# 2008 Chilean municipal election

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[Ballot boxes](/source/Ballot_box) for votes for [mayors](/source/Mayor) and [council people](/source/City_Council), seen on a polling station in [Peñalolén](/source/Pe%C3%B1alol%C3%A9n).

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A mock councilmen ballot for the [La Reina](/source/La_Reina) municipality.

A **municipal election** took place in [Chile](/source/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.*[1]

List/Party Votes % Candidates Elected List A - Por un Chile Limpio 254,610 4.00 103 8 Partido Regionalista de los Independientes 55,556 0.87 37 2 Independents List A 199,054 3.13 66 6 List B - La Fuerza del Norte 25,571 0.40 4 1 Fuerza País 1,166 0.02 1 0 Independents List B 24,405 0.38 3 1 List C - Concertación Democrática 1,826,824 28.71 227 101 Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile 1,143,898 17.98 136 59 Partido Socialista de Chile 594,186 9.34 72 30 Independents List C 88,740 1.39 19 12 List D - Juntos Podemos Más 402,661 6.33 191 7 Partido Comunista de Chile 157,414 2.47 76 4 Partido Humanista 85,528 1.34 30 1 Independents List D 159,719 2.51 85 2 List E - Alianza 2,586,754 40.66 340 144 Renovación Nacional 841,431 13.23 121 55 Unión Demócrata Independiente 1,275,653 20.05 129 58 Independents List E 469,670 7.38 90 31 List F - Concertación Progresista 618,685 9.72 102 46 Partido por la Democracia 442,498 6.96 65 35 Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 152,200 2.39 28 10 Independents List F 23,987 0.38 9 1 Independents (out of pact) 647,025 10.17 264 38 Valid votes 6,362,130 100.00 1,231 345 Null votes 407,103 5.85 Blank votes 189,842 2.73 Total votes 6,959,075 100.00 Total voters enrolled 8,110,265 85.81% turnout Voting age population 12,035,307 67.39% registered

### Councilmen election

*Official and final results.*[2]

Party Votes % Candidates Elected List A - Por un Chile Limpio 459,993 7.56 1,429 117 Partido Regionalista de los Independientes 224,194 3.68 639 64 Partido Ecologista 4,297 0.07 11 0 Independents List A 231,502 3.80 779 53 List B - La Fuerza del Norte 35,232 0.58 37 7 Fuerza País 1,648 0.03 5 1 Independents List B 33,584 0.55 32 6 List C - Concertación Democrática 1,694,494 27.84 2,092 677 Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile 849,714 13.96 887 344 Partido Socialista de Chile 679,982 11.17 832 250 Independents List C 164,798 2.71 373 83 List D - Juntos Podemos Más 555,329 9.12 1,589 79 Partido Comunista de Chile 305,990 5.03 560 45 Partido Humanista 114,400 1.88 417 13 Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile 2,606 0.04 10 0 Independents List D 132,333 2.17 602 21 List E - Alianza 2,194,528 36.05 2,123 861 Renovación Nacional 980,196 16.10 834 389 Unión Demócrata Independiente 919,765 15.11 864 347 Independents List E 294,567 4.84 425 125 List F - Concertación Progresista 1,052,333 17.29 2,013 393 Partido por la Democracia 517,469 8.50 678 200 Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 316,975 5.21 713 112 Independents List F 217,889 3.58 622 81 Independents (out of pact) 94,986 1.56 203 12 Valid votes 6,086,895 100.00 9,486 2,146 Null votes 568,778 8.18 Blank votes 294,835 4.24 Total votes 6,950,508 100.00 Total voters enrolled 8,110,265 85.70% turnout Voting age population 12,035,307 67.39% registered

## External links

- (in Spanish) [Electoral Service (Servel)](https://web.archive.org/web/20120222162536/http://www.servel.cl/servel/index.aspx?channel=394) - Final results (by candidate)

- (in Spanish) [Final results from the Ministry of Interior](https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gob1_1-0)** ["Interior Ministry"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110617112439/http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/index2008_alca.htm) (in Spanish). Archived from [the original](http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/index2008_alca.htm) on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gob2_2-0)** ["Interior Ministry"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/) (in Spanish). Archived from [the original](http://elecciones.gob.cl/) on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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