Chilean presidential election, 1993
Encyclopedia
A presidential election was held in Chile
on December 11, 1993. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
, son of former president Eduardo Frei Montalva
, won the election by absolute majority.
Source: Tricel.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
on December 11, 1993. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación...
, son of former president Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...
, won the election by absolute majority.
Results
| Ballot number | Candidate | Party/Coalition | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Max Neef | Ind. | 387,371 | 5.55 | |
| 2 | Eugenio Pizarro Poblete Eugenio Pizarro Eugenio Pizarro Poblete is a Chilean Catholic priest, and politician, member of the Communist Party of Chile... |
Ind. | 327,404 | 4.69 | |
| 3 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación... |
PDC Christian Democrat Party of Chile The Christian Democratic Party is a political party in Chile and governs as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. In the 2009 election it won 19 congress seats and 9 senate seats.... /CPD Coalition of Parties for Democracy The Concert of Parties for Democracy , more often known as the Concertación, is a coalition of center-left political parties in Chile, founded in 1988... |
4,044,112 | 57.99 | President |
| 4 | Cristián Reitze Campos Cristián Reitze Cristián Reitze Campos is a Chilean politician and businessman. He is a member of the Humanist Party of Chile , acted as president of the aprty, and in 1993 he was one of the candidates for the presidency of Chile, representing the Green Humanist Alliance , but he only managed to get 1,17% from the... |
PAHV | 81,814 | 1.17 | |
| 5 | Arturo Alessandri Besa Arturo Alessandri Besa Arturo Alessandri Besa is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Alessandri was member of his country's Chamber of Deputies and also of the National Congress; he also was candidate for the presidency of Chile in the 1993 elections.... |
UDI Independent Democrat Union The Independent Democrat Union is a Chilean right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its main inspirer was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a former senator of the Republic of Chile from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.Its ideological origins... |
1,703,070 | 24.42 | |
| 6 | José Piñera Echenique José Piñera José Piñera is the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as well as "the Pension Reform Pied Piper"... |
Ind. | 431,176 | 6.18 | |
| Total valid votes | 6,974,947 | 100 | |||
| Null votes | 271,389 | 3.68 | |||
| Blank votes | 136,950 | 1.85 | |||
| Total votes | 7,383,286 | 100 | |||
| Total voters enrolled | 8,085,439 | | 91.31% turnout | |||
| Est. pop. ≥ 18 on Dec. 11 | 9,135,407 | | 88.51% registered | |||
Source: Tricel.