Chilean parliamentary election, 1965

Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1965.^[1] The Christian Democratic Party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, the first time a party had held a majority for several decades. The party also became the largest party in the Senate.

Electoral system

The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 21 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.^[2]

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Elected	Total	+/–
Christian Democratic Party			12	13	+9
Radical Party			2	9	–3
Liberal Party			0	4	–5
Socialist Party			3	7	–1
United Conservative Party			1	3	–2
Communist Party			2	5	+2
Other parties			1	4	–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–
Total			21	45	0
Registered voters/turnout			–	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Democratic Party	995,187	43.6	82	+59
Radical Party	312,912	13.7	20	–19
Communist Party	290,635	12.7	18	+2
Socialist Party	241,593	10.6	15	+3
Liberal Party	171,979	7.5	6	–22
United Conservative Party	121,882	5.3	3	–14
National Democratic Party	74,585	3.3	3	–9
Labour Agrarian Democracy	22,552	1.0	0	New
Democratic Party	21,518	0.9	0	0
National Action	15,173	0.7	0	New
National Vanguard of the People	5,637	0.3	0	New
Popular Command	3,121	0.1	0	0
Independents	5,669	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	70,680	–	–	–
Total	2,353,123	100	147	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,920,615	80.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Vote share
PDC			43.60%
PR			13.71%
PCCh			12.73%
PS			10.58%
PL			7.53%
PCU			5.34%
PADENA			3.27%
DAL			0.99%
PDo			0.94%
Others			1.30%

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p283