2012 Chilean municipal election

A municipal election took place in Chile on 28 October 2012. The newly elected mayors and councilmen will begin their term on 6 December 2012.

This was the first election carried out under a new law in which all potential voters were automatically enrolled and in which voting was made voluntary.

Results

Election press headquarters at Teatro La Cúpula in O'Higgins Park, Santiago.

Mayoral election

Preliminary results with 95.24% of polling stations counted.^[1][2]

List/Party	Votes	%	Candidates	Elected
List A - Igualdad Para Chile	36,336	0.69	23	0
Partido Igualdad	19,034	0.36	12	0
Independents List A	17,302	0.32	11	0
List B - Regionalistas e Independientes	126,510	2.40	67	5
Partido Regionalista de los Independientes	39,958	0.75	28	2
Independents List B	86,552	1.64	39	3
List C - El Cambio Por Tí	155,964	2.96	77	7
Partido Progresista	83,558	1.58	44	3
Partido Ecologista Verde	142	0.00	1	0
Independents List C	72,264	1.37	32	4
List D - Chile Está en Otra	9,776	0.18	5	0
Chileprimero	123	0.00	1	0
Independents List D	9,653	0.18	4	0
List E - Por un Chile Justo	720,865	13.70	112	62
Partido Comunista de Chile	72,784	1.38	7	4
Partido por la Democracia	346,893	6.59	61	37
Partido Radical Socialdemócrata	174,340	3.31	27	13
Independents List E	126,848	2.41	17	8
List F - Concertación Democrática	1,546,773	29.40	225	106
Partido Demócrata Cristiano	865,278	16.44	120	55
Partido Socialista de Chile	519,373	9.87	70	31
Independents List F	162,122	3.08	35	20
List G - Más Humanos	82,666	1.57	54	3
Partido Humanista	33,144	0.62	25	1
Movimiento Amplio Social	30,449	0.57	8	1
Independents List G	19,073	0.36	21	1
List H - Coalición	1,971,651	37.47	333	121
Unión Demócrata Independiente	946,742	17.99	131	47
Renovación Nacional	621,915	11.82	118	40
Independents List H	402,994	7.65	84	34
List I - Por el Desarrollo del Norte	33,864	0.64	2	1
Independents List I	33,864	0.64	2	1
Independents (out of pact)	576,664	10.96	261	40
Valid votes	5,261,069	100.00
Null votes	148,726
Blank votes	86,134
Total votes	5,495,929
Total voters enrolled	13,404,084	43.05% turnout (est.)
Voting age population	12,835,981	104.43% registered

Councilmen election

Preliminary results with 76.95% of polling stations counted.^[1][2]

List/Party	Votes	%	Candidates	Elected
List A - Igualdad Para Chile	33,361	0.81	135	1
List B - Regionalistas e Independientes	312,651	7.63	1,514	136
List C - El Cambio Por Tí	184,830	4.51	960	46
List D - Chile Está en Otra	5,990	0.14	37	1
List E - Por un Chile Justo	905,092	22.10	2,085	499
PPD e Independientes	407,088	9.94	793	269
PRSD e Independientes	234,800	5.73	718	128
PCCH + IC e Independientes	263,204	6.42	574	102
List F - Concertación Democrática	1,120,472	27.36	2,126	663
PDC e Independientes	618,996	15.11	1,095	387
PS e Independientes	501,476	12.24	1,031	276
List G - Más Humanos	125,215	3.05	671	31
PH e Independientes	76,487	1.86	458	19
MAS e Independientes	48,728	1.19	213	12
List H - Coalición	1,349,211	32.94	2,209	833
RN e Independientes	643,269	15.70	1,101	407
UDI e Independientes	705,942	17.24	1,108	426
List I - Por el Desarrollo del Norte	18,476	0.45	27	6
Independents (out of pact)	39,434	0.96	134	6
Valid votes	4,094,732	100.00
Null votes	187,759
Blank votes	140,434
Total votes	4,422,925
Total voters enrolled	13,404,084	42.88% turnout (est.)
Voting age population	12,835,981	104.43% registered

See also

• 2012 Concertación municipal primaries

External links

• (in Spanish) Electoral Service (Servel) - Preliminary results.
• (in Spanish) Ministry of Interior - Preliminary results.