" ante eventual candidatura presidencial Latercera.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090211074302/http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_71247_9.shtml 2009-02-11 dead He declined his candidacy on 10 November 2008, following Lagos's proclamation by his party.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_71675_9.shtml La Tercera - Bitar da paso atrás en su candidatura presidencial en favor de Lagos Latercera.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100502055032/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_71675_9.shtml 2010-05-02 dead Now that Lagos is out of the race, he may attempt a second run. Nicolás Eyzaguirre: He has said that he could participate if Lagos declines to, but he remained silent after Lagos declined his candidacy. 50px|leftRicardo Lagos: On 4 December 2008 he ruled out running for the presidency, stating in a press conference "I am not, nor will I be, a presidential candidate". Independentcandidates None Failed candidacies: Marco Enríquez-Ominami: On 15 December 2008, he announced he was available to compete with Insulza in a Socialist Party primary.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_84411_9.shtml Enríquez-Ominami se declara disponible para ser candidato presidencial latercera.com 2008-12-15 2010-02-01 2011-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185400/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_84411_9.shtml dead He, however, did not submit his candidacy to the PS presidential convention. On 9 January 2009, he agreed to compete in the Concertación primaries as independent after gaining the support of some council people and legislators.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_91396_9.shtml Enríquez-Ominami acepta ser precandidato presidencial e ir a las primarias de la Concertación latercera.com 2010-02-01 2011-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185716/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_91396_9.shtml dead Primary results 2009 Concertación presidential primary The primary was carried out on 5 April 2009 in the Maule and O'Higgins regions. Frei became the single Concertación candidate by beating Gómez by a 20-point lead, cancelling the need for further regional primaries. Final results.Resultado Comunal Final Oficial http://www.primariasconcertacion.cl/rescom.htm Primarias Concertación 2009 2009-04-08 2009-04-08 es https://web.archive.org/web/20090410074819/http://www.primariasconcertacion.cl/rescom.htm 2009-04-10 dead Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Christian Democratic Party 40140 José Antonio Gómez Urrutia Social Democrat Radical Party 21703 222 317 Juntos Podemos candidate 150px|center 150px|centerJorge Arrate(Communist Party of Chile) The Juntos Podemos Más coalition of far-left parties selected former Socialist Party member Jorge Arrate as its sole candidate for president on 25 April 2009. He was officially proclaimed as candidate on 26 April 2009.http://www.tercera.com/contenido/674_122454_9.shtml Jorge Arrate es proclamado candidato presidencial del Juntos Podemos | POLÍTICA | latercera.com Tercera.com 2009-04-26 2010-02-01 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716211215/http://www.tercera.com/contenido/674_122454_9.shtml dead In July 2009, after his candidacy lost the support of the Humanist Party, he became a member of the Communist Party in order to comply with the law and run for president. He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 9 September 2009.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_179777_9.shtml Arrate inscribe candidatura apoyado por dirigenta PS | PAÍS latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190126/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_179777_9.shtml dead Party pre-candidates Party Candidate Remarks 100px|centerPCCh 100px|centerGuillermo Teillier Teillier launched his candidacy on 26 September 2008. He said he is willing to step down in order to put forward a single candidate for the Juntos Podemos coalition of left-parties.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20080926/pags/20080926140157.html PC proclamó a Teillier como su candidato presidencial Cooperativa.cl 2008-09-26 2010-02-01 In November 2008 he said he would be willing to participate in a primary between him, Hirsch and Alejandro Navarro, who had quit the Socialist Party.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_71091_9.shtml La Tercera - Teillier dispuesto a deponer candidatura ante irrupción presidencial de Navarro Latercera.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090930184024/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_71091_9.shtml 2009-09-30 dead Teillier stepped down as Juntos Podemos pre-candidate on 25 April 2009, giving his support to Jorge Arrate, saying he was the right person according to the country's political moment.August 2024 100px|centerPH 100px|centerTomás Hirsch Hirsch was among the founders of the Humanist Party and vied unsuccessfully for seats in the Chamber of Deputies as part of the Concertación. In 1993, the PH broke off from the coalition. In 1999 he was the Humanist presidential candidate, but lost in the first round. In 2005, he again participated in the presidential campaign, now with the additional support of the communists. He garnered a little over 5% of the vote. In an interview with Biobío Radio on 1 September 2007, Hirsch criticized the Concertación and the Alianza and declared that he would he "happy to be a candidate" if the members of his coalition agree.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=274033 Tomás Hirsch insinúa su entrada al debate presidencial El Mercurio Online On 7 June 2008 he announced he intended to run for the presidency for the third time as the PH candidate, under the Juntos Podemos umbrella.El Mercurio, 8 June 2008. Independent (Socialista-allendista) 100px|centerJorge Arrate Arrate is a member of the more leftist faction of the PS and had been mentioned as a potential candidate in an alliance of this faction and the Juntos Podemos Más pact. He formally announced his candidacy on 27 January 2008, pressured by a group of socialists opposed to the Socialist Party leadership.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=290290 Ex ministro Jorge Arrate acepta ser precandidato presidencial del PS El Mercurio Online On 20 November 2008, Arrate was proclaimed as candidate by a group of Socialist Party Central Committee members.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_76189_9.shtml La Tercera - Proclaman a Jorge Arrate como candidato presidencial Latercera.cl 2008-11-20 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090731070456/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_76189_9.shtml 2009-07-31 dead Arrate resigned from the PS on 14 January 2009.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090114/pags/20090114155029.html PS recibió sin sorpresa la renuncia de Arrate Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 He was proclaimed as presidential candidate on 18 January 2009 by a group of Socialist Party members, the so-called "socialistas-allendistas".http://www.cooperativa.cl/un-sector-del-ps-proclamo-a-jorge-arrate-como-candidato-presidencial/prontus_nots/2009-01-18/142119.html Un sector del PS proclamó a Jorge Arrate como candidato presidencial Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 Primary results The election to define the sole Juntos Podemos candidate was carried out on 25 April 2009 in Santiago. Arrate beat Hirsch and became the single Juntos Podemos candidate. Final results.http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=355300 Jorge Arrate es elegido candidato presidencial del Juntos Podemos Emol.com 2010-02-01 CandidatePartyVotes%Result80px|centerJorge ArrateInd. 1,145 77.57Juntos Podemos candidate80px|centerTomás Hirsch PH 331 22.42Valid votes 1,476 100Null votes 6 0.40Blank votes 2 0.13Total votes 1,484 100 Independent candidate 150px|center 150px|centerMarco Enríquez-Ominami(Ind.) On 15 December 2008, he announced he was available to compete with Insulza in a Socialist Party primary. He, however, did not submit his candidacy to the PS presidential convention. On 9 January 2009, he agreed to compete in the Concertación primaries as independent after gaining the support of some council people and legislators. He did not submit his candidacy, however. Instead he is running as an independent and as of August 2009, polling above 20% and thus threatening to displace one of the coalition-backed candidates in the expected run-off election. He was proclaimed candidate by the Humanist and Ecologist parties plus several other leftist groups under the banner of a new electoral pact, a New Majority for Chile, on 13 September 2009.http://srv77.hosteur.com/~partidoh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=481&Itemid=7 Ph Chile - Fuerzas Políticas Proclaman Oficialmente A Enriquez-Ominami Srv77.hosteur.com 2010-02-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091025120939/http://srv77.hosteur.com/~partidoh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=481&Itemid=7 25 October 2009 He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 10 September 2009.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090910/pags/20090910114641.html Con alusiones a su padre, Enríquez-Ominami oficializó su candidatura Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 Unsuccessful candidacies Eduardo Artés (PC (AP)): He was proclaimed as a Juntos Podemos Más pre-candidate by the Communist Party (Proletarian Action) on 7 December 2007.http://eduardopresidente.blog.com/?page=2 Eduardo Artés Presidente Eduardopresidente.blog.com 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708013729/http://eduardopresidente.blog.com/?page=2 2011-07-08 dead However, on 26 July 2008, the PC (AP) left the Juntos Podemos Más pact, accusing them of abandoning their founding principles in light of the pact's electoral deal with the Concertación for the upcoming October municipal elections.http://eduardopresidente.blog.com/ Eduardo Artés Presidente Eduardopresidente.blog.com 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090907060710/http://eduardopresidente.blog.com/ 2009-09-07 dead He quit his candidacy in July 2009. He said his candidacy was just an opportunity to present new ideas to the country, as going through with the candidacy would be too economically onerous.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tb8SQagOrE https://web.archive.org/web/20130727105053/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tb8SQagOrE 2013-07-27 dead Eduardo Artés: Lucha Electoral v/s Electoralismo YouTube 6 July 2009 2010-02-01 Leonardo Farkas (Ind.): A mining businessman.http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-147634 Leonardo Farkas; Chile'S Longshot Presidential Candidate Greeted As Hero In Valparasio - Cnn Ireport Ireport.com 14 November 2008 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090430151516/http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-147634 30 April 2009 dead On 5 December 2008, he announced he was giving up his presidential candidacy.http://www.tercera.com/contenido/674_81333_9.shtml latercera.com - Farkas anuncia que no será candidato presidencial Tercera.com 2010-02-01 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716211111/http://www.tercera.com/contenido/674_81333_9.shtml dead Pamela Jiles (Ind.): Journalist and television presenter. She announced her candidacy in February 2009 through a column in The Clinic magazine.http://images.lun.com/luncontents/NewsPaperPages/2009/mar/02//LUCPRPO18LU0203_800.swf images.lun.com 5 May 2009June 2016 medicmedic On 4 September 2009 she stepped out of the race in support of Navarro.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090904/pags/20090904144543.html Pamela Jiles bajó su candidatura a la Presidencia Cooperativa.cl 2009-09-04 2010-02-01 In the same election, she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the lower chamber of Congress. Luis Molina Vega (Ind.)http://www.independencia2010.cl/ Luis Molina Vega / Una Oportunidad para Los Pueblos de Chile Independencia2010.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090304004641/http://independencia2010.cl/ 2009-03-04 dead A civil engineer from Tomé. Molina stepped out of the race in July 2009, due to low support.http://www.theclinic.cl/2009/07/23/molina-vega-renuncia-a-su-candidatura-presidencial/ The Clinic » Molina Vega renuncia a su candidatura presidencial Theclinic.cl 2009-07-23 2010-02-01 Alejandro Navarro (MAS): Navarro used to characterize himself as a leader in the "dissident" faction of the Socialist Party, which harshly criticized what they called the "neoliberal" economic model, supporting instead Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.October 2009 Despite his involvement in a scandal due to his participation in a protest organized by the Unitary Workers Central where he attacked a policeman, with the possibility of being expelled from the Senate being considered, Navarro declared himself to be a presidential candidate in 2008. In November 2008, he quit the Socialist Party to form a new party called Broad Social Movement (MAS). He said his candidacy was necessary to "stop Piñera from winning in the first round", and still considered himself a Socialist.http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20081106/pags/20081106205825.html Navarro: El MAS quiere evitar el bochorno de que gane Piñera Cooperativa.cl 2008-11-13 2010-02-01 The MAS party proclaimed him its candidate on 11 November 2008; the party, however, was still open to stage a primary between all leftist candidates that were not part of the Concertación.http://latercera.cl/contenido/23_72559_9.shtml La Tercera - MAS proclama a Navarro como su candidato presidencial Latercera.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090524064413/http://www.latercera.cl/contenido/23_72559_9.shtml 2009-05-24 dead Navarro has proposed to hold the primary in April 2009.http://www.latercera.com/contenido/654_77289_9.shtml Navarro llama a candidatos de la izquierda a aceptar primarias abiertas La Tercera.com 2008-11-23 2010-02-01 22 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522022342/http://www.latercera.com/contenido/654_77289_9.shtml dead On 5 May 2009 Navarro said he would step out of the race and support Arrate if polls released from then to September show the Juntos Podemos Más candidate having an advantage of seven points over him. He didn't rule out Arrate then supporting Enríquez-Ominami, if his candidacy was the strongest.http://latercera.com/contenido/654_124835_9.shtml Navarro bajará candidatura si Arrate lo supera en siete puntos en encuestas | PAÍS latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185914/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_124835_9.shtml dead Navarro was proclaimed as the official MAS candidate on 25 July 2009 with the support of other minor left groups.http://lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090724/pags/20090724210047.html Juez Guzmán y Pamela Jiles apoyan a Navarro La Nacion.cl 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090728144018/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090724/pags/20090724210047.html 2009-07-28 dead He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 14 September 2009.http://www.cooperativa.cl/alejandro-navarro--hemos-llegado-para-quedarnos/prontus_nots/2009-09-14/121840.html Minuto a minuto: La inscripción de Alejandro Navarro Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 On 22 September 2009 Navarro withdrew his candidacy and gave his support to Enríquez-Ominami.http://www.cooperativa.cl/alejandro-navarro-bajo-su-candidatura-y-entrego-su-apoyo-a-enriquez-ominami/prontus_nots/2009-09-22/145203.html Navarro se bajó y entregó su apoyo a Enríquez-Ominami Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 Adolfo Zaldívar (PRI): The former president of the Christian Democratic Party and a Senator at the time of his nomination, lost the last internal PDC primary to Alvear. He is the brother of senator and former Interior Minister Andrés Zaldívar. He was expelled from the PDC in December 2007, later becoming part of the Regionalist Party of the Independents (PRI). He announced his intention to run as president representing that party, and was proclaimed so on 26 April 2009.http://www.cooperativa.cl/zaldivar-tengo-autoridad-moral-para-decir-que-frei-y-pinera-son-lo-mismo/prontus_nots/2009-04-26/145328.html Zaldívar: Tengo autoridad moral para decir que Frei y Piñera son lo mismo Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 This decision was ratified on 29 August 2009.http://www.tercera.com/contenido/654_175226_9.shtml PRI proclama a Adolfo Zaldívar como su candidato presidencial | PAÍS | latercera.com Tercera.com 2009-08-29 2010-02-01 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716211303/http://www.tercera.com/contenido/654_175226_9.shtml dead He stepped out of the race on 14 September 2009, just hours before the deadline for submission.http://www.tercera.com/contenido/674_181765_9.shtml Zaldívar baja opción presidencial y declina dar apoyo a otra candidatura | POLÍTICA | latercera.com Tercera.com 2009-09-14 2010-02-01 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716211313/http://www.tercera.com/contenido/674_181765_9.shtml dead Coalitions for the Congressional elections Concertación and Juntos Podemos Más thumb|300px|The Former presidents of Chile, together in a Concertación Conference in 2009. The A list conformed after the union of two political coalitions that had taken part separately in the elections of 2005. On one hand the Concertación, which was grouping to the center-left parties that since 1990 governed the country. In the other hand the left-wing Juntos Podemos Más, that it suffered an internal division after the exit of the Humanist Party. The reason of this strange union was, the Binomial System that get out the political left from the National Congress since 1994. The largest party inside the A list was the Christian Democrats, with the leadership of Juan Carlos Latorre who was chief of the Eduardo Frei's presidential campaign. The Socialists joined with the senator Camilo Escalona, PPD with the deputy Pepe Auth. The Radicals led by Senator Gómez, and the Communist Party with the leadership of Guillermo Teillier. Coalition for Change thumb|300px|Presentation of the Coalition for the Change. Fernando Flores speaks. The Alliance for Chile for the elections of 2009, began with an important step, by means of I arrive of two precandidates, one of them the senator Pablo Longueira, and the mayor of Concepción, Jacqueline van Rysselberghe, both of the Independent Democratic Union, who demonstrated his availability of postulating to this post, using the regular conduits inside the coalition, nevertheless, both rejected such an option to present only a presidential candidate, who would be Sebastián Piñera. In March 2009 two Congressmen of the Alliance for Chile obtained the speaker of the Senate and the speaker of the Deputies' Chamber, by means of an agreement with the independent bench and with the Concert, respectively. The above mentioned agreements were not lacking in polemic, since the Senator who postulated the alliance to preside at the above mentioned organism, Jovino Novoa, was harshly criticized for personeros of the Concert in view of his past as member of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte's military regime. In spite of the critiques, the Alliance for Chile awarded a political victory on having presided at both chambers of the National Congress and some of the most influential commissions of the same one, which, they waited in the conglomerate opponent, he was benefiting Sebastián Piñera's candidacy. After having integrated the list Clean Chile, Vote Happy, one was generated fail between the charter members of ChileFirst with regard to the position that would take the party opposite to the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2009. Whereas Jorge Schaulsohn and Senator Flores supported the candidate of the Alliance for Chile Sebastián Piñera,Infinita, Schaulsohn se Asume Piñerista https://web.archive.org/web/20090524011906/http://www.infinita.cl/titulares/despliegue.tpl?fecha=19%2F03%2F2009&hora=10%3A02%3A37 2009-05-24 the deputy Esteban Valenzuela rejected to join with the center-right and resigned ChileFirst to endorse Marco Enríquez-Ominami's candidacy.La Nación, Valenzuela dejó Chile Primero por apoyo a Piñera https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061942/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias_v2/site/artic/20090330/pags/20090330131648.html 2016-03-04 The support to Piñera on the part of ChileFirst was made official on 6 May 2009, when one presented the "Coalition for the Change", electoral agreement between the Alliance for Chile, ChileFirst and other political minor movements. New Majority for Chile New Majority for Chile was a political coalition that grouped the Ecologist party of Chile, the Humanist Party of Chile, and diverse political and independent movements that supported the candidacy of the independent Marco Enríquez-Ominami for the presidential election of 2009. Between the movements and groups without political legal constitution that they it shaped are the Regionalist Movement, Acuerdo entre el el PH, PE, el Movimiento Regionalista, Progresistas en Red y el MUMS the Movement Unified of Sexual Minorities (MUMS),http://www.mums.cl/sitio/contenidos/noticias/not_2009_09_14_01.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130100/http://www.mums.cl/sitio/contenidos/noticias/not_2009_09_14_01.htm 2016-03-05 Mums inscribe candidatos por la diversidad sexual al Parlamento the Movement SurDA and the Progressist Network.http://www.tomashirsch.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216:fuerzas-progresistas-alternativas-y-de-izquierda-acuerdan-lista-parlamentaria-que-busca-aglutinar-nueva-mayoria-&catid=9:noticiasAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Acuerdan lista parlamentaria para aglutinar nueva mayoría Slogans PartySlogan Christian Democrat With you, will live better. Live dreaming a new sun Radical Social Democrat A change must be Radical Socialist Socialist Heart PPD Let's break the Ice Communist ¡United we can! RN With your vote today it's possible UDI The motor of popular change. Regionalist We are hope, We are future Humanist We are the new majority Opinion polls Presidential election List of opinion polls released within a year of the election. Only responses from persons registered to vote are shown. Legend — Not on the list Wins election May win election Runoff May go to a runoff First-round scenarios Publisher Field date Date published Arrate MEO Frei Piñera Other DK/NR Comments CEP 19 November – 11 December 2008 30 December 2008 — — 31 41 7 21 Source La Segunda 18 December 2008 19 December 2008 — — 36 46 6 12 Source La Segunda 6 April 2009 7 April 2009 1 4 33 43 7 12 Source La Tercera 6–7 April 2009 12 April 2009 — 3 33 42 7 15 Source Imaginacción 4–26 April 2009 11 May 2009 — 10.5 32.4 38.3 7.6 11.2 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes TNS Time 1–30 April 2009 5 May 2009 — 14 29 36 7 14 Source La Tercera 21–23 April 2009 26 April 2009 — 10 28 35 7 20 Source Ipsos April 2009 0.3 5.1 25.4 43.3 0 25.9 Source La Segunda 14 May 2009 15 May 2009 1 14 27 42 4 12 Source Imaginacción 2–30 May 2009 11 June 2009 0.5 20.9 29.9 34.9 5.6 8.2 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes TNS Time 4–30 May 2009 2 June 2009 1 24 25 33 3 14 Source CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 1 14 30 34 3 19 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 1 13 30 37 3 16 Ballot box vote. (Source) Ipsos 18 May – 1 June 2009 9 June 2009 1.4 20.6 24.9 34.4 2.5 16.2 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Imaginacción 1–30 June 2009 14 July 2009 2.3 21.5 28.2 35.9 2.7 9.4 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Mori 27 June – 9 July 2009 23 July 2009 1 13 21 43 3 19 Source La Segunda 8 July 2009 10 July 2009 2 15 27 38 3 15 Source Imaginacción 1–31 July 2009 12 August 2009 3.5 21.9 26.7 36.7 1.7 9.5 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Tercera 20–22 July 2009 26 July 2009 2 21 25 30 2 20 Source CERC 17 July – 3 August 2009 12 August 2009 1 14 25 39 1 20 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Ipsos 24 July – 6 August 2009 19 August 2009 1.5 20.6 22.9 35.6 2.1 17.3 Source Direct Media 5–6 August 2009 12 August 2009 1.63 15.48 21.28 34.43 1.32 25.86 Source La Segunda 12 August 2009 14 August 2009 1 20 24 39 1 15 Source Imaginacción 1–29 August 2009 14 September 2009 2.3 20.5 28.2 37.8 2.4 10.3 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 1 16 30 35 2 16 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 1 17 28 37 2 15 Ballot box vote. (Source) Imaginacción 1–30 September 2009 14 October 2009 4.5 20.4 25.7 38.4 1.7 9.3 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Segunda 24 September 2009 25 September 2009 4 19 23 39 0 15 Source Ipsos 16 September – 6 October 2009 21 October 2009 3.7 17.8 27.2 36.7 0.3 14.3 Source UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 4.1 17.3 23.7 30.3 0.6 24.0 Source La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 6 24 20 39 0 11 Source CERC 2–13 October 2009 20 October 2009 3 20 20 41 0 16 Source El Mercurio-Opina 10–12 October 2009 18 October 2009 4.9 21.5 22.8 38.0 0 12.7 Source Giro País-Subjetiva 9–20 October 2009 31 October 2009 4.7 19.3 28.6 36.9 0 10.5 Source Imaginacción 1–31 October 2009 16 November 2009 6.4 22.3 27.0 37.8 0 6.5 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 4 17 26 35 0 18 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 5 19 26 36 0 14 Ballot box vote. (Source) El Mercurio-Opina 3–4 November 2009 7 November 2009 6.1 20.4 21.5 38.0 0 14.0 Ballot box vote. (Source) La Segunda 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 7 20 24 38 0 11 Source El Mercurio-Opina 5–6 December 2009 9 December 2009 6.8 19.5 22.6 38.2 0 12.9 Ballot box vote. (Source) DK/NR: Don't know / No response. Runoff scenarios Frei vs. Piñera Publisher Field date Date published Frei Piñera DK/NR Comments CEP 19 November – 11 December 2008 30 December 2008 34 44 22 Source Imaginacción 6–28 December 2008 8 January 2009 42.5 44.8 12.7 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Segunda-UDD 18 December 2008 19 December 2008 38 46 16 Source TNS Time January 2009 31 January 2009(unverified) 40 45 15 Source Imaginacción 3–31 January 2009 6 February 2009 42.3 45.6 12.1 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes TNS Time 2–26 February 2009 10 March 2009(unverified) 38 43 19 Source Imaginacción 7–28 February 2009 4 March 2009 43.4 46.8 9.8 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Segunda-UDD 5 March 2009 6 March 2009 37 46 17 Source TNS Time 2–30 March 2009 31 March 2009 41 39 20 Source Imaginacción 2–31 March 2009 8 April 2009 44.3 44.7 11.0 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Segunda-UDD 6 April 2009 7 April 2009 39 45 16 Source La Tercera 6–7 April 2009 12 April 2009 40 46 14 Source Imaginacción 4–26 April 2009 11 May 2009 43.2 43.8 13.0 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes TNS Time 1–30 April 2009 5 May 2009 41 43 16 Source CERC 13–27 April 2009 14 May 2009 33 47 20 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes La Tercera 21–23 April 2009 26 April 2009 39 43 18 Source Giro País-Subjetiva 30 April – 10 May 2009 16 May 2009 40.8 37.9 21.3 Source La Segunda-UDD 14 May 2009 15 May 2009 34 44 22 Source Imaginacción 2–30 May 2009 11 June 2009 43.1 44.2 12.7 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes TNS Time 4–30 May 2009 2 June 2009 38 43 19 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 39 39 22 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 14 May – 3 June 2009 18 June 2009 39 41 20 Ballot box vote. (Source) Ipsos 18 May – 1 June 2009 9 June 2009 39.6 42.3 18.1 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Imaginacción 1–30 June 2009 14 July 2009 41.9 43.3 14.8 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes MORI 27 June – 9 July 2009 23 July 2009 30 46 24 Source La Segunda-UDD 8 July 2009 10 July 2009 39 43 18 Source Imaginacción 1–31 July 2009 12 August 2009 42.8 44.5 12.7 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes CERC 17 July – 3 August 2009 12 August 2009 36 44 20 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Ipsos 24 July – 6 August 2009 19 August 2009 38.1 45.5 16.4 Source Direct Media 5–6 August 2009 12 August 2009 30.97 40.89 28.14 Source CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 39 39 22 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 39 42 19 Ballot box vote. (Source) La Segunda-UDD 12 August 2009 14 August 2009 36 45 19 Source Imaginacción 1–29 August 2009 14 September 2009 42.6 44.6 12.8 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Imaginacción 1–30 September 2009 14 October 2009 42.2 45.2 12.6 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Segunda-UDD 24 September 2009 25 September 2009 38 47 15 Source Ipsos 16 September – 6 October 2009 21 October 2009 39.6 44.5 15.9 Source UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 36.3 35.5 28.2 Source La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 39 48 13 Source El Mercurio-Opina 10–12 October 2009 18 October 2009 38.1 42.5 19.4 Ballot box vote. (Source) Giro País-Subjetiva 9–20 October 2009 31 October 2009 42.0 42.2 15.8 Source Imaginacción 1–31 October 2009 16 November 2009 42.1 45.8 12.1 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 36 40 24 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 37 43 20 Ballot box vote. (Source) El Mercurio-Opina 3–4 November 2009 7 November 2009 36.8 42.7 20.5 Ballot box vote. (Source) La Segunda-UDD 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 37 47 16 Source El Mercurio-Opina 5–6 December 2009 9 December 2009 34.4 42.5 23.1 Ballot box vote. (Source) El Mercurio-Opina 15–17 December 2009 19 December 2009 39.7 46.2 14.1 Ballot box vote. (Source) La Segunda-UDD 17 December 2009 18 December 2009 43 48 9 Source El Mercurio-Opina 5–7 January 2010 9 January 2010 41.0 46.1 12.9 Ballot box vote. (Source) DK/NR: Don't know / No response. Enríquez-Ominami vs. Piñera Publisher Field date Date published MEO Piñera DK/NR Comments La Segunda-UDD 14 May 2009 15 May 2009 37 45 18 Source MORI 27 June – 9 July 2009 23 July 2009 23 47 30 Source La Segunda-UDD 8 July 2009 10 July 2009 36 45 19 Source La Tercera 20–22 July 2009 26 July 2009 22 49 29 Source CERC 17 July – 3 August 2009 12 August 2009 29 44 27 SourceSeptember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Ipsos 24 July – 6 August 2009 19 August 2009 40.3 43.6 16.1 Source Direct Media 5–6 August 2009 12 August 2009 31.29 38.88 29.83 Source CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 33 40 27 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 30 July – 20 August 2009 3 September 2009 34 44 22 Ballot box vote. (Source) La Segunda-UDD 12 August 2009 14 August 2009 37 45 18 Source Imaginacción 1–30 September 2009 14 October 2009 39.3 45.9 14.8 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes La Segunda-UDD 24 September 2009 25 September 2009 40 47 13 Source Ipsos 16 September – 6 October 2009 21 October 2009 42.3 42.8 14.9 Source UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 36.4 34.0 29.6 Source La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 43 44 13 Source El Mercurio-Opina 10–12 October 2009 18 October 2009 40.3 42.9 16.8 Ballot-box vote. (Source) Giro País-Subjetiva 9–20 October 2009 31 October 2009 41.1 40.2 18.7 Source Imaginacción 1–31 October 2009 16 November 2009 42.7 43.4 13.9 SourceApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 35 37 28 Response to a questionnaire. (Source) CEP 8–30 October 2009 11 November 2009 37 40 23 Ballot box vote. (Source) El Mercurio-Opina 3–4 November 2009 7 November 2009 37.7 41.9 20.4 Ballot-box vote. (Source) La Segunda-UDD 18 November 2009 20 November 2009 40 44 16 Source El Mercurio-Opina 5–6 December 2009 9 December 2009 34.8 40.7 24.5 Ballot-box vote. (Source) DK/NR: Don't know / No response. Arrate vs. Piñera Publisher Field date Date published Arrate Piñera DK/NR Comments La Tercera 5–8 October 2009 10 October 2009 33 51 16 Source DK/NR: Don't know / No response. Enríquez-Ominami vs. Frei Publisher Field date Date published MEO Frei DK/NR Comments UDP 21 September – 13 October 2009 28 October 2009 32.3 31.9 35.8 Source DK/NR: Don't know / No response. Debates thumb|The four candidates attend the second debate organized by Archi. The first debate was organized by TVN and took place in Studio #9 at the station's main headquarters in Santiago. It was broadcast live on 23 September 2009 at 10:40 p.m and included all four candidates. A poll published by Ipsos the following day, showed that Enríquez-Ominami, Arrate and Piñera were each considered to have had the best performance over the rest, with 29-30% of support, while Frei's showing only had the support of 9%. Frei was seen by 45% as the worst performer, followed by Piñera (37%), Arrate (10%) and Enríquez-Ominami (5%).http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090924/asocfile/20090924183914/estudio_primer_debate_presidencial_1.pdf Archived copy 2009-09-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091007013938/http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090924/asocfile/20090924183914/estudio_primer_debate_presidencial_1.pdf 2009-10-07 Another poll by La Segunda found 23% thought Piñera had won the debate, followed by Arrate (21%), Enríquez-Ominami (15%) and Frei (9%). 31% thought none had won the debate.http://www.lasegundadigital.com/modulos/catalogo/Paginas/2009/09/25/LUCSGPO24SG2509.HTM La Segunda Lasegundadigital.com 2009-09-25 2010-02-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090928070024/http://www.lasegundadigital.com/modulos/catalogo/Paginas/2009/09/25/LUCSGPO24SG2509.htm 28 September 2009 The second debate was organized by Archi (Radio Broadcasters Association) and Mayor University. It took place at 8:30 AM on 9 October 2009. It was a radio-only debate, though some local 24-hour news channels broadcast live some parts of it. A poll carried out by Mayor University showed Piñera had won the debate by 41%, followed by Enríquez-Ominami (22%), Arrate (19%) and Frei Ruiz-Tagle (17%).http://latercera.com/contenido/654_190539_9.shtml Encuesta sobre quién ganó el debate: Piñera 41%, Enríquez 22%, Arrate 19% y Frei 17% | PAÍS latercera.com 2010-02-01 13 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713190204/http://latercera.com/contenido/654_190539_9.shtml dead thumb|left|The four candidates at the ANP debate. There was an online debate on 4 November, organized by Terra and Radio Cooperativa. Only Arrate was present after the other three candidates declined to attend. Frei and Piñera had confirmed their presence in May, while Enríquez-Ominami backed down on the same day of the debate. A debate to discuss regional issues took place on 6 November at 9 AM in Talca's casino. It was organized by the National Press Association (ANP) and was attended by all four candidates. A fifth debate took place on 9 November at Canal 13's studios in Santiago, which was broadcast live at 10 PM. All four candidates were present. This debate was notable because the candidates were able to ask questions to one another and freely talk to each other. The last debate of the first round was organized by the National Television Association (Anatel) and broadcast live on 16 November at 10 PM by all terrestrial television stations. All candidates attended. There was no audience present. For the second round, there was a single debate between the two candidates. It was organized by Anatel and broadcast at 10 PM by all terrestrial television stations on 11 January 2010. Results President On 20 December 2009, the Juntos Podemos Más coalition gave its support to Eduardo Frei's candidacy, after the former president agreed to include a number of policies into his government program.http://www.cooperativa.cl/partido-comunista-oficializo-respaldo-a-frei-en-segunda-vuelta/prontus_nots/2009-12-20/111531.html Partido Comunista oficializó respaldo a Frei en segunda vuelta Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 Two days later, Jorge Arrate also gave his full support to Frei.http://www.cooperativa.cl/jorge-arrate-sello-respaldo-a-eduardo-frei-en-segunda-vuelta/prontus_nots/2009-12-22/130254.html Jorge Arrate selló respaldo a Eduardo Frei en segunda vuelta Cooperativa.cl 2010-02-01 On 13 January 2010 Enríquez-Ominami held a press conference to state that he would vote for Frei, although he did not say his name.http://www.radiobiobio.cl/2010/01/13/marco-enriquez-ominami-declara-su-apoyo-a-eduardo-frei-pero-deja-en-libertad-de-accion-a-sus-votantes/ Marco Enríquez-Ominami declara su apoyo a Eduardo Frei pero deja en libertad de acción a sus votantes Radiobiobio.cl 2010-01-13 2010-02-01 16 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116022233/http://www.radiobiobio.cl/2010/01/13/marco-enriquez-ominami-declara-su-apoyo-a-eduardo-frei-pero-deja-en-libertad-de-accion-a-sus-votantes/ dead He had previously said that voting for Piñera would be a regression and voting for Frei would not be an advancement. thumb|Candidate Eduardo Frei casting his ballot in La Unión on 13 December 2009 thumb|Ballots of the first round of the presidential election (in yellow) and the parliamentary election (in white). thumb|Ballot of the runoff Sebastián Piñera Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Marco Enríquez-Ominami Jorge Arrate Coalition for Change (RN) Concertación (PDC) New Majority for Chile (Ind.) Juntos Podemos Más (PCCh) 3074164 2065061 1405124 433195 286592 8285186 3591182 3367790 244399 8285186 SERVEL (first round) SERVEL (second round) Chamber of Deputies File:Cámara de Diputados de Chile elección 2009.svg Concertación &Juntos Podemos 7 Christian Democratic Party 940265 19 –1 Party for Democracy 839744 18 –3 Socialist Party 653367 11 –4 Social Democratic Radical Party 251456 5 –2 Communist Party of Chile 133718 3 +3 Independents 115828 1 –1 2934378 57 –8 Coalition for Change 5 Independent Democratic Union 1525000 37 +4 National Renewal 1178392 18 –1 ChileFirst 18021 0 New Independents 153261 3 +1 2874674 58 +4 Clean Chile, Vote Happy 4 Regionalist Independent Party 264466 3 +2 Broad Social Movement 26440 0 New Independents 65892 0 356798 3 New New Majority for Chile 4 Humanist Party 95177 0 0 Ecologist Party 3815 0 New Independents 203635 0 302627 0 New Independents 147379 2 +1 0 647681 8285186 SERVEL List of elected deputies 2010–2014 District Deputy Party Votes %1[d]Orlando Vargas PizarroInd.-PPD22 42530,01 %Nino Baltolu RaseraUDI17 64423,61 %2[d]Hugo Gutiérrez GálvezPCCh28 21730,31 %Marta Isasi BarbieriInd.-UDI28 88431,02 %3[d]Felipe Ward EdwardsUDI24 61837,36 %Marcos Espinoza MonardesPRSD16 22324,62 %4[d]Pedro Araya GuerreroPRI27 26824,60 %Manuel Rojas MolinaUDI37 24133,59 %5[d]Lautaro Carmona SotoPCCh17 02227,87 %Carlos Vilches GuzmánUDI13 15921,55 %6[d]Giovanni Calderón BassiUDI8 33019,26 %Alberto Robles PantojaPRSD11 58226,77 %7[d]Marcelo Díaz DíazPS32 67336,74 %Mario Bertolino RendicRN18 03720,28 %8[d]Matías Walker PrietoDC28 94827,21 %Pedro Velásquez SeguelInd.25 91924,37 %9[d]Adriana Muñoz D'AlboraPPD15 33225,29 %Luis Lemus AracenaPRI15 73525,95 %10[d]Eduardo Cerda GarcíaDC30 01721,94 %Andrea Molina OlivaInd.-UDI36 00026,31 %11[d]Gaspar Rivas SánchezRN21 63420,22 %Marco Antonio Núñez LozanoPPD49 80146,55 %12[d]Arturo Squella OvalleUDI30 10824,75 %Marcelo Schilling RodríguezPS24 12419,83 %13[d]Aldo Cornejo GonálezDC40 58231,04 %Joaquín Godoy IbáñezRN38 18329,20 %14[d]Rodrigo González TorresPPD41 16825,89 %Edmundo Eluchans UrendaUDI45 82928,82 %15[d]Víctor Torres JeldesDC18 10221,11 %María José Hoffmann OpazoUDI20 58524,00 %16[d]Gabriel Silber RomoDC48 33329,39 %Patricio Melero AbaroaUDI58 30635,45 %17[d]Karla Rubilar BarahonaRN46 57233,15 %María Antonieta Saa DíazPPD45 79832,60 %18[d]Cristina Girardi LavínPPD51 66934,35 %Nicolás Monckeberg DíazRN40 78227,11 %19[d]Patricio Hales DibPPD39 12638,12 %Claudia Nogueira FernándezUDI38 29737,31 %20[d]Pepe Auth StewartPPD49 98120,70 %Mónica Zalaquett SaidUDI56 16823,26 %21[d]Jorge Burgos VarelaDC52 98229,79 %Marcela SabatRN48 73227,40 %22[d]Felipe Harboe BascuñánPPD42 06038,66 %Alberto Cardemil HerreraRN38 94935,80 %23[d]Ernesto Silva MéndezUDI60 27227,95 %Cristián Monckeberg BrunerRN77 48435,93 %24[d]Enrique Accorsi OpazoPPD31 38323,19 %María Angélica Cristi MarfilUDI44 96933,24 %25[d]Ximena Vidal LázaroPPD43 79430,81 %Felipe Salaberry SotoUDI28 44420,01 %26[d]Carlos Montes CisternasPS71 17350,44 %Gustavo Hasbún SelumeUDI36 43825,82 %27[d]Tucapel Jiménez FuentesPPD47 76531,89 %Iván Moreira BarrosUDI53 68335,84 %28[d]Guillermo Teillier del VallePCCh49 04033,52 %Pedro Browne UrrejolaRN31 88221,79 %29[d]Osvaldo Andrade LaraPS55 15229,88 %Leopoldo Pérez LahsenRN45 46424,63 %30[d]Ramón Farías PoncePPD29 33519,27 %José Antonio Kast RistUDI53 42335,10 % District Deputy Party Votes %31[d]Denise Pascal AllendePS52 76332,23 %Gonzalo Uriarte HerreraUDI60 83337,16 %32[d]Juan Luis Castro GonzálezPS27 77230,76 %Alejandro García-HuidobroUDI31 34634,71 %33[d]Ricardo Rincón GonzálezDC38 05732,45 %Eugenio Bauer JouanneUDI26 50422,60 %34[d]Alejandra Sepúlveda OrbenesPRI42 77145,55 %Javier MacayaUDI17 13018,24 %35[d]Juan Carlos Latorre CarmonaDC30 30038,83 %Ramón José BarrosUDI29 62237,96 %36[d]Roberto León RamírezDC51 47642,93 %Celso Morales MuñozUDI35 73229,80 %37[d]Sergio Aguiló MeloPS31 64937,69 %Germán Verdugo SotoRN32 86439,14 %38[d]Pablo Lorenzini BassoDC29 32038,32 %Pedro Álvarez-Salamanca RamírezInd.-UDI15 84420,71 %39[d]Jorge Tarud DaccarettPPD38 62646,26 %Romilio Gutiérrez PinoUDI22 48726,93 %40[d]Guillermo Ceroni FuentesPPD32 64344,75 %Ignacio Urrutia BonillaUDI19 32326,49 %41[d]Carlos Abel Jarpa WevarPRSD24 09319,12 %Rosauro Martínez LabbéRN42 38533,64 %42[d]Jorge Sabag VillalobosDC32 17428,59 %Frank Sauerbaum MuñozRN22 86120,33 %43[d]Cristian Campos JaraPPD33 62231,35 %Jorge Ulloa AguillónUDI30 30928,26 %44[d]José Miguel Ortiz NovoaDC45 37927,04 %Enrique van Rysselberghe HerreraUDI44 73526,65 %45[d]Clemira Pacheco RivasPS38 37933,80 %Sergio Bobadilla MuñozUDI29 27225,78 %46[d]Iván Norambuena FaríasUDI34 85235,77 %Manuel Monsalve BenavidesPS30 36031,16 %47[d]José Pérez ArriagadaPRSD46 60633,80 %Juan Lobos KrauseUDI51 93737,67 %48[d]Mario Venegas CárdenasDC20 10229,80 %Gonzalo Arenas HodarUDI17 22325,54 %49[d]Fuad Chahín ValenzuelaDC20 21230,26 %Enrique Estay PeñalozaUDI16 00923,97 %50[d]René Saffirio EspinozaDC37 01730,83 %Germán Becker AlvearRN33 78528,14 %51[d]Joaquín Tuma ZedánPPD16 32724,36 %José Manuel Edwards SilvaRN11 27516,82 %52[d]Fernando Meza MoncadaPRSD22 11632,72 %René Manuel García GarcíaRN20 72630,66 %53[d]Alfonso de Urresti LongtonPS32 43338,71 %Roberto Delmastro NasoRN25 36030,27 %54[d]Enrique JaramilloPPD29 00437,43 %Gastón von Mühlenbrock ZamoraUDI19 97825,78 %55[d]Sergio Ojeda UribeDC23 62330,44 %Javier Hernández HernándezUDI22 10828,49 %56[d]Fidel Espinoza SandovalPS39 24551,30 %Carlos Rencodo LavanderosUDI18 79224,57 %57[d]Patricio Vallespín LópezDC33 78238,60 %Marisol Turres FigueroaUDI28 55232,62 %58[d]Gabriel Ascencio MansillaDC17 45723,10 %Alejandro Santana TirachiniRN27 09835,86 %59[d]René Alinco BustosPPD938122,90 %David Sandoval PlazaUDI12 90231,50 %60[d]Carolina Goic BoroevicDC22 49834,00 %Miodrag Marinovic Solo De ZaldívarInd.17 51226,47 % Senate Won Not up Total +/– Coalition for Change 4 National Renewal 382728 6 2 8 0 Independent Democratic Union 403741 3 5 8 –1 Independents 70124 0 0 0 0 856593 9 7 16 –1 Concertación &Juntos Podemos 5 Christian Democratic Party 314145 4 5 9 +3 Party for Democracy 262503 3 1 4 +1 Socialist Party 175017 2 3 5 –3 Social Democrat Radical Party 68482 0 1 1 –2 820147 9 10 19 –1 Clean Chile, Vote Happy 4 Independent Regionalist Party 46730 0 0 0 –1 MAS Region 1 1 0 Independents 75311 0 0 0 0 122041 0 1 1 –1 New Majority for Chile 3 Humanist Party 12974 0 0 0 0 Independents 79266 0 0 0 0 92240 0 0 0 0 Independents 4461 0 2 2 +1 0 157998 2392477 SERVEL, IPU, Election Resources Tarapacá-Arica and Parinacota yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Jaime Orpis |56,390 |33.5 |Hold his seat |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent (politician) |Salvador Urrutia |47,087 |29.3 | |- | Concertación | Socialist Party of Chile |Fulvio Rossi |45,639 |26.8 |New senator |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Julio Lagos |12,348 |7.3 | |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Daniel Espinoza |6,919 |4.1 | |} Atacama yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Baldo Prokurica |34,793 ||33.0 |Hold his seat |- | Concertación | Socialist Party of Chile |Isabel Allende Bussi |28,240 ||26.8 |New senator |- | Concertación | Party for Democracy (Chile) |Antonio Leal |19,693 ||18.7 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Party of the Independents |Jaime Mulet |18,580 ||17.6 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Party of the Independents |Robinson Peña |2,126 ||2.0 | |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Cristián Letelier |1,909 ||1.8 | |} Valparaiso East yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Ignacio Walker |76,716 ||21.1 |New senator |- | Concertación | Social Democratic Radical Party |Nelson Ávila |64,124 ||17.6 |Lost his seat |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Marcelo Forni |71,645 ||19.7 | |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Lily Pérez |83,595 ||23.0 |New senator |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Independent (politician) |Carlos Ominami |60,945 ||16.7 | |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Independent (politician) |Cristián García-Huidobro |2,509 ||0.7 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent (politician) |Lautaro Velásquez |4,422 ||1.2 | |} Valparaíso West yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Concertación | Party for Democracy (Chile) |Ricardo Lagos Weber |123,626 ||33.2 |New senator |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Francisco Chahuán |105,123 ||28.2 |New senator |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Joaquín Lavín |103,762 ||27.9 | |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Hernán Pinto |22,447 ||6.00 | |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Independent (politician) |Juan Guzmán |14,784 ||4.0 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Party of the Independents |Raúl Silva |2,773 ||0.7 | |- |} Maule North yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Juan Antonio Coloma |96,844 ||35.2 |Hold his seat |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Andrés Zaldívar |86,266 ||31.3 |Holding in a new seat |- | Concertación | Socialist Party of Chile |Jaime Gazmuri |67,586 ||24.6 |Lost his seat |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Robert Morrison |17,548 ||6.3 | |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Humanist Party (Chile) |Mercedes Bravo |6,942 ||2.5 | |- |} Maule South yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Hernán Larraín |67,461 ||43.1 |Hold his seat |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Ximena Rincón |48,607 ||31.0 |New senator |- | Concertación | Socialist Party of Chile |Jaime Naranjo |32,867 ||21.0 |Lost his seat |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent (politician) |Juan Ariztía |6,110 ||3.9 | |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Humanist Party (Chile) |Marilén Cabrera |1,567 ||1.0 | |- |} Araucanía North yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Alberto Espina |52,082 ||38.5 |Hold his seat |- | Concertación | Party for Democracy (Chile) |Jaime Quintana |40,120 ||29.7 |New senator |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Tomás Jocelyn-Holt |7,481 ||5.5 | |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent (politician) |Cecilia Villouta |7,255 ||5.4 | |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Humanist Party (Chile) |Juan Enrique Prieto |1,611 ||1.2 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent (politician) |Roberto Muñoz |20,126 ||14.9 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent (politician) |Enrique Sanhueza |6,574 ||4.9 | |- |colspan=6|Sourcehttp://www.elecciones.gov.cl/SitioHistorico/index2009_sena.htm Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 14 27 July 2011 Sitio histórico electoral https://web.archive.org/web/20110723053309/http://www.elecciones.gov.cl/SitioHistorico/index2009_sena.htm 23 July 2011 dead dmy-all |} Araucanía South yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Concertación | Party for Democracy (Chile) |Eugenio Tuma |74,207 ||29.1 |New senator |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |José García Ruminot |57,260 ||22.4 |Hold his seat |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | Independent Democratic Union |Ena von Baer |56,578 ||22.2 | |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Francisco Huenchumilla |51,338 ||20.1 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Party of the Independents |Eduardo Díaz del Río |11,464 ||4.5 | |- |bgcolor=red| ||align=left|New Majority for Chile | Humanist Party (Chile) |Luis Fernando Vivanco |2,779 ||1.1 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent (politician) |José Villagrán |1,512 ||0.6 | |- |colspan=6|SourceElecciones.gov.cl https://web.archive.org/web/20100528033233/http://www.elecciones.gov.cl/Sitio2009/index_senadores.html 2010-05-28 Votación candidatos por Cicunscripción 15, La Araucanía Sur, senadores 2009 |} Aysen yes !colspan=2|Pact !colspan=2|Party !Candidate !Votes !% !Result |- | Coalition for Change (Chile) | National Renewal (Chile) |Antonio Horvath |14,193 ||34.6 |Hold his seat |- | Concertación | Christian Democratic Party (Chile) |Patricio Walker |11,293 ||27.5 |New senator |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Party of the Independents |Eduardo Cruces |6,958 ||17.0 | |- | Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Party of the Independents |Paz Foitzich |4,613 ||11.2 | |- | Concertación | Social Democratic Radical Party |Ernesto Velasco |3,940 ||9.6 | |- |colspan=6|SourceElecciones.gov.cl https://web.archive.org/web/20100528033233/http://www.elecciones.gov.cl/Sitio2009/index_senadores.html 2010-05-28 Votación candidatos por Cicunscripción 18, Aysén, senadores 2009 |} Timeline 13 September 2009: deadline to enroll to vote in the upcoming elections. 14 September 2009: deadline to register candidacies at the Electoral Service (Servel). 14 September 2009: electoral campaign begins. 5 October 2009: draw supervised by Servel to assign a ballot number to each candidate. 13 November 2009: electoral advertisement period starts. 10 December 2009: electoral advertisement period ends. 13 December 2009: election day. Electoral campaigning ends. 13 December 2009: first preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 6:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. UTC), including 4,342 out of 34,348 ballot boxes (12.64%). 13 December 2009: second preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 8:03 p.m. local time (11:03 p.m. UTC), including 20,595 ballot boxes (59.96%). 13 December 2009: third preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 10:56 p.m. local time (1:56 a.m. UTC), including 33,756 ballot boxes (98.28%). 14 December 2009: fourth and final preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Minister at 11:05 a.m. local time (2:05 p.m. UTC), including 34,133 ballot boxes (99.37%). 21 December 2009: the Electoral Service (Servel) publishes preliminary results based on the examination of election certificates (actas de escrutinio) by the Tellers' Colleges (Colegios Escrutadores) meeting on 14 December 2009, including 34,263 out of 34,348 ballot boxes (99.75%). 29 December 2009: the Tricel publishes the final results of the first round election on the Official Gazette. 3 January 2009: electoral advertisement period for runoff election starts. 7 January 2009: ballot number is assigned to each candidate according to their position in the first draw. 14 January 2009: electoral advertisement period ends. 17 January 2010: date of presidential run-off. Electoral campaigning ends. 17 January 2010: first preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Ministry at 6:00 p.m. local time (9:00 p.m. UTC), including results from 20,711 out of 34,348 ballot boxes (60.30%). 17 January 2010: Eduardo Frei concedes the election to Sebastián Piñera at 6:44 p.m. local time (9:44 p.m. UTC). 17 January 2010: second preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Ministry at 7:40 p.m. local time (10:40 p.m. UTC), including results from 34,056 ballot boxes (99.15%). 18 January 2010: third and final preliminary results are announced by the Deputy Interior Ministry at 11:00 a.m. local time (2:00 p.m. UTC), including results from 34,252 ballot boxes (99.72%). 29 January 2010: the Election Qualifying Court (Tricel) officially proclaims PIñera as President-elect. 30 January 2010: the Tricel publishes the Act of Proclamation on the Official Gazette. 3 February 2010: the Tricel publishes the final results of the runoff election on its website. References External links Results down to communal level (Interior Ministry) Results from Election Counting Colleges (Electoral Service) https://archive.today/20130116001214/http://produccion.hqb.cl/tce/ Results by ballot box el (Election Qualifying Court) General Chile Category:Presidential elections in Chile Category:Parliamentary elections in Chile General Chile Chile Chile