1965 Chilean parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1965. The Christian Democratic Party, led by Eduardo Frei Montalva, 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.

Results

Senate


Party		Seats
Party		Won	Total	+/–
	Christian Democratic Party	12	13	+9
	Radical Party	3	9	–4
	Socialist Party	3	7	0
	Communist Party	2	5	+2
	National Democratic Party	1	1	+1
	Liberal Party	0	5	–4
	United Conservative Party	0	2	–3
	National Vanguard of the People	0	1	0
	Independents	0	2	–1
Total		21	45	0

Source: Whelan, Whelan

Chamber of Deputies


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Party	995,187	43.60	82	+59
	Radical Party	312,912	13.71	20	–19
	Communist Party	290,635	12.73	18	+2
	Socialist Party	241,593	10.58	15	+3
	Liberal Party	171,979	7.53	6	–22
	United Conservative Party	121,882	5.34	3	–14
	National Democratic Party	74,585	3.27	3	–9
	Labour Agrarian Democracy	22,552	0.99	0	New
	Democratic Party	21,518	0.94	0	0
	National Action	15,173	0.66	0	New
	National Vanguard of the People	5,637	0.25	0	New
	Popular Command	3,121	0.14	0	0
	Independents	5,669	0.25	0	0
Total		2,282,443	100.00	147	0

Valid votes		2,282,443	97.00
Invalid/blank votes		70,680	3.00
Total votes		2,353,123	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,920,615	80.57
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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