Chile will begin a new electoral cycle on November 16 with the 2025 parliamentary elections, which will elect the representatives and senators who will make up the National Assembly for the next four years. These elections will be held in parallel with the first round of presidential elections, ultimately determining the two presidential candidates who will advance to the second round, scheduled for December 14th.
These elections will renew 155 House seats and 23 Senate seats. The Senate has an eight-year term, with members elected from the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapaca, Atacama, Valparaíso, Maule, La Araucanía, and Aysén. In the rest of Chile’s territory, voting is only for the president and vice president.
Parliamentary elections work on the d’Hondt system, where seats are distributed by list. This forces political parties to form alliances and agreements in order to win the maximum number of elected representatives. Five agreements were registered between some of the 24 communities established before the Chilean Electoral Office (Servel). Other communities have decided to announce themselves without a list or outside the agreement.
Who are the candidates for Congress and Senate?
On September 1, Servel published a complete list of all parliamentary candidates whose registrations have been accepted. The list of parliamentary candidates consists of 1,091 confirmed applicants. Meanwhile, the number of Senate candidates approved reaches 130. The complete directory is available on Servel’s official search engine. There, users can consult by district or constituency.
Agreement and identified parties
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Republic; Chile’s far-right representatives Christian Socialist Party (PSC) and National Liberal Party (PNL) were the first to register an agreement for parliamentary elections. On August 8, representatives of each group ratified the agreement known as Cambio por Chile before sabers. The groups that make up this alliance support a variety of candidates in the presidential election. Republicans and Social Christians support José Antonio Casto, while liberals are pushing for the nomination of Johannes Kaiser. With the ratification of the agreement, the far right has blown a bridge with Chile Vamos, a traditional right-wing coalition that has pushed for a single opposition list to counter the left-wing ruling party.
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Center-left and left-wing parties that are part of President Gabriel Boric’s government achieved unity after a primary that gave the winner to communist presidential candidate Janet Hara. Janet Jara remains the sole representative of the alliance called Unity for Chile. One purpose of this confluence is to create a single list for parliamentary elections, which would allow progressives to resist potential electoral attacks by the right. Since the desired unification has not been achieved, progressivism will be presented in two agreements. One of them consists mainly of formations. big This sector is made up of Frente Amplio (FA). Communist Party (PC); Socialist Party (PS); Party of Democracy (PPD). The Radical Party (PR) and the Liberal Party (PL) were joined by the Christian Democrats (DC), which was not part of the original government alliance.
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Chilean Vamos, a traditional right-wing coalition that makes up National Regeneration (RN). Union for Independence and Democracy (UDI). Political Evolution (Evópoli) sought to unite all sectors opposed to the Bolić government and tried to present a single parliamentary list, but without success. After negotiations with the far-right failed, the coalition supporting presidential candidate Evelyn Massey has begun talks including centrists. The agreement aims to incorporate Democrats into the list, and an agreement was reached. This alliance is called Chile Grande y Unidos.
Green Party, Regionalist, Humanist
The ruling party’s smallest groups, the Federation of Social and Green Regionalists (FRVS) and Humanist Action (AH), have decided to break with the rest of the coalition and be placed on a separate list. The parties on this list have ensured that they maintain support for presidential candidate Janet Hara, despite withdrawing from the official constituency.
Popular animalist and humanist ecologist left
The Humanist Party (PH) and the Equality Party (PI), radical left-wing organizations opposed to the ruling party, have entered the Animalist and Humanist Populist Ecologist Left List. The agreement is a continuation of the People’s Ecologists Left Alliance, which was submitted for the 2024 local elections.
Parties outside the agreement
The remaining parties defined competing alone outside the list as their strategy for competing in parliamentary elections. The formation that followed this path is Amarillos por Chile. The People’s Party (PDG) supports presidential candidate Franco Parisi. Green Ecologist Party (PEV). People’s Party (PP). They are the People’s Green Alliance Party (PAVP) and the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (PTR).
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