2005–06 Chilean general election

2005–06 Chilean general election
Presidential election
11 December 2005 (first round)
15 January 2006 (second round)
Turnout87.67% (first round) 2.28pp
87.12% (second round) 3.51pp
 
Candidate Michelle Bachelet Sebastián Piñera
Party Socialist National Renewal
Alliance Concertación Alliance
Popular vote 3,723,019 3,236,394
Percentage 53.50% 46.50%
President before election

Ricardo Lagos
For Democracy

 Elected President

Michelle Bachelet
Socialist

Chamber of Deputies
11 December 2005
All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
61 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Concertación 51.76 65 +3
Alliance 38.72 54 −3
FRI 1.17 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
11 December 2005
20 of 38 seats in the Senate
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Concertación 51.32 20 0
Alliance 37.25 17 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Chile on Sunday, 11 December 2005 to elect the president and members of the National Congress. None of the four presidential candidates received an absolute majority, leading to a runoff election between the top two candidates — Michelle Bachelet from the Coalition of Parties for Democracy and Sebastián Piñera from National Renewal — on Sunday, 15 January 2006. Bachelet was victorious with 53.49% of the vote. She succeeded President Ricardo Lagos on 11 March 2006, for a period of four years, after Congress reformed the Constitution in September 2005 and reduced the term from six years.

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