{{Short description|Chilean election}} {{Politics of Chile}} A '''municipal election''' took place in [[Chile]] on 28 October 2012. The newly elected mayors and councilmen will begin their term on 6 December 2012.
This was the first election carried out under a new law in which all potential voters were automatically enrolled and in which voting was made voluntary.
==Results== [[File:Centro de Prensa votaciones municipales 2012.jpg|thumb|250px|Election press headquarters at [[Teatro La Cúpula]] in [[O'Higgins Park]], [[Santiago]].]]
===Mayoral election===
''Preliminary results with 95.24% of polling stations counted.''<ref name="Gob1">{{cite web |url= http://elecciones.gob.cl/ |title= Interior Ministry |accessdate= 2012-11-01 |language= Spanish |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/ |archivedate= 2012-11-12 |df= }}</ref><ref name="interior">{{cite web | url=http://www.interior.gob.cl/n7482_29-10-2012.html | title=Gobierno entrega último boletín con resultados de las elecciones municipales 2012 | date=2012-10-29 | accessdate=2012-11-01 | language=Spanish | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117054409/http://www.interior.gob.cl/n7482_29-10-2012.html | archive-date=2013-01-17 | url-status=dead | df= }}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right" ! List/Party !! Votes !! % !! Candidates !! Elected |- ! style="text-align: left" | List A - [[Igualdad Para Chile]] || 36,336 || 0.69 || 23 || 0 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Igualdad]] || 19,034 || 0.36 || 12 || 0 |- | align="left" | Independents List A || 17,302 || 0.32 || 11 || 0 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List B - [[Regionalistas e Independientes]] || 126,510 || 2.40 || 67 || 5 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Regionalista de los Independientes]] || 39,958 || 0.75 || 28 || 2 |- | align="left" | Independents List B || 86,552 || 1.64 || 39 || 3 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List C - [[El Cambio Por Tí]] || 155,964 || 2.96 || 77 || 7 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Progresista de Chile|Partido Progresista]] || 83,558 || 1.58 || 44 || 3 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Ecologista Verde de Chile|Partido Ecologista Verde]] || 142 || 0.00 || 1 || 0 |- | align="left" | Independents List C || 72,264 || 1.37 || 32 || 4 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List D - [[Chile Está en Otra]] || 9,776 || 0.18 || 5 || 0 |- | align="left" | [[Chileprimero]] || 123 || 0.00 || 1 || 0 |- | align="left" | Independents List D || 9,653 || 0.18 || 4 || 0 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List E - [[Por un Chile Justo]] || 720,865 || 13.70 || 112 || 62 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Comunista de Chile]] || 72,784 || 1.38 || 7 || 4 |- | align="left" | [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|Partido por la Democracia]] || 346,893 || 6.59 || 61 || 37 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Radical Socialdemócrata]] || 174,340 || 3.31 || 27 || 13 |- | align="left" | Independents List E || 126,848 || 2.41 || 17 || 8 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List F - [[Concertación Democrática]] || 1,546,773 || 29.40 || 225 || 106 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile|Partido Demócrata Cristiano]] || 865,278 || 16.44 || 120 || 55 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Socialista de Chile]] || 519,373 || 9.87 || 70 || 31 |- | align="left" | Independents List F || 162,122 || 3.08 || 35 || 20 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List G - [[Más Humanos]] || 82,666 || 1.57 || 54 || 3 |- | align="left" | [[Partido Humanista]] || 33,144 || 0.62 || 25 || 1 |- | align="left" | [[Movimiento Amplio Social]] || 30,449 || 0.57 || 8 || 1 |- | align="left" | Independents List G || 19,073 || 0.36 || 21 || 1 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List H - [[Coalition for Change (Chile)|Coalición]] || 1,971,651 || 37.47 || 333 || 121 |- | align="left" | [[Unión Demócrata Independiente]] || 946,742 || 17.99 || 131 || 47 |- | align="left" | [[National Renewal (Chile)|Renovación Nacional]] || 621,915 || 11.82 || 118 || 40 |- | align="left" | Independents List H || 402,994 || 7.65 || 84 || 34 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List I - [[Por el Desarrollo del Norte]] || 33,864 || 0.64 || 2 || 1 |- | align="left" | Independents List I || 33,864 || 0.64 || 2 || 1 |- ! style="text-align: left" | Independents (out of pact) || 576,664 || 10.96 || 261 || 40 |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Valid votes || 5,261,069 || 100.00 || || |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Null votes || 148,726 || || || |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Blank votes || 86,134 || || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total votes || 5,495,929 || || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total voters enrolled || 13,404,084 || colspan="3" | 43.05% turnout (est.) |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Voting age population || 12,835,981 || colspan="3" | 104.43% registered |}
===Councilmen election===
''Preliminary results with 76.95% of polling stations counted.''<ref name="Gob1"/><ref name="interior"/>
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right" ! List/Party !! Votes !! % !! Candidates !! Elected |- ! style="text-align: left" | List A - [[Igualdad Para Chile]] || 33,361 || 0.81 || 135 || 1 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List B - [[Regionalistas e Independientes]] || 312,651 || 7.63 || 1,514 || 136 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List C - [[El Cambio Por Tí]] || 184,830 || 4.51 || 960 || 46 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List D - [[Chile Está en Otra]] || 5,990 || 0.14 || 37 || 1 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List E - [[Por un Chile Justo]] || 905,092 || 22.10 || 2,085 || 499 |- | align="left" | [[PPD e Independientes]] || 407,088 || 9.94 || 793 || 269 |- | align="left" | [[PRSD e Independientes]] || 234,800 || 5.73 || 718 || 128 |- | align="left" | [[PCCH + IC e Independientes]] || 263,204 || 6.42 || 574 || 102 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List F - [[Concertación Democrática]] || 1,120,472 || 27.36 || 2,126 || 663 |- | align="left" | [[PDC e Independientes]] || 618,996 || 15.11 || 1,095 || 387 |- | align="left" | [[PS e Independientes]] || 501,476 || 12.24 || 1,031 || 276 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List G - [[Más Humanos]] || 125,215 || 3.05 || 671 || 31 |- | align="left" | [[PH e Independientes]] || 76,487 || 1.86 || 458 || 19 |- | align="left" | [[MAS e Independientes]] || 48,728 || 1.19 || 213 || 12 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List H - [[Coalition for Change (Chile)|Coalición]] || 1,349,211 || 32.94 || 2,209 || 833 |- | align="left" | [[RN e Independientes]] || 643,269 || 15.70 || 1,101 || 407 |- | align="left" | [[UDI e Independientes]] || 705,942 || 17.24 || 1,108 || 426 |- ! style="text-align: left" | List I - [[Por el Desarrollo del Norte]] || 18,476 || 0.45 || 27 || 6 |- ! style="text-align: left" | Independents (out of pact) || 39,434 || 0.96 || 134 || 6 |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Valid votes || 4,094,732 || 100.00 || || |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Null votes || 187,759 || || || |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" | Blank votes || 140,434 || || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total votes || 4,422,925 || || || |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Total voters enrolled || 13,404,084 || colspan="3" | 42.88% turnout (est.) |- class="sortbottom" ! align="left" | Voting age population || 12,835,981 || colspan="3" | 104.43% registered |}
==See also== * [[2012 Concertación municipal primaries]]
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104190550/http://colegiosescrutadores.servel.cl/ Electoral Service (Servel)] - Preliminary results. * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/ Ministry of Interior] - Preliminary results.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Chilean elections}}
[[Category:2012 elections in Chile|Municipal]] [[Category:Municipal elections in Chile]] [[Category:October 2012 in South America|Chile]] [[Category:Presidency of Sebastián Piñera]]