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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.[1] Piñera won the runoff with 52% of the vote and succeeded Michelle Bachelet on 11 March 2010.
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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).
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-right[2] 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.
Candidate | Endorsement | Political spectrum |
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![]() Communist Party of Chile | ![]() New Left[3] | Left |
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![]() Christian Democrat Party | ![]() Country Force | Center-left |
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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. |
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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.[5] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 9 September 2009.[6] |
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The UDI officially proclaimed Piñera as its candidate on 22 August 2009.[7] Piñera had been proposed as the party's candidate by the UDI's Consejo Directivo in December 2008.[8]
Pre-candidates:
Potential candidates:
Declined candidacies:
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ChileFirst decided to support Piñera on 29 March 2009 after its leader, senator Fernando Flores, declined to run for president.[13] It officially proclaimed him on 15 August 2009.[14] Declined candidacies:
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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 2009[15] and by the PDC, PS and PRSD on 22 August 2009.[16] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 12 September 2009.[17] |
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 |
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PRSD | ![]() |
He was proclaimed by his party on 13 November 2008. He had announced his pre-candidacy two days earlier.[18] |
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He was proclaimed by his party on 13 December 2008.[19]
Other candidates:
Declined candidacy:
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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:
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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.[31]
Other candidates:
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None | Failed candidacies:
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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.[37]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result |
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![]() | DC | 40,140 | 64.90 | Concertación candidate |
![]() | PRSD | 21,703 | 35.09 | |
Valid votes | 61,843 | 100 | ||
Null votes | 222 | 0.35 | ||
Blank votes | 317 | 0.50 | ||
Total votes | 62,382 | 100 |
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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.[38] 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.[39] |
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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.[40] 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.[41] 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.[citation needed] |
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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.[42] 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.[43] |
Independent (Socialista-allendista) | ![]() |
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.[44] On 20 November 2008, Arrate was proclaimed as candidate by a group of Socialist Party Central Committee members.[45] Arrate resigned from the PS on 14 January 2009.[46] He was proclaimed as presidential candidate on 18 January 2009 by a group of Socialist Party members, the so-called "socialistas-allendistas".[47] |
The election to define the sole Juntos Podemos candidate was carried out on April 25, 2009 in Santiago. Arrate beat Hirsch and became the single Juntos Podemos candidate.
Final results.[48]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Result |
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![]() | Ind. | 1,145 | 77.57 | Juntos Podemos candidate |
![]() | PH | 331 | 22.42 | |
Valid votes | 1,476 | 100 | ||
Null votes | 6 | 0.40 | ||
Blank votes | 2 | 0.13 | ||
Total votes | 1,484 | 100 |
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On 15 December 2008, he announced he was available to compete with Insulza in a Socialist Party primary.[35] 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.[36] 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.[49] He submitted his candidacy to the Electoral Service on 10 September 2009.[50] |
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.
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,[70] the deputy Esteban Valenzuela rejected to join with the center-right and resigned ChileFirst to endorse Marco Enríquez-Ominami's candidacy.[71] 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 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,[72] the Movement Unified of Sexual Minorities (MUMS),[73] the Movement SurDA and the Progressist Network.[74]
Party | Slogan |
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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 |
List of opinion polls released within a year of the election. Only responses from persons registered to vote are shown.
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Publisher | Field date | Date published | Arrate | MEO | Frei | Piñera | Other | DK/NR | Comments |
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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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 N/A, 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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
Imaginacción | 1–30 June 2009 | 14 July 2009 | 2.3 | 21.5 | 28.2 | 35.9 | 2.7 | 9.4 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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.
Publisher | Field date | Date published | Frei | Piñera | DK/NR | Comments |
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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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
La Segunda-UDD | 18 December 2008 | 19 December 2008 | 38 | 46 | 16 | Source |
TNS Time | January N/A, 2009 | 31 January 2009 (unverified) | 40 | 45 | 15 | Source |
Imaginacción | 3–31 January 2009 | 6 February 2009 | 42.3 | 45.6 | 12.1 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
TNS Time | 1–30 April 2009 | 5 May 2009 | 41 | 43 | 16 | Source |
CERC | 13–27 April 2009 | 14 May 2009 | 33 | 47 | 20 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
TNS Time | 4–30 May 2009 | 2 June 2009 | 38 | 43 | 19 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
Imaginacción | 1–30 June 2009 | 14 July 2009 | 41.9 | 43.3 | 14.8 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
CERC | 17 July – 3 August 2009 | 12 August 2009 | 36 | 44 | 20 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
Imaginacción | 1–30 September 2009 | 14 October 2009 | 42.2 | 45.2 | 12.6 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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.
Publisher | Field date | Date published | MEO | Piñera | DK/NR | Comments |
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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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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 | Source[permanent dead link] |
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.
DK/NR: Don't know / No response.
DK/NR: Don't know / No response.
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%).[75] 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.[76]
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%).[77]
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.
On 20 December 2009, the Juntos Podemos Más coalition gave his support to Eduardo Frei's candidacy, after the former president agreed to include a number of policies into his government program.[78] Two days later, Jorge Arrate also gave his full support to Frei.[79] On 13 January 2010 Enríquez-Ominami held a press conference to state he would vote for Frei, although he did not say his name.[80] He had previously said that voting for Piñera would be a regression and voting for Frei would not be an advancement.
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Sebastián Piñera | Coalition for Change (RN) | 3,074,164 | 44.06 | 3,591,182 | 51.61 | |
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | Concertación (PDC) | 2,065,061 | 29.60 | 3,367,790 | 48.39 | |
Marco Enríquez-Ominami | New Majority for Chile (Ind.) | 1,405,124 | 20.14 | |||
Jorge Arrate | Juntos Podemos Más (PCCh) | 433,195 | 6.21 | |||
Total | 6,977,544 | 100.00 | 6,958,972 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,977,544 | 96.05 | 6,958,972 | 96.61 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 286,592 | 3.95 | 244,399 | 3.39 | ||
Total votes | 7,264,136 | 100.00 | 7,203,371 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,285,186 | 87.68 | 8,285,186 | 86.94 | ||
Source: SERVEL (first round) SERVEL (second round) |
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Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
Concertación & Juntos Podemos | Christian Democratic Party | 940,265 | 14.21 | 19 | –1 | ||
Party for Democracy | 839,744 | 12.69 | 18 | –3 | |||
Socialist Party | 653,367 | 9.88 | 11 | –4 | |||
Social Democratic Radical Party | 251,456 | 3.80 | 5 | –2 | |||
Communist Party of Chile | 133,718 | 2.02 | 3 | +3 | |||
Independents | 115,828 | 1.75 | 1 | –1 | |||
Total | 2,934,378 | 44.35 | 57 | –8 | |||
Coalition for Change | Independent Democratic Union | 1,525,000 | 23.05 | 37 | +4 | ||
National Renewal | 1,178,392 | 17.81 | 18 | –1 | |||
ChileFirst | 18,021 | 0.27 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 153,261 | 2.32 | 3 | +1 | |||
Total | 2,874,674 | 43.45 | 58 | +4 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist Independent Party | 264,466 | 4.00 | 3 | +2 | ||
Broad Social Movement | 26,440 | 0.40 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 65,892 | 1.00 | 0 | – | |||
Total | 356,798 | 5.39 | 3 | New | |||
New Majority for Chile | Humanist Party | 95,177 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ecologist Party | 3,815 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 203,635 | 3.08 | 0 | – | |||
Total | 302,627 | 4.57 | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 147,379 | 2.23 | 2 | +1 | |||
Total | 6,615,856 | 100.00 | 120 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 6,615,856 | 91.08 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 647,681 | 8.92 | |||||
Total votes | 7,263,537 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,285,186 | 87.67 | |||||
Source: SERVEL |
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Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||
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Won | Not up | Total | +/– | |||||||
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | 382,728 | 20.19 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
Independent Democratic Union | 403,741 | 21.30 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –1 | ||||
Independents | 70,124 | 3.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 856,593 | 45.19 | 9 | 7 | 16 | –1 | ||||
Concertación & Juntos Podemos | Christian Democratic Party | 314,145 | 16.57 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +3 | |||
Party for Democracy | 262,503 | 13.85 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | ||||
Socialist Party | 175,017 | 9.23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –3 | ||||
Social Democrat Radical Party | 68,482 | 3.61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | ||||
Total | 820,147 | 43.27 | 9 | 10 | 19 | –1 | ||||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent Regionalist Party | 46,730 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
MAS Region | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Independents | 75,311 | 3.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 122,041 | 6.44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –1 | ||||
New Majority for Chile | Humanist Party | 12,974 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 79,266 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 92,240 | 4.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Independents | 4,461 | 0.24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | ||||
Total | 1,895,482 | 100.00 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 0 | ||||
Valid votes | 1,895,482 | 92.31 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 157,998 | 7.69 | ||||||||
Total votes | 2,053,480 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,392,477 | 85.83 | ||||||||
Source: SERVEL, IPU, Election Resources |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
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Coalition for Change | UDI | Jaime Orpis | 56,390 | 33.5 | Hold his seat | ||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent | Salvador Urrutia | 47,087 | 29.3 | |||
Concertación | Socialist | Fulvio Rossi | 45,639 | 26.8 | New senator | ||
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Julio Lagos | 12,348 | 7.3 | |||
Concertación | PDC | Daniel Espinoza | 6,919 | 4.1 |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
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Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Baldo Prokurica | 34,793 | 33.0 | Hold his seat | ||
Concertación | Socialist | Isabel Allende Bussi | 28,240 | 26.8 | New senator | ||
Concertación | For Democracy | Antonio Leal | 19,693 | 18.7 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist | Jaime Mulet Martínez | 18,580 | 17.6 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist | Robinson Peña | 2,126 | 2.0 | |||
Coalition for Change | UDI | Cristián Letelier | 1,909 | 1.8 |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
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Concertación | PDC | Ignacio Walker | 76,716 | 21.1 | New senator | ||
Concertación | Social Democrat Radical | Nelson Ávila | 64,124 | 17.6 | Lost his seat | ||
Coalition for Change | UDI | Marcelo Forni | 71,645 | 19.7 | |||
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Lily Pérez | 83,595 | 23.0 | New senator | ||
New Majority for Chile | Independent | Carlos Ominami | 60,945 | 16.7 | |||
New Majority for Chile | Independent | Cristián García-Huidobro | 2,509 | 0.7 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent | Lautaro Velásquez | 4,422 | 1.2 |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concertación | For Democracy | Ricardo Lagos Weber | 123,626 | 33.2 | New senator | ||
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Francisco Chahuán | 105,123 | 28.2 | New senator | ||
Coalition for Change | UDI | Joaquín Lavín | 103,762 | 27.9 | |||
Concertación | PDC | Hernán Pinto | 22,447 | 6.00 | |||
New Majority for Chile | Independent | Juan Guzmán | 14,784 | 4.0 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist | Raúl Silva | 2,773 | 0.7 |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition for Change | UDI | Juan Antonio Coloma | 96,844 | 35.2 | Hold his seat | ||
Concertación | PDC | Andrés Zaldívar | 86,266 | 31.3 | Holding in a new seat | ||
Concertación | Socialist | Jaime Gazmuri | 67,586 | 24.6 | Lost his seat | ||
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Robert Morrison | 17,548 | 6.3 | |||
New Majority for Chile | Humanist | Mercedes Bravo | 6,942 | 2.5 |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition for Change | UDI | Hernán Larraín | 67,461 | 43.1 | Hold his seat | ||
Concertación | PDC | Ximena Rincón | 48,607 | 31.0 | New senator | ||
Concertación | Socialist | Jaime Naranjo | 32,867 | 21.0 | Lost his seat | ||
Coalition for Change | Independent | Juan Ariztía | 6,110 | 3.9 | |||
New Majority for Chile | Humanist | Marilén Cabrera | 1,567 | 1.0 |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Alberto Espina | 52,082 | 38.5 | Hold his seat | ||
Concertación | For Democracy | Jaime Quintana | 40,120 | 29.7 | New senator | ||
Concertación | PDC | Tomás Jocelyn-Holt | 7,481 | 5.5 | |||
Coalition for Change | Independent | Cecilia Villouta | 7,255 | 5.4 | |||
New Majority for Chile | Humanist | Juan Enrique Prieto | 1,611 | 1.2 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent | Roberto Muñoz | 20,126 | 14.9 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent | Enrique Sanhueza | 6,574 | 4.9 | |||
Source[81] |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
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Concertación | For Democracy | Eugenio Tuma Zedan | 74,207 | 29.1 | New senator | ||
Coalition for Change | National Renewal | José García Ruminot | 57,260 | 22.4 | Hold his seat | ||
Coalition for Change | UDI | Ena von Baer | 56,578 | 22.2 | |||
Concertación | PDC | Francisco Huenchumilla | 51,338 | 20.1 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist | Eduardo Díaz | 11,464 | 4.5 | |||
New Majority for Chile | Humanist | Luis Fernando Vivanco | 2,779 | 1.1 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Independent | José Villagrán | 1,512 | 0.6 | |||
Source[82] |
Pact | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | ||
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Coalition for Change | National Renewal | Antonio Horvath | 14,193 | 34.6 | Hold his seat | ||
Concertación | PDC | Patricio Walker | 11,293 | 27.5 | New senator | ||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist | Eduardo Cruces | 6,958 | 17.0 | |||
Clean Chile, Vote Happy | Regionalist | Paz Foitzich | 4,613 | 11.2 | |||
Concertación | Social Democrat Radical | Ernesto Velasco | 3,940 | 9.6 | |||
Source[83] |
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