# 2012 Chilean municipal election

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Chilean election

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

Election press headquarters at [Teatro La Cúpula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teatro_La_C%C3%BApula&action=edit&redlink=1) in [O'Higgins Park](/source/O'Higgins_Park), [Santiago](/source/Santiago).

### Mayoral election

*Preliminary results with 95.24% of polling stations counted.*[1][2]

List/Party Votes % Candidates Elected List A - Igualdad Para Chile 36,336 0.69 23 0 Partido Igualdad 19,034 0.36 12 0 Independents List A 17,302 0.32 11 0 List B - Regionalistas e Independientes 126,510 2.40 67 5 Partido Regionalista de los Independientes 39,958 0.75 28 2 Independents List B 86,552 1.64 39 3 List C - El Cambio Por Tí 155,964 2.96 77 7 Partido Progresista 83,558 1.58 44 3 Partido Ecologista Verde 142 0.00 1 0 Independents List C 72,264 1.37 32 4 List D - Chile Está en Otra 9,776 0.18 5 0 Chileprimero 123 0.00 1 0 Independents List D 9,653 0.18 4 0 List E - Por un Chile Justo 720,865 13.70 112 62 Partido Comunista de Chile 72,784 1.38 7 4 Partido por la Democracia 346,893 6.59 61 37 Partido Radical Socialdemócrata 174,340 3.31 27 13 Independents List E 126,848 2.41 17 8 List F - Concertación Democrática 1,546,773 29.40 225 106 Partido Demócrata Cristiano 865,278 16.44 120 55 Partido Socialista de Chile 519,373 9.87 70 31 Independents List F 162,122 3.08 35 20 List G - Más Humanos 82,666 1.57 54 3 Partido Humanista 33,144 0.62 25 1 Movimiento Amplio Social 30,449 0.57 8 1 Independents List G 19,073 0.36 21 1 List H - Coalición 1,971,651 37.47 333 121 Unión Demócrata Independiente 946,742 17.99 131 47 Renovación Nacional 621,915 11.82 118 40 Independents List H 402,994 7.65 84 34 List I - Por el Desarrollo del Norte 33,864 0.64 2 1 Independents List I 33,864 0.64 2 1 Independents (out of pact) 576,664 10.96 261 40 Valid votes 5,261,069 100.00 Null votes 148,726 Blank votes 86,134 Total votes 5,495,929 Total voters enrolled 13,404,084 43.05% turnout (est.) Voting age population 12,835,981 104.43% registered

### Councilmen election

*Preliminary results with 76.95% of polling stations counted.*[1][2]

List/Party Votes % Candidates Elected List A - Igualdad Para Chile 33,361 0.81 135 1 List B - Regionalistas e Independientes 312,651 7.63 1,514 136 List C - El Cambio Por Tí 184,830 4.51 960 46 List D - Chile Está en Otra 5,990 0.14 37 1 List E - Por un Chile Justo 905,092 22.10 2,085 499 PPD e Independientes 407,088 9.94 793 269 PRSD e Independientes 234,800 5.73 718 128 PCCH + IC e Independientes 263,204 6.42 574 102 List F - Concertación Democrática 1,120,472 27.36 2,126 663 PDC e Independientes 618,996 15.11 1,095 387 PS e Independientes 501,476 12.24 1,031 276 List G - Más Humanos 125,215 3.05 671 31 PH e Independientes 76,487 1.86 458 19 MAS e Independientes 48,728 1.19 213 12 List H - Coalición 1,349,211 32.94 2,209 833 RN e Independientes 643,269 15.70 1,101 407 UDI e Independientes 705,942 17.24 1,108 426 List I - Por el Desarrollo del Norte 18,476 0.45 27 6 Independents (out of pact) 39,434 0.96 134 6 Valid votes 4,094,732 100.00 Null votes 187,759 Blank votes 140,434 Total votes 4,422,925 Total voters enrolled 13,404,084 42.88% turnout (est.) Voting age population 12,835,981 104.43% registered

## See also

- [2012 Concertación municipal primaries](/source/2012_Concertaci%C3%B3n_municipal_primaries)

## External links

- (in Spanish) [Electoral Service (Servel)](https://web.archive.org/web/20121104190550/http://colegiosescrutadores.servel.cl/) - Preliminary results.

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

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Gob1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Gob1_1-1) ["Interior Ministry"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121112172833/http://elecciones.gob.cl/) (in Spanish). Archived from [the original](http://elecciones.gob.cl/) on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-interior_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-interior_2-1) ["Gobierno entrega último boletín con resultados de las elecciones municipales 2012"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130117054409/http://www.interior.gob.cl/n7482_29-10-2012.html) (in Spanish). 2012-10-29. Archived from [the original](http://www.interior.gob.cl/n7482_29-10-2012.html) on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

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