General elections were held in Chile on 17 November 2013, including presidential, parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:

• A President of the Republic to serve a four-year term.
• Twenty out of 38 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term in the National Congress.
• The full 120 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term in the National Congress.
• The full 278 members of the regional boards to serve a four-year term.

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2013 Chilean general election

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Presidential election

17 November 2013 (first round) 15 December 2013 (second round)

Candidate Michelle Bachelet Evelyn Matthei Party Socialist UDI Alliance Nueva Mayoría Alliance Popular vote 3,470,379 2,111,891 Percentage 62.17% 37.83%

First round results by commune Second round results by commune

President before election Sebastián Piñera National Renewal Elected President Michelle Bachelet Socialist

Parliamentary election

17 November 2013

All 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 20 of 38 seats in the Senate

Party % Seats Chamber of Deputies Nueva Mayoría 47.71 67 Alliance 36.23 49 If You Want It, Chile Changes 5.43 1 Independents 3.32 3 Senate Nueva Mayoría 50.63 12 Alliance 38.05 7 Independents 1.52 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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All the newly elected authorities began their terms on 11 March 2014.

In the presidential election, former president Michelle Bachelet fell short of the absolute majority needed for an outright win. In the runoff election, held on 15 December, she beat former senator and Minister of Labor Evelyn Matthei with over 62% of the vote, with turnout significantly lower than in the first round.

In the parliamentary elections, the New Majority coalition (backing Bachelet's candidacy) won back control of both chambers of Congress, winning 12 of the 20 contested seats in the Senate, for a total of 21 out of 38 total seats, and 67 of the 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

These were the first presidential and parliamentary elections in which all eligible voters were automatically enrolled, and where voting was no longer mandatory. Members of the regional boards were directly elected for the first time.

Notable events and dates.^[1][2]

• 30 June 2013: Primaries held simultaneously nationwide. Michelle Bachelet and Pablo Longueira win their respective primaries for president.
• 17 July 2013: Longueira quits the race.
• 20 July 2013: UDI picks Evelyn Matthei to replace Longueira.
• 19 August 2013: Deadline to register candidacies.
• 9 October 2013: First debate. Bachelet does not participate.
• 18 October 2013: Campaign advertising starts.
• 25 October 2013: Radio debate.
• 29–30 October 2013: Two-day television debate.
• 14 November 2013: Campaign advertising ends.
• 17 November 2013: Election takes place.
• 22 November 2013: The Electoral Service publishes on its website a revised count made by polling officers the day after the election.
• 1 December 2013: Runoff campaign advertising starts.
• 3 December 2013: The Election Court (Tricel) publishes the final results of the first round election in the Official Gazette and calls for a runoff election between the top two candidates.
• 6 December 2013: Radio debate.
• 10 December 2013: Television debate.
• 12 December 2013: Runoff campaign advertising ends.
• 15 December 2013: Runoff election.
  • Polls close at 6 PM nationwide.
  • At about 7 PM, Matthei concedes defeat, telling reporters outside her home: "It is clear, she has won".^[3]
  • At about 7:20 PM Matthei gives her concession speech.^[3]
• 17 December 2013: The Electoral Service publishes on its website a revised count made by polling officers the day after the election.
• 10 January 2014: The Tricel officially proclaims Bachelet as President-Elect during a ceremony in Santiago, and publishes the final results of the second round election on its website.
• 11 March 2014: The President-elect takes office in a ceremony at the National Congress in Valparaíso.

In December 2012 a law was published allowing political parties or coalitions to define their candidates for president in government-run primary elections. The two main political groups agreed to choose their candidates this way. Former president Michelle Bachelet won the New Majority primary with 73% of the vote, while former senator and minister Pablo Longueira won the Alliance primary with 51%. Longueira subsequently quit the race and was replaced with Evelyn Matthei. Sitting president Sebastián Piñera did not stand for re-election due to term limits.

List of candidates who officially registered their candidacies at the Electoral Service. All candidacies were accepted on 28 August 2013.^[4] Bachelet's candidacy was automatically accepted after she was proclaimed the winner of her primary by the Election Court.

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Candidate	Endorsement	Remarks
Michelle Bachelet Socialist Party	New Majority: Socialist Party Party for Democracy Broad Social Movement Communist Party Citizen Left Christian Democratic Party Social Democrat Radical Party	The former President from 2006 to 2010 became the New Majority candidate after beating three other candidates in a coalition primary held on 30 June 2013.[5] For further details, see Chilean presidential primaries, 2013.
Marcel Claude Humanist Party	Everybody to La Moneda: Humanist Party United Left (movement)	The leftist economist and university professor launched his candidacy on 26 January 2013.[6] On 12 March 2013 he was proclaimed by the Humanist Party as their candidate.[7] He officially registered his candidacy at the Electoral Service on 12 August 2013.[8]
Marco Enríquez-Ominami Progressive Party	If You Want It, Chile Changes: Progressive Party Liberal Party Allendist Socialism (movement)	The 2009 candidate launched his candidacy on 4 October 2012 at a theater in Santiago.[9] On 5 May 2013, he was proclaimed as candidate by the Allendist Socialism movement.[10] On 15 June 2013, he was proclaimed as candidate by the Liberal Party (formerly known as Chilefirst)[11] and on 13 July 2013 by the Progressive Party.[12] He officially registered his candidacy at the Electoral Service on 17 August 2013.[13]
Ricardo Israel Regionalist Party of the Independents	Regionalist Party of the Independents	The political scientist was proclaimed by the Regionalist Party of the Independents (PRI) on 20 July 2013.[14] He officially registered his candidacy at the Electoral Service on 14 August 2013.[15]
Tomás Jocelyn-Holt Independent	Independent electors	Former Christian Democrat deputy[16] and former member of the Liberal Party (PL). On 9 December 2012, the PL decided to withdraw their support for his candidacy.[17] He officially registered his independent candidacy at the Electoral Service on 19 August 2013.[18]
Evelyn Matthei Independent Democratic Union	Alliance: Independent Democratic Union National Renewal	The former senator and Labor minister was picked as candidate by her party's political commission on 20 July 2013, replacing Pablo Longueira who had quit the race three days earlier.[19] She was formally proclaimed as candidate by both UDI and National Renewal on 10 August 2013.[20][21] She officially registered her candidacy at the Electoral Service on 18 August 2013.[22] For further details, see Chilean presidential primaries, 2013.
Roxana Miranda Equality Party	Equality Party	The leader of ANDHA Chile (a group representing mortgage borrowers) was proclaimed on 21 January 2013 as the Equality Party's candidate for president.[23] She officially registered her candidacy at the Electoral Service on 19 August 2013.[24]
Franco Parisi Independent	Independent electors	Economist and television commentator.[25] On 7 August 2013, Parisi officially registered his independent candidacy at the Electoral Service. He presented over 52 thousand signatures, many more than the required minimum.[26]
Alfredo Sfeir Green Ecologist Party	Green Ecologist Party	The economist and spiritual leader was proclaimed as candidate by the Green Ecologist Party on 13 April 2013,[27] after beating Félix González in a party primary.[28] He officially registered his candidacy at the Electoral Service on 19 August 2013.[29]

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Following the result of the first round election, Bachelet said: "We knew that it would be tough to win on the first round, we worked really hard, and we almost did it. We did win tonight, and we are going to work hard to win comfortably in December."^[43] Following the first round, both candidates offered no change in aggressive campaigning for the second round except to include young MPs elected in their campaign. Matthei did however compare her politices that of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bachelet's to that of the former East Germany. While Green Ecologist Party's candidate Alfredo Sfeir was the only losing first-round candidate to back one of the two second-round candidates, in his case Michelle Bachelet,^[44] independent candidate Franco Parisi said "Bachelet will be a great President, (...) Matthei would do bad for Chile, she is not to be trusted."^[45]

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Bachelet, while the White House issued a statement that read: "The President expressed his desire to continue strengthening the relationship between the United States and Chile, building on the close partnership he enjoyed with President-elect...The President looks forward to working closely with President-elect Bachelet to advance our shared interests in the years ahead."^[46]