Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1965.[ 1] The Christian Democratic Party , led by Eduardo Frei Montalva , won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies , the first time a party had held a majority for several decades. The party also became the largest party in the Senate .
The term length for Senators was eight years, with around half of the Senators elected every four years. This election saw 21 of the 45 Senate seats up for election.[ 2]
Chamber of Deputies [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Christian Democratic Party 995,187 43.60 82 +59 Radical Party 312,912 13.71 20 –19 Communist Party 290,635 12.73 18 +2 Socialist Party 241,593 10.58 15 +3 Liberal Party 171,979 7.53 6 –22 United Conservative Party 121,882 5.34 3 –14 National Democratic Party 74,585 3.27 3 –9 Labour Agrarian Democracy 22,552 0.99 0 New Democratic Party 21,518 0.94 0 0 National Action 15,173 0.66 0 New National Vanguard of the People 5,637 0.25 0 New Popular Command 3,121 0.14 0 0 Independents 5,669 0.25 0 0 Total 2,282,443 100.00 147 0 Valid votes 2,282,443 97.00 Invalid/blank votes 70,680 3.00 Total votes 2,353,123 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,920,615 80.57 Source: Nohlen
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II , p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p283