2012 Concertación municipal primaries

The Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia primaries for the 2012 Chilean municipal elections took place nationally on 1 April 2012. 313,000 people voted in the Concertación primaries in 142 different communes. 142 out of 335 candidates were elected to represent the political conglomerate.[1][2]

Ballot paper used in the La Serena primaries.

Following the defeat of the Concertación in the 2009 presidential election, the left-wing parties' primaries were qualified as "defective and restricted."[3] The coalition, then, set the date of the municipal primaries to determine the candidates representing the political conglomerate in the elections of October 2012.

The Concertación primaries were delayed in the commune of Providencia, Santiago Metropolitan Region until 13 May, with three candidates participating.[4] María Josefa Errázuriz was eventually chosen to face current-mayor Cristián Labbé in the October elections.[5]

General results

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# Party Pre-candidates Elected candidates Votes Percentage
1 Christian Democrat Party PDC 103 50 106,232 33.8%
2 Party for Democracy PPD 82 35 81,273 25.89%
3 Socialist Party PS 90 35 83,919 26.74%
4 Social Democrat Radical Party PRSD 43 13 26,845 8.56%
5 Independent INDEP 17 6 15,548 5.6%
Total 335 142 313,817 100%

Results in selected communes

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Region of Arica y Parinacota
Putre
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Angelo Carrasco Arias PPD 364 63,08% Candidate
Miguel Saavedra Palma PDC 213 36,92%
Region of Tarapacá
Colchane
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Doris Mamani INDEP 81 58,70% Candidate
Vicente García Mamani PS 57 41,30%
Region of Antofagasta
Antofagasta
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Marcela Hernando INDEP 3519 64,60% Candidate
Andrea Merino PS 1928 35,40%
Region of Atacama
Copiapó
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Marcos López Rivera INDEP 3459 69,24% Candidate
René Navarro Albiña PRSD 288 5,76%
Francisco Madero Santana PS 1249 25,00%
Region of Coquimbo
Coquimbo
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Oscar Pereira Tapia PDC 4277 75,43% Candidate
Ramón Velásquez Seguel PPD 1393 24,57%

Oscar Pereira died on 6 July 2012. The Christian Democrat Party appointed Cristian Galleguillos as their new candidate.[6]

La Serena
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Roberto Jacob Jure PRSD 4012 54,19% Candidate
Raúl Saldívar Auger PS 3392 45,81%
Region of Valparaíso
Valparaiso
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Hernán Pinto PDC 5255 54,46% Candidate
Paula Quintana PS 4394 45.46%
Metropolitana de Santiago Region
Maipú
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Christian Vittori PDC 2709 58,62 Candidate
Hernán Calderón PS 603 13.05%
Carol Bontinick PPD 1309 28.33%
Santiago
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Carolina Tohá PPD 1950 67,33% Candidate
Ismael Calderón PS 178 6,15%
Laura Albornoz PDC 768 26.52%
La Florida
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Gonzalo Duarte PDC 2416 45,23% Candidate
Viviene Bachelet INDEP 1197 22.41%
Victor Barrueto PPD 1728 32,35%
Providencia
From 13 May
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Cristóbal Bellolio INDEP 1297 35,7%
Javier Insulza PS 857 23,6%
María Josefa Errázuriz INDEP 1444 39,7% Candidate
Region of O'Higgins
Rancagua
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Carlos Arellano Baeza PDC 1470 45,81% Candidate
Claudio Sule Fernández INDEP 424 13,21%
Edison Ortiz González PS 536 16,70%
Raúl Guiñez Martínez PPD 779 24,28%
Pichilemu
Ballot
number
Candidate Party Votes % Result
1 Roberto Córdova Carreño PS 1,903 73.14 Candidate
2 Andrea Aranda Escudero PPD 699 26.86
Total votes 2,602 100.00
Region of the Maule
Talca
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Alexis Sepúlveda PRSD 4585 69,38% Candidate
Jaime Gazmuri PS 1393 30,62%
Region of the Bío Bío
Hualpén
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Miguel Vera PDC 1338 35,98%
Luis Chamorro PS 361 9,71%
Fabiola Lagos PPD 2020 54,31% Candidate
Region of La Araucanía
Padre Las Casas
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Mario González Rebolledo PRSD 742 60,62% Candidate
Ana María Soto PPD 482 39,38%
Region of Los Ríos
Valdivia
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Carlos Atmann Moyano PDC 1646 77,06% Candidate
Marcos Cortez Muñoz INDEP 490 22,94%
Region of Los Lagos
Puerto Montt
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Juan Cárcamo PDC 1044 25,50%
Gervoy Paredes PS 1913 46,73% Candidate
Gonzalo Pineda INDEP 1137 27,77%
Region of Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
Punta Arenas
Candidate Party Votes % Result
Emilio Boccazzi INDEP 3952 46,81% Candidate
Emilio Jiménez PS 558 6,61%
Juan Morano PDC 3.932 46,58%

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados preliminares primarias municipales concertación" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  2. ^ "Ignacio Walker destaca participación en primarias". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  3. ^ Primarias de la Concertación política en Manos de la Amistad Civica Archived 2012-07-02 at archive.today
  4. ^ "Primarias en Providencia: conozca cómo será el relajado debate televisivo". La Nación. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ^ "María Josefa Errázuriz vence en las primarias de Providencia y competirá con Cristián Labbé". La Tercera. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  6. ^ "DC ratifica a Cristián Galleguillos como candidato a alcaldía de Coquimbo". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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