REPUBLIC OF CHILE SENATE ELECTIONS OF 11 DECEMBER 1997 =================================================================== Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * C2000 - Chile 2000 * CPpD - Concertacion de Partidos por la Democracia (Alliance of Parties for Democracy) * La Izq - La Izquiera (The Left) * P Hum - Partido Humanista (Humanist Party) * UpC - Union por Chile (Union for Chile) The CPdC was an alliance of left and centre parties including the Socialist and Christian Democratic parties. The UpC was an alliance of right-wing parties including the National Renewal. La Izqierda was a front for the Communist Party. The Chilean Senate is elected from two-member electoral circumscriptions, by proportional representation. Senators are elected for eight-year terms, with half the circumscriptions electing senators every four years. REGION I: TARAPACA =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION I - See 1993 =================================================================== REGION II: ANTOFAGASTA =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 2 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Patricio Valdivia Guerra UpC 14,818 08.9 Carlos CANTERO OJEDA UpC 40,007 24.0 Total 54,825 32.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Manuel Rebolledo Gonzalez CPpD 43,482 26.0 Carmen FREI RUIZ-TAGLE CPpD 58,492 35.0 Total 101,974 61.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro Cisternas Flores La Izq 10,079 06.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 166,878 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 33,308 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 200,186 ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGION III: ATACAMA =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 3 - See 1993 =================================================================== REGION IV: COQUIMBO =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 4 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gonzalo Garcia-Huidobro Severn P Hum 8,439 03.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugenio Munizaga Rodriguez UpC 33,612 15.6 Evelyn MATTHEI FORNET UpC 50,281 23.3 Total 83,893 38.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jorge PIZARRO SOTO CPpD 82,598 38.3 Erich Schnake Silva CPpD 40,728 18.9 Total 123,326 57.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 215,658 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 44,106 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 259,764 ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGION V: VALPARAISO =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 5 - See 1993 =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 6- See 1993 =================================================================== REGION METROPOLITANA DE SANTIAGO =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 7 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pia Figueroa Edwards P Hum 14,003 01.2 Cristian Reitze Campos P Hum 12,791 01.1 Total 26,794 02.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jovino NOVOA VASQUEZ UpC 229,008 20.5 Angel Fantuzzi Hernandez UpC 153,278 13.7 Total 382,286 34.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andres ZALDIVAR LARRAIN CPpD 309,370 27.8 Camilo Escalona Medina CPpD 177,965 16.0 Total 487,335 43.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gladys Marin Millie La Izq 174,780 15.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose Miguel Vallejo Knockaert C2000 38,038 03.4 Sergio Santander Sepulveda C2000 4,733 00.4 Total 42,771 03.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 1,113,966 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 233,938 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,347,904 ------------------------------------------------------------------- CIRCUMSCRIPTION 8 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose Gabriel Feres Nazarala P Hum 17,473 01.4 Patricia Condemarin Bustos P Hum 16,575 01.4 Total 34,048 02.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andres Allamand Zavala UpC 207,960 17.2 Carlos BOMBAL OTAEGUI UpC 318,703 26.4 Total 526,663 43.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaime Estevez Valencia CPpD 254,577 21.1 Alejandro FOXLEY RIOSECO CPpD 294,595 24.4 Total 549,172 45.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mireya Baltra Moreno La Izq 87,568 07.3 Julian Alcayaga Olivares La Izq 8,406 00.7 Total 95,974 08.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 1,205,857 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 222,971 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,428,828 ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGION VI: DEL LIBERTADOR GENERAL BERNARDO O'HIGGINS =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 9 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Poblete Morales P Hum 5,295 01.6 Joaquin Arduengo Naredo P Hum 3,390 01.0 Total 8,685 02.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andres CHADWICK PINERA UpC 68,167 20.6 Pablo Baraona Urzua UpC 17,687 05.3 Total 85,854 25.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rafael MORENO ROJAS CPpD 82,789 25.0 Anselmo Sule Candia CPpD 76,091 23.0 Total 158,880 48.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos Poblete Avila La Izq 20,390 06.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Monica Madariaga Gutierrez C2000 55,112 16.6 Carlos Arroyo Hodges C2000 2,072 00.6 Total 57,184 17.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 330,993 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 64,963 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 395,956 ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGION VII: MAULE =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 10 - See 1993 =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 11 - See 1993 =================================================================== REGION VIII: BIO BIO =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 12 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfredo Alfsen Ovando P Hum 7,288 01.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Luis Valentin Ferrada Valenzuela UpC 20,828 04.9 Eugenio Cantuarias Larrondo UpC 97,984 22.9 Total 118,812 27.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose Antonio VIERA-GALLO QUESNEY CPpD 129,278 30.2 Hosain SABAG CASTILLO CPpD 133,761 31.3 Total 263,039 61.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Julio Campos Toro La Izq 27,386 06.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sergio Varelas Carter C2000 7,024 01.6 Carlos Martinez Hernandez C2000 4,194 01.0 Total 11,218 02.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 427,743 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 103,523 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 531,266 ------------------------------------------------------------------- CIRCUMSCRIPTION 13 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mario RIOS SANTANDER UpC 96,935 31.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Octavio Jara Wolff CPpD 79,240 25.9 Mariano RUIZ-ESQUIDE JARA CPpD 109,368 35.8 Total 188,608 61.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ena del Rasario Novoa Arriagada La Izq 20,158 06.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 305,701 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 69,626 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 375,327 ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGION IX: ARAUCANIA =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 14 - See 1993 =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 15 - See 1993 =================================================================== REGION X: LOS LAGOS =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 16 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Ergas Benmayor P Hum 4,240 02.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Juan Enrique Taladriz Garcia UpC 38,789 17.9 Marco CARIOLA BARROILHET UpC 52,247 24.2 Total 91,036 42.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabriel VALDES SUBERCASEAUX CPpD 93,375 43.2 Jorge Molina Valdivieso CPpD 18,626 08.6 Total 112,001 51.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Guillermo Teillier del Valle La Izq 8,949 04.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 216,226 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 36,340 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 252,566 ------------------------------------------------------------------- CIRCUMSCRIPTION 17 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mercedes Bravo Valenzuela P Hum 3,424 01.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodolfo STANGE OELCKERS UpC 53,584 27.1 Harry Jurgensen Caesar UpC 37,985 19.2 Total 91,569 46.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sergio PAEZ VERDUGO CPpD 56,189 28.4 German Correa Diaz CPpD 39,962 20.2 Total 96,151 48.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oscar Azocar Garcia La Izq 6,508 03.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 197,652 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 38,298 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 235,950 ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGION XI: AISEN DEL GENERAL CARLOS IBAŅEZ DEL CAMPO =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 18 - See 1993 =================================================================== REGION XII: MAGALLANES Y LA ANTARCTICA CHILENA =================================================================== CIRCUMSCRIPTION 19 =================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ximena Pizarro Rojas P Hum 1,198 02.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vicente Karelovic Vrandecic UpC 7,132 11.9 Sergio FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ UpC 14,187 24.2 Total 21,319 36.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose RUIZ DE GIORGIO CPpD 18,003 30.7 Rolando Calderon Aranguiz CPpD 16,165 27.5 Total 34,168 58.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Domingo Antonio Pavlov Miranda La Izq 2,007 03.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Valid 58,692 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Blank 16,467 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,159 -------------------------------------------------------------------