2017 Chilean general election explained

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Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: Presidential election Type: presidential Election Date: 19 November 2017 (first round) Image1: File:Sebastian Pinera (2010) 4x3 cropped.jpg Candidate1: Sebastián Piñera Party1: Independent Alliance1: Chile Vamos Colour1: 065DA8 Popular Vote1: 3,796,918 Percentage1: 54.57% Candidate2: Alejandro Guillier Party2: Independent Alliance2: Force of the Majority Colour2: FC4143 Popular Vote2: 3,160,628 Percentage2: 45.43% President Before Election: Michelle Bachelet Before Party: Socialist Party of Chile After Election: Sebastián Piñera After Party: Independent Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Chamber of Deputies Seats For Election: All 155 seats Noleader: yes Heading1: Chamber of Deputies Party1: Chile Vamos Last Election1: 49 Seats1: 72 Percentage1: 38.68 Party2: Force of the Majority Colour2: FC4143 Last Election2: 44 Seats2: 43 Percentage2: 24.06 Party3: Broad Front Colour3: lightgreen Last Election3: 3 Seats3: 20 Percentage3: 16.49 Party4 Link: no Colour4: 1E90FF Last Election4: 23 Seats4: 14 Percentage4: 10.68 Party5: All Over Chile Colour5: c11469 Last Election5: 0 Seats5: 1 Percentage5: 3.92 Party6: Green Regionalist Colour6: 008066 Last Election6: 1 Seats6: 4 Percentage6: 1.92 Party7: Independents Last Election7: 3 Seats7: 1 Percentage7: 1.75 Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Senate Noleader: yes Seats For Election: 23 of the 43 seats Party1: Chile Vamos Last Election1: 7 Seats1: 12 Percentage1: 37.71 Party2: Force of the Majority Colour2: FC4143 Last Election2: 4 Seats2: 7 Percentage2: 22.82 Party3 Link: no Colour3: 1E90FF Last Election3: 4 Seats3: 3 Percentage3: 14.32 Party4: Broad Front Colour4: lightgreen Last Election4: 0 Seats4: 1 Percentage4: 11.06

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 Spanish; Castilian: [[Chile Vamos]]|italic=no 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

See main article: 2017 Chilean presidential primaries.

According to the Constitution, primaries are voluntary but its results are binding.^[6] Sebastián Piñera won the Spanish; Castilian: [[Chile Vamos]]|italic=no 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]

Chile Vamos

Nominee

Notes and References

1. Web site: El sistema electoral pasa su prueba de fuego. 20 November 2017. La Tercera.
2. Web site: Ley 18.799 . Leychile.cl . 2017-12-19.
3. Electoral engineering in Chile: the electoral system and limited democracy. Gideon. Rahat. Mario. Sznajder. December 1, 1998. Electoral Studies. 17. 4. 429–442. ScienceDirect. 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00001-8.
4. Web site: Hoy se promulgó reforma al Sistema Electoral que incluye cuotas de género – ComunidadMujer. 27 April 2015. 30 October 2017. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012243/http://www.comunidadmujer.cl/2015/04/hoy-se-promulgo-reforma-al-sistema-electoral-que-incluye-cuotas-de-genero/. dead.
5. Web site: Voto de chilenos en el exterior. ChileAtiende.
6. http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=242302 Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile
7. News: Piñera cruises to victory in Chile's presidential primaries. 18 December 2017. Buenos Aires Herald. 7 July 2017.
8. Web site: Servel publica aceptaciones y rechazos de candidaturas para Elecciones 2017 – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
9. Web site: Servel inscribe en los Registros Especiales a los candidatos para las Elecciones 2017 – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
10. Web site: PRI proclama a Sebastián Piñera como su principal carta de cara a las próximas presidenciales. T13.
11. Web site: UDI proclama a Piñera con el llamado a superar el "estancamiento económico y social" que vive Chile . Emol.com . 24 March 2017 . 27 April 2017.
12. Web site: Sebastián Piñera fue proclamado por RN y arremetió contra gobierno de Bachelet . Emol.com . 25 March 2017 . 27 April 2017.
13. Web site: Amplitud proclama a Piñera como su candidato a La Moneda y marca diferencias con Chile Vamos . El Mercurio. 8 July 2017.
14. Web site: Evópoli se sumó al comando de Piñera y le entregó su programa de gobierno. Ricardo . Pérez Vallejos. 6 September 2017. 6 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906140103/http://lanacion.cl/2017/08/06/evopoli-se-sumo-al-comando-de-pinera-y-le-entrego-su-programa-de-gobierno/. dead.
15. Web site: Manuel José Ossandón: "Tomé la decisión de participar en las primaria de Chile Vamos". ADN Radio. 2016-11-06.
16. Web site: Felipe Kast asume desafío presidencial representando a Evópoli . La Tercera . 2016-11-06.
17. Web site: Chahuán y carrera a La Moneda: "Voy a ser el candidato a la Presidencia de las regiones". Emol.com. 2016-09-14.
18. Web site: Francisco Chahuán baja candidatura presidencial y pide a RN respaldar a Piñera. La Tercera. 2017-01-06.
19. Web site: Alberto Espina (RN) comunica su deseo de ser candidato presidencial en 2017 . Bio Bio Radio . 2013-12-04.
20. Web site: Alberto Espina in Twitter . 2017-03-21 .
21. Web site: Francisco de la Maza tras bajar candidatura: Me gustaría ser Presidente de Chile. Cooperativa. 2016-07-26.
22. Web site: Francisco de la Maza: "No tengo el ánimo ni la ambición para ser candidato presidencial". CNN Chile. 2016-09-11.
23. Web site: Guillier inscribe su candidatura ante el Servel: "Hemos cumplido con el doble de las firmas requeridas" . El Mercurio. 4 August 2017.
24. Web site: Servel recibe declaración de candidatura de Alejandro Guillier para la elección presidencial 2017 – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
25. Web site: Elecciones 2017 tendrán ocho candidatos presidenciales – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
26. Web site: Guillier es proclamado por el PR y se convierte en el primer candidato oficial de un partido de la NM . Emol.com . 27 April 2017.
27. Web site: Comité Central del Partido Socialista elige a Guillier como su candidato presidencial por amplia mayoría . Emol.com . 27 April 2017.
28. Web site: Partido Socialista proclama a Guillier como candidato presidencial . 21 April 2017 . Biobiochile.cl . 27 April 2017.
29. Web site: Partido Comunista proclama a Alejandro Guillier como candidato presidencial. BioBioChile . 7 May 2017.
30. Web site: Guillier se convierte en presidenciable del PPD en medio de reticencia del "Laguismo". BioBioChile. 13 May 2017.
31. Web site: Alejandro Guillier juntará firmas para llegar a primera vuelta como independiente. Compañia Chilena de Comunicaciones.
32. News: Chile's governing coalition splits ahead of November election. 30 April 2017. Reuters. 29 April 2017.
33. Web site: PPD proclamó a Ricardo Lagos como su candidato . Cooperativa.cl . 2017-04-27.
34. Web site: 10:35 hrs. Lunes 10, Abril 2017 . Ricardo Lagos renuncia a candidatura presidencial | Tele 13 . T13.cl . 2017-04-10 . 2017-04-27.
35. Web site: Fernando Atria se suma a Insulza: baja su candidatura tras decisión del PS de no realizar consulta . El Dínamo . 1 April 2017 . 1 April 2017.
36. Web site: Pizarro propone como candidato presidencial a Huenchumilla . . 2016-02-03 .
37. Web site: Diputado Tarud lanza video y oficializa precandidatura presidencial: "Tengo las manos limpias". Bío Bío. 2016-10-12.
38. Web site: Senador Walker bajó candidatura presidencial: "No están dadas las condiciones". Cooperativa. 2016-12-03.
39. Web site: Isabel Allende desiste de candidatura presidencial, pero no entrega apoyo a Lagos. La Tercera. 2016-10-28.
40. Web site: Beatriz Sánchez oficializa candidatura ante el Tricel con fuertes críticas a Piñera. 24 July 2017.
41. Web site: hrs. Martes 21, Marzo 2017 . Beatriz Sánchez deja espacio radial para analizar candidatura | Tele 13 . T13.cl . 21 March 2017 . 27 April 2017.
42. Web site: RD y Movimiento Autonomista confirman a Beatriz Sánchez como abanderada presidencial « Diario y Radio Uchile . Radio.uchile.cl . 27 April 2017.
43. Web site: Beatriz Sánchez lanza oficialmente su carrera presidencial y presenta equipo de campaña . Emol.com . 27 April 2017.
44. Web site: P. Humanista proclama a Beatriz Sánchez como su carta presidencial y candidata asegura que pasará a segunda vuelta . Emol.com . 16 April 2017 . 27 April 2017.
45. Web site: Izquierda Libertaria oficializa a Beatriz Sánchez como su candidata presidencial. 24Horas.cl. 23 April 2017.
46. Web site: Beatriz Sánchez suma el apoyo de Poder Ciudadano y FA minimiza críticas de Guillier. BioBioChile . 9 May 2017.
47. Web site: Movimiento Democrático Progresista. www.facebook.com.
48. Web site: Izquierda Autónoma proclamó a Beatriz Sánchez como su candidata presidencial. Compañia Chilena de Comunicaciones.
49. Web site: Partido Liberal proclamó a Beatriz Sánchez como su abanderada presidencial . El Mercurio. 29 May 2017.
50. Web site: Partido Ecologista Verde apoyará a Beatriz Sánchez en primarias. 12 July 2017. 11 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170811144536/http://www.ecologistas.cl/2017/06/06/partido-ecologista-verde-apoyara-a-beatriz-sanchez-en-primarias/. dead.
51. Web site: Beatriz Sánchez presentó a su comité político y confirmó que integrará al equipo de Mayol . El Mercurio. 31 July 2017.
52. Web site: Frente Amplio presenta su primer pre candidato presidencial: Alberto Mayol . Bio-Bío . 2017-03-01.
53. Web site: Los énfasis del programa de Beatriz Sánchez y la preparación de su gira nacional . Cooperativa.cl . 2017-04-04.
54. Web site: Comienzan los problemas en el Frente Amplio: Partido Pirata denuncia veto a candidatura de Luis Mariano Rendón . El Mostrador . 2017-04-13.
55. Web site: Comparto carta que envié hoy a @RDemocratica. twitter.com. 2017-03-21.
56. Web site: Alberto Mayol confirma candidatura y se activa carrera presidencial en Frente Amplio . La Tercera . 2017-03-03.
57. Web site: Movimientos ciudadanos piden a Luis Mesina asumir candidatura presidencial. La Tercera. 2017-01-08.
58. Web site: Luis Mesina descartó ser candidato presidencial . CNN Chile . 2017-01-10 .
59. Web site: José Antonio Kast" No iré a una primaria de Chile Vamos, iré a una primera vuelta electoral" . es . CNN Chile . 27 April 2017.
60. Web site: Servicio Electoral vive jornada de formalización de pacto y declaraciones de candidaturas – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
61. Web site: Junta Nacional de la DC proclama a Carolina Goic como su candidata presidencial . Emol.com . 27 April 2017.
62. News: Chile's governing coalition splits ahead of 29 November election. 30 April 2017. Reuters. April 2017.
63. Web site: Servel recibe primera declaración de precandidatura a Elección de Presidente – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
64. Web site: Partido Demócrata Cristiano efectúa declaración de candidatura presidencial de Carolina Goic – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
65. Web site: Marco Enríquez Ominami anuncia su tercera candidatura a la Presidencia de Chile | Política | Edición América | Agencia EFE . Efe.com . 7 September 2016 . 27 April 2017.
66. Web site: Servel recibe nueva declaración de precandidatura presidencial – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
67. Web site: Elecciones 2017: Servel recibe formalización de pacto y declaraciones de candidaturas – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
68. Web site: Servel recibe declaración de candidatura presidencial – Servicio Electoral de Chile. www.servel.cl.
69. Web site: Alejandro Navarro anuncia candidatura: "Tomé la decisión de ir a la presidencial" . La Tercera . 24 March 2017 . 27 April 2017.
70. Web site: Carola Canelo presenta su candidatura presidencial: "Las crisis son oportunidades para personas que tenemos buena voluntad y valores humanos". El Mostrador.
71. Web site: A Carola Canelo le faltaron 27 mil firmas para inscribirse como candidata presidencial.
72. Web site: Tomás Jocelyn-Holt y su nueva aspiración presidencial: "Yo he vencido el escepticismo". 24Horas.cl. 7 June 2017.
73. Web site: Tomás Jocelyn-Holt no reunió las firmas para su candidatura, pero anuncia que irá el 2022. 15 August 2017.
74. Web site: Nicolás Larraín anunció su candidatura presidencial. Compañia Chilena de Comunicaciones.
75. Web site: Nicolás Larraín baja su candidatura y se suma a campaña de Felipe Kast. 19 June 2017.
76. Web site: Parisi regresa a la política y evalúa candidatura: "La elección presidencial está extremadamente líquida" . Emol.com . 17 January 2017 . 27 April 2017.
77. News: Franco Parisi no postulará a la presidencia. 4 August 2017. CNN Chile. 4 August 2017.
78. Web site: Ex rector Luis Riveros anunció candidatura presidencial "ciudadana" . Cooperativa.cl . 27 April 2017.
79. Web site: El bicho presidencial. 7 April 2017.
80. Web site: Elección de Senadores 2017 Votación Candidatos por 1a Circunscripción . 8 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130011743/http://pv.servelelecciones.cl/ . 30 January 2018 . dead . mdy-all .
81. Web site: Elección de Senadores 2017 Votación Candidatos por 2a Circunscripción . 8 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130011743/http://pv.servelelecciones.cl/ . 30 January 2018 . dead . mdy-all .
82. Web site: Elección de Senadores 2017 Votación Candidatos por 4a Circunscripción . April 8, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130011743/http://pv.servelelecciones.cl/ . January 30, 2018 . dead . mdy-all .
83. Web site: Elección de Senadores 2017 Votación Candidatos por 6a Circunscripción . April 8, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130011743/http://pv.servelelecciones.cl/ . January 30, 2018 . dead . mdy-all .
84. Web site: Elección de Senadores 2017 Votación Candidatos por 9a Circunscripción . April 8, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130011743/http://pv.servelelecciones.cl/ . January 30, 2018 . dead . mdy-all .
85. https://historico.servel.cl/servel/app/index.phpr=EleccionesGenerico&id=220&n=3&v2=13443&v3=3215&v4=0&v5=0&v6=0&v7=0&v8=0&v9=0&v10=0
86. Web site: Resultsof the Primary elections 2017 for President of theRepublic |website=www.servel.cl |access-date=31 May 2019 |archive-date=31 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531214937/https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1_1_Primarias_Presidente.pdf |url-status=dead }}|}

    Candidates

    See main article: Chile Vamos presidential primary, 2017. The former president was proclaimed as candidate by the Independent Regionalist Party

    ] on 17 December 2016,^[10] by the Independent Democratic Union on 24 March 2017,^[11] and two days later by his former party, National Renewal.^[12] 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.^[13] On 6 August 2017, Political Evolution, which had supported Felipe Kast during the primaries, officially joined Piñera's campaign team.^[14]

    Sebastián Piñera won the primary with 58% of the vote.

    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)
    2 July 2017 372,215 votes	2 July 2017 218,489 votes	21 March 2017	6 March 2017	11 September 2016
    ^[15]	^[16]	^[17] ^[18]	^[19] ^[20]	^[21] ^[22]

    The Force of the Majority

    Presidential nominee

    2017 The Force of the Majority Candidate
    for President
    Senator from Antofagasta Region (2014–present)
    ^[23] ^[24] ^[25]

    Candidates

    See main article: New Majority presidential primary, 2017. Alejandro Guillier was proclaimed by the Social Democrat Radical Party as candidate on 7 January 2017.^[26] 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;^[27] he was proclaimed as candidate by that party on 21 April 2017.^[28] On 7 May 2017, the Communist Party proclaimed him as their candidate.^[29] On 13 May 2017 the Party for Democracy unanimously proclaimed him as their candidate in a show of hands.^[30] 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.^[31] 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.

    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)
    29 April 2017 Announced to run directly as PDC nominee	10 April 2017	1 April 2017	1 April 2017	5 February 2017	14 January 2017	3 December 2016	28 October 2016
    ^[32]	^[33] ^[34]	^[35]		^[36]	^[37]	^[38]	^[39]

    Broad Front

    Nominee

    2017 Broad Front Candidate
    for President
    TV and Radio Journalist
    ^[40]

    Candidates

    See main article: Broad Front (Chile) presidential primary, 2017. 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.^[41] On 31 March 2017 she gained the official support from both Democratic Revolution and Autonomist Movement.^[42] She launched her candidacy on 3 April 2017 at a rally near Plaza Baquedano in Santiago.^[43] On 16 April 2017 she was proclaimed as candidate by the Humanist Party,^[44] and on 23 April 2017 the Libertarian Left gave her its support.^[45] On 9 May 2017 she was proclaimed as candidate by the Poder party,^[46] and four days later by the Progressive Democratic Movement.^[47] On 14 May 2017 the Autonomous Left proclaimed her as their candidate.^[48] On 29 May 2017 the Liberal Party proclaimed her as their candidate,^[49] while on 6 June 2017, the Green Ecologist Party did the same.^[50] 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. On 31 July 2017, Sánchez presented her campaign team, which included members of the Equality Party, which had supported her primary opponent, Alberto Mayol.^[51]

    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)
    2 July 2017 106,300 votes	13 April 2017	21 March 2017	21 March 2017	10 January 2017
    ^[52]	^[53] ^[54]	^[55]	^[56]	^[57] ^[58]

    Other candidates

    Independent Candidate	2017 Christian Democratic Candidate	2017 Progressive Candidate	2017 Patriotic Union Candidate	2017 País Candidate
    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.^[59] On 18 August 2017 he officially registered his independent candidacy before the Servel, presenting 43,461 signatures.^[60]	See 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.^[61] On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years.^[62] On 11 May 2017 Goic officially registered her pre-candidacy before the Servel, accompanied by former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle.^[63] On 19 August 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Servel.^[64]	The former candidate in the past two presidential elections announced his candidacy on 7 September 2016.^[65] On 19 May 2017 he officially registered his pre-candidacy before the election authority.^[66] On 20 August 2017 his party officially registered his candidacy before the Servel.^[67]	The teacher and president of the Patriotic Union was registered before the Servel by his party on 22 July 2017.^[68]	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.^[69] On 18 August 2017 País officially registered his candidacy before the Servel.

    Unsuccessful candidacies

    • Carola Canelo (Ind.): The lawyer and academic announced on 16 November 2016 her intention to run for president.^[70] 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.^[71]
    • 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.^[72] 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.^[73]
    • Nicolás Larraín (Ind.): On 12 December 2016, the television host announced his presidential candidacy.^[74] On 19 June 2017 he announced he was quitting his candidacy and giving his support to then Spanish; Castilian: [[Chile Vamos]]|italic=no primary candidate for Evópoli Felipe Kast.^[75]
    • 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.^[76] On 4 August 2017, he put an end to his presidential candidacy, opting instead to compete for a seat in the Senate.^[77]
    • Luis Riveros (Ind.): The former rector of the University of Chile said on 28 October 2016 he was willing to run for president.^[78] On 7 April 2017, La Tercera daily announced he was stepping out of the race.^[79]

    Opinion polling

    See main article: Opinion polling for the 2017 Chilean general election.

    Presidential election

    Results

    Chamber of Deputies election

    Revised provisional results.

    Results by regions

    Pact	Arica y Parinacota			Tarapacá			Antofagasta			Atacama			Coquimbo
    Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes
    	ChV	1	15 161	21,30%	bgcolor=lightblue	2	bgcolor=lightblue	38 789	bgcolor=lightblue	42,99%	bgcolor=lightblue	2	bgcolor=lightblue	55 376	bgcolor=lightblue	34,12%	2	28 221	30,09%	bgcolor=lightblue	3	bgcolor=lightblue	66 050	bgcolor=lightblue	28,44%
    	LFM	1	15 957	22,42%	1	27 740	30,74%	1	40 391	24,88%	bgcolor=pink	2	bgcolor=pink	33 922	bgcolor=pink	36,17%	2	62 963	27,11%
    	FA	bgcolor=lightgreen	1	bgcolor=lightgreen	27 327	bgcolor=lightgreen	38,39%	0	11 682	12,95%	1	20 630	12,71%	0	10 738	11,45%	0	21 666	9.33%
    bgcolor=dodgerblue		CODE	0	2 416	3,39%	0	4 334	4,80%	0	6 369	3,92%	0	4 498	4,80%	1	36 406	15,68%
    bgcolor=grey		Others	0	10 325	14,60%	0	7 683	8,52%	1	39 553	24,37%	1	16 411	17,49%	1	45 155	19,44%
    Total	3	71 186	100,00%	3	90 228	100,00%	5	162 319	100,00%	5	93 790	100,00%	7	232 240	100,00%
    Pact	Valparaíso			Santiago MR			O'Higgins			Maule			Biobío
    Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes
    	ChV	bgcolor=lightblue	7	bgcolor=lightblue	243 462	bgcolor=lightblue	37,99%	bgcolor=lightblue	22	bgcolor=lightblue	1 000 021	bgcolor=lightblue	40,47%	bgcolor=lightblue	5	bgcolor=lightblue	121 148	bgcolor=lightblue	38,13%	bgcolor=lightblue	6	bgcolor=lightblue	159 605	bgcolor=lightblue	43,74%	bgcolor=lightblue	8	bgcolor=lightblue	277 900	bgcolor=lightblue	38,54%
    	LFM	4	140 074	21,86%	12	552 307	22,35%	2	75 069	23,63%	2	76 966	21,09%	6	194 890	27,03%
    	FA	3	133 134	20,78%	11	546 554	22,12%	0	23 298	7,33%	1	33 232	9,11%	1	79 358	11,01%
    bgcolor=dodgerblue		CODE	2	68 185	10,64%	1	187 705	7,60%	1	40 769	12,83%	2	66 379	18,19%	3	114 587	15,89%
    bgcolor=grey		Others	0	55 970	8,73%	1	184 497	7,46%	1	57 450	18,08%	0	28 705	7,87%	0	54 301	7,53%
    Total	16	640 825	100,00%	47	2 471 084	100,00%	9	317 734	100,00%	11	364 887	100,00%	18	721 036	100,00%
    Pact	Araucanía			Los Ríos			Los Lagos			Aysén			Magallanes
    Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes		Seats	Votes
    	ChV	bgcolor=lightblue	6	bgcolor=lightblue	139 754	bgcolor=lightblue	42,03%	bgcolor=lightblue	2	bgcolor=lightblue	50 975	bgcolor=lightblue	36,58%	bgcolor=lightblue	4	bgcolor=lightblue	96 911	bgcolor=lightblue	36,19%	1	9 874	28,24%	1	16 181	28,51%
    	LFM	2	80 949	24,34%	2	45 246	32,47%	3	73 653	27,51%	bgcolor=pink	1	bgcolor=pink	10 649	bgcolor=pink	30,46%	1	11 791	20,77%
    	FA	0	19 821	5,96%	0	17 637	12,66%	1	23 725	8,86%	0	No candidates	bgcolor=lightgreen	1	bgcolor=lightgreen	19 926	bgcolor=lightgreen	35,11%
    bgcolor=dodgerblue		CODE	1	35 897	10,79%	1	18 077	12,97%	1	36 933	13,79%	1	10 626	30,39%	0	7 309	12,88%
    bgcolor=grey		Others	1	56 126	16,88%	0	7 426	5,32%	0	36 530	13,65%	0	3 812	10,91%	0	1 553	2,74%
    Total	10	332 547	100,00%	5	139 361	100,00%	9	267 752	100,00%	3	34 961	100,00%	3	56 760	100,00%

    Senate election

    Revised provisional results.

    Results by region

    Arica and Parinacota

    Senate Election 2017: Arica and Parinacota^[80]

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	The Force of Majority	22,680	31.7			14,501	20.3
    				8,179	11.5
    	Chile Vamos	17,843	25.0		José Durana	9,639	13.5
    	Rodolfo Barbosa			7,136	10.0
    	Mirtha Arancibia			1,068	1.5
    bgcolor=silver		align=left colspan=5	Independent	Enrique Lee	14,820	20.7
    	Broad Front	13,504	18.9		Verónica Foppiano	7,617	10.7
    	Rodrigo Díaz Bogdanic			4,192	5.9
    	Claudio Ojeda			1,695	2.4
    	All Over Chile	1,796	2.5		Pablo Pizarro Bossay (Ind.)	960	1.3
    	Sandra Zapata (Ind.)			836	1.2
    bgcolor=dodgerblue		Democratic Convergence	813	1.1		Trinidad Parra (Ind.)	813	1.1
    Total valid votes							71,456
    Turnout							74,948	40.4

    Tarapacá

    Senate Election 2017: Tarapacá^[81]

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	The Force of Majority	34,970	37.8		Jorge Soria (Ind.)	31,594	34.2
    	Franitza Mitrovic (Ind.)			1,846	2.0
    	Astrid Abarca (Ind.)			1,530	1.6
    	Chile Vamos	26,865	29.1		Luz Ebensperger	21,155	22.9
    	Juan Carlos Carreño			4,244	4.6
    	Pamela Boyardi			1,466	1.6
    bgcolor=silver		align=left colspan=5	Independent	Fulvio Rossi	22,406	24.2
    	Sumemos	4,333	4.7		Gabriel Gurovich	3,440	3.7
    	Lorena Vergara (Ind.)			4,192	0.5
    	Alejandra Guajardo (Ind.)			1,695	0.4
    	Broad Front	3,878	4.2		Rigoberto Rojas (Ind.)	3,878	4.2
    Total valid votes							92,452
    Turnout							96,241	39.6

    Atacama

    Senate Election 2017: Atacama^[82]

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	Democratic Convergence	33,244	34.9		Yasna Provoste	32,583	34.2
    	Tomás Pastenes (Ind.)			661	0.7
    	Chile Vamos	31,863	33.5		Rafael Prohens	17,574	18.5
    	Felipe Ward			14,289	15.0	Lost election. Retiring Deputy
    	The Force of Majority	23,455	24.6		Lautaro Carmona Soto	16,714	17.6	Lost election. Retiring Deputy
    				5,442	5.7	Lost election. Retiring Deputy
    	Carolina Peralta			1,299	1.4
    	Broad Front	4,175	4.4		Gloria Guzmán	4,175	4.4
    	Green Regionalist Coalition	2,397	2.5		Jorge Vargas Guerra	1,457	1.5
    	Elizabeth Pérez			940	1.0
    Total valid votes							95,134
    Turnout							100,679	43.2

    Valparaíso Region

    Senate Election 2017: Valparaíso Region^[83]

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	Chile Vamos	244,733	36.9		Francisco Chahuán	150,031	22.6
    	(Ind.)			14,241	2.1
    	Carmen Zamora Bravo			4,614	0.7
    	Andrea Molina			64,668	9.7	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	Francisco Bartolucci			9,513	1.4
    	Ximena Ramírez			1,666	0.2
    	The Force of Majority	182,799	27.5		Ricardo Lagos Weber	74,015	11.2
    	Marco Antonio Núñez			19,791	2.3	Lost election. Retiring Deputy
    	Isabel Allende Bussi			59,147	8.9
    	Abel Gallardo			4,510	0.7
    	Nelson Ávila			23,220	3.5
    	Josefina Bustamante			2,116	0.3
    	align=left rowspan=4	Broad Front	96,394	14.5		Juan Ignacio Latorre	30,528	4.6
    	Mónica Valencia	26,640			4.0
    	Octavio González Ojeda	22,999			3.5
    	Francisco Marín (Ind.)	16,227			2.4
    	Democratic Convergence	49,380	7.4		Ignacio Walker	30,827	4.6
    	Aldo Cornejo			16,357	2.5	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	Oriele Zencovich			2,196	0.3
    	Sumemos	42,550	6.4		Lily Pérez	35,493	5.3
    	Julián Ugarte (Ind.)			2,411	0.4
    	Pedro Sariego			1,505	0.2
    	Ana Cuadros Matamala			1,247	0.2
    	Alberto Nuñez Ponce			1,213	0.2
    	Oscar Rementería (Ind.)			681	0.1
    bgcolor=silver		align=left colspan=5	Independent	Gaspar Rivas	29,423	4.4	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	All Over Chile	11,356	1.7		Francisco Coloane (Ind.)	5,070	0.8
    	Pamela Jiménez Gallardo			3,602	0.5
    	Héctor Pérez Meneses (Ind.)			2,674	0.4
    	Patriotic Union	7,312	1.1		Luis Aravena Egaña	3,571	0.5
    	Vlademir Venegas			2,298	0.4
    	Berta Caro			1,443	0.2
    Total valid votes							663,937
    Turnout							725,514	47.2

    Maule

    Senate Election 2017: Maule^[84]

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	Chile Vamos	154,294	41.7		Juan Castro Prieto (Ind.)	54,433	14.7
    	Rodrigo Galilea			28,268	7.6
    	Macarena Pons (Ind.)			3,229	0.9
    	Juan Antonio Coloma Correa			58.595	15.8
    	Yasna Cancino (Ind.)			7,760	2.1
    	Francisca Concha (Ind.)			2,009	0.5
    	Democratic Convergence	68,287	18.4		Ximena Rincón	38,697	10.5
    	Andrés Zaldívar			29,590	7.8
    	The Force of Majority	55,124	14.9		Álvaro Elizalde	30,900	8.3
    	Viviana Landaeta			4,426	1.2
    	Carlos Villalobos			3,264	0.9
    	Jorge Tarud			14,109	3.8	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	Liliana Caro			1,332	0.4
    	Valeria Jenoveva (Ind.)			1,093	0.3
    	Sumemos	45,636	12.3		Andrés Velasco	38,867	10.5
    	Paula Romero Neira			2,164	0.6
    	Alberto Martínez Moya (Ind.)			1,817	0.5
    	Grace Salazar (Ind.)			1,520	0.4
    	Esteban Bravo Moreno (Ind.)			1,268	0.3
    	align=left rowspan=6	Broad Front	36,998	10.0		Alfredo Sfeir (Ind.)	21,157	5.7
    	Wilfredo Alfsen	3,482			0.9
    	Jimena Arias	3,145			0.8
    	Marta Guerra Medina	2,604			0.7
    	María Eugenia Lorenzini	4,816			1.3
    	Yuri Sepúlveda (Ind.)	1,794			0.5
    	All Over Chile	9,787	2.6		María Romero (Ind.)	3,503	0.9
    	Gustavo Ruz			3,467	0.9
    	Sandra Alfaro			2,817	0.8
    Total valid votes							370,126
    Turnout							410,430	48.3

    Araucanía

    Senate Election 2017: Araucanía^[85]

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	Chile Vamos	141,125	41.8		Felipe Kast	63,601	18.84
    	Carmen Gloria Aravena			4,200	1.24
    	José García Ruminot			33,456	9.91
    	Germán Becker Alvear			25,576	7.58	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    				11.751	3.48	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	José Villagrán			2,541	0.75
    	Democratic Convergence	76,119	22.55		Francisco Huenchumilla	38,185	11.31
    	Fuad Chahín			37,934	11.24	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	The Force of Majority	49,938	14.79		Flor Domínguez	2,961	0.88
    	Jaime Quintana			34,285	10.16
    	Alberto Pizarro			5,950	1.76
    	Claudia Palma			3,247	0.96
    	Patricia Coñoman			3,495	1.04
    	align=left rowspan=6	Broad Front	28,298	8.38		Aucán Huilcamán (Ind.)	11,787	3.49
    	Diego Ancalao (Ind.)	6,119			1.81
    	Juan Ortiz	3.655			1,08
    	Gabriela Meléndez	3,173			0.94
    	Gloria Mujica	2,082			0.62
    	Lucía Tormen	1,482			0.44
    bgcolor=silver		align=left colspan=5	Independent	Rojo Edwards	22,052	6.53	Lost election. Retiring Deputy.
    	Sumemos	20,051	5.94		Eduardo Díaz	13,390	3.97
    	Ema Vidal			3,795	1.12
    	Tatiana Rudolph			1,717	0.51
    	Juan Ramírez			1,149	0.34
    Total valid votes							337,583
    Turnout							373,476	44.04

    Aysén

    Senate Election 2017: Aysén

    Pact		Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Result
    	Chile Vamos	11,606	32.52		David Sandoval	7,320	20.51
    	Pilar Cuevas			4,168	11.68
    	Ana Verdugo			118	0.33
    	The Force of Majority	11,253	31.52		Camilo Escalona	2,178	6.10
    	Ximena Órdenes (Ind.)			5,405	15.14
    	Luperciano Muñoz (Ind.)			3,670	10.28
    	Democratic Convergence	10,818	30.30		Paz Foitzich	5,743	16.09
    	Eduardo Cruces			4,939	13.84
    	Hernán Vodanovic (Ind.)			4,939	13.84
    	Broad Front	1,087	3.04		Alejandro Barrientos	664	1.86
    	Jenny Rivera			423	1.18
    	Green Regionalist Coalition	518	1.45		Patagonian Regional Democracy	Carlos Pérez Osorio	271	0.76
    	Patagonian Regional Democracy			Antonella Muñoz (Ind.)	247	0.69
    	Sumemos	416	1.16		Raúl Vargas	161	0.45
    	Carlos Chávez (Ind.)			255	0.71
    Total valid votes							35,698
    Turnout							38,030	40.0

    Regional Boards election

    Revised provisional results.

    External links

    • Elections in Chile (Interior Ministry)

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