[[File:Municipales 2008.JPG|thumb|[[Ballot box]]es for votes for [[mayor]]s and [[City Council|council people]], seen on a polling station in [[Peñalolén]].]] {{Politics of Chile}} [[File:Voto Concejales 2008 Chile.png|thumb|A mock councilmen ballot for the [[La Reina]] municipality.]] A '''municipal election''' took place in [[Chile]] on October 26, 2008. The newly elected mayors and councilmen began their term on December 6, 2008.
==Results==
===Mayoral election===
''Official and final results.''<ref name="Gob1">{{cite web|url=http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/index2008_alca.htm|title=Interior Ministry|accessdate=2 April 2010|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617112439/http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/index2008_alca.htm|archive-date=17 June 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right" ! List/Party !! Votes !! % !! Candidates !! Elected |- ! style="text-align: left" | List A - [[Por un Chile Limpio]] || 254,610 || 4.00 || 103 || 8 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Regionalista de los Independientes]] || 55,556 || 0.87 || 37 || 2 |- | align="left" | Independents List A || 199,054 || 3.13 || 66 || 6 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List B - [[La Fuerza del Norte]] || 25,571 || 0.40 || 4 || 1 |- | align="left" | [[Fuerza País]] || 1,166 || 0.02 || 1 || 0 |- | align="left" | Independents List B || 24,405 || 0.38 || 3 || 1 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List C - [[Concertación Democrática]] || 1,826,824 || 28.71 || 227 || 101 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile]] || 1,143,898 || 17.98 || 136 || 59 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Socialista de Chile]] || 594,186 || 9.34 || 72 || 30 |- | align="left" | Independents List C || 88,740 || 1.39 || 19 || 12 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List D - [[Juntos Podemos Más]] || 402,661 || 6.33 || 191 || 7 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Comunista de Chile]] || 157,414 || 2.47 || 76 || 4 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Humanista]] || 85,528 || 1.34 || 30 || 1 |- | align="left" | Independents List D || 159,719 || 2.51 || 85 || 2 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List E - [[Alliance for Chile|Alianza]] || 2,586,754 || 40.66 || 340 || 144 |- | align="left" | [[National Renewal (Chile)|Renovación Nacional]] || 841,431 || 13.23 || 121 || 55 |- | align="left" | [[Unión Demócrata Independiente]] || 1,275,653 || 20.05 || 129 || 58 |- | align="left" | Independents List E || 469,670 || 7.38 || 90 || 31 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List F - [[Concertación Progresista]] || 618,685 || 9.72 || 102 || 46 |- | align="left" | [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|Partido por la Democracia]] || 442,498 || 6.96 || 65 || 35 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Radical Socialdemócrata]] || 152,200 || 2.39 || 28 || 10 |- | align="left" | Independents List F || 23,987 || 0.38 || 9 || 1 |- ! style="text-align: left" | Independents (out of pact) || 647,025 || 10.17 || 264 || 38 |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Valid votes || 6,362,130 || 100.00 || 1,231 || 345 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Null votes || 407,103 || 5.85 || || |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Blank votes || 189,842 || 2.73 || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total votes || 6,959,075 || 100.00 || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total voters enrolled || 8,110,265 || colspan="3" | 85.81% turnout |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Voting age population || 12,035,307 || colspan="3" | 67.39% registered |}
===Councilmen election===
''Official and final results.''<ref name="Gob2">{{cite web|url=http://elecciones.gob.cl/|title=Interior Ministry|accessdate=2 April 2010|language=es|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/|archivedate=12 November 2012}}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right" ! Party || Votes || % || Candidates || Elected |- ! style="text-align: left" | List A - [[Por un Chile Limpio]] || 459,993 || 7.56 || 1,429 || 117 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Regionalista de los Independientes]] || 224,194 || 3.68 || 639 || 64 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Ecologista]] || 4,297 || 0.07 || 11 || 0 |- | align="left" | Independents List A || 231,502 || 3.80 || 779 || 53 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List B - [[La Fuerza del Norte]] || 35,232 || 0.58 || 37 || 7 |- | align="left" | [[Fuerza País]] || 1,648 || 0.03 || 5 || 1 |- | align="left" | Independents List B || 33,584 || 0.55 || 32 || 6 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List C - [[Concertación Democrática]] || 1,694,494 || 27.84 || 2,092 || 677 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile]] || 849,714 || 13.96 || 887 || 344 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Socialista de Chile]] || 679,982 || 11.17 || 832 || 250 |- | align="left" | Independents List C || 164,798 || 2.71 || 373 || 83 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List D - [[Juntos Podemos Más]] || 555,329 || 9.12 || 1,589 || 79 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Comunista de Chile]] || 305,990 || 5.03 || 560 || 45 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Humanista]] || 114,400 || 1.88 || 417 || 13 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile]] || 2,606 || 0.04 || 10 || 0 |- | align="left" | Independents List D || 132,333 || 2.17 || 602 || 21 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List E - [[Alliance for Chile|Alianza]] || 2,194,528 || 36.05 || 2,123 || 861 |- | align="left" | [[National Renewal (Chile)|Renovación Nacional]] || 980,196 || 16.10 || 834 || 389 |- | align="left" | [[Unión Demócrata Independiente]] || 919,765 || 15.11 || 864 || 347 |- | align="left" | Independents List E || 294,567 || 4.84 || 425 || 125 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List F - [[Concertación Progresista]] || 1,052,333 || 17.29 || 2,013 || 393 |- | align="left" | [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|Partido por la Democracia]] || 517,469 || 8.50 || 678 || 200 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Radical Socialdemócrata]] || 316,975 || 5.21 || 713 || 112 |- | align="left" | Independents List F || 217,889 || 3.58 || 622 || 81 |- ! style="text-align: left" | Independents (out of pact) || 94,986 || 1.56 || 203 || 12 |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Valid votes || 6,086,895 || 100.00 || 9,486 || 2,146 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Null votes || 568,778 || 8.18 || || |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Blank votes || 294,835 || 4.24 || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total votes || 6,950,508 || 100.00 || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total voters enrolled || 8,110,265 || colspan="3" | 85.70% turnout |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Voting age population || 12,035,307 || colspan="3" | 67.39% registered |}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120222162536/http://www.servel.cl/servel/index.aspx?channel=394 Electoral Service (Servel)] - Final results (by candidate) * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/ Final results from the Ministry of Interior]
==References== <references/>
{{Chilean elections}}
[[Category:2008 elections in Chile|Municipal]] [[Category:Municipal elections in Chile]] [[Category:October 2008 in South America|Chile]]