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The 2005 Chilean parliamentary election took place on December 11 2005 , in conjunction with the Presidential Election . All of the 120 seats in the Chamber Of Deputies were contested, while 20 out of 38 seats in the Senate were up for election (even-numbered Regions and the Metropolitan region). Deputies serve for a period of four years, while senators serve for a period of eight years. Reelection is permitted. According to national legislation, all Chilean citizens may participate in the election (that is, all Chilean nationals over the age of 18 qualified by law to do so), as well as foreign residents with over five years of stay in the country (under certain conditions). In any case, all electors must register first in the Electoral Register if they want to vote. Once registered, voting is mandatory. Over seven million people voted in the election (less than half of the total population). ELECTORAL SYSTEM The system regulating parliamentary elections in Chile has been locally branded "sistema binominal" (binomial system). Each participating list and other minors pacts present up to two candidates per district (for deputies) or circumscription (for senators). Candidates obtaining a majority among the two most voted lists are elected. In the case a list doubles the number of votes of a second list, both candidates from the first list are elected. The system has been much criticized, in part due to the difficulty that the most voted list can double the second most voted list, opening the possibility for a second-list candidate to be elected with a percentage of the vote smaller than that of the second most voted candidate. This has resulted in an almost evenly divided Congress between representatives of the governing Coalition Of Parties For Democracy (CPD) and of the right-wing Alliance For Chile (APC), and negating representation to candidates of the extreme-left parties within the Together We Can Do More (JPM) pact. MAJOR PARTIES The Chamber of Deputies is currently composed of 62 CPD deputies (23 Christian Democrats , 20 PPD , ten Socialists , six PRSD and three independents), 57 APC deputies (31 UDI , 18 RN and eight independents) and one independent (off-pact). The Senate is currently composed of 38 directly-elected senators and nine non-elected senators (institutional senators, or senators for life). Among the elected, 20 seats are held by the CPD (eleven Christian Democrats, five Socialists, three PPD and one PRSD) and 18 by the APC (six independents, six UDI and six RN). A constitutional reform in 2005 will eliminate non-elected senators starting in March 11 2006 , the day the newly-elected senators are sworn in. Of the Senate seats being contested, eleven are held by the CPD (ten Christian Democrats and one Socialist) and nine by the APC (four independents, three UDI and two RN). ELECTION RESULTS casting his vote]] Elected candidates These results are based on official information given by the Election Qualifier Tribunal (Tricel) on January 29 2006 . Elected candidates appear in bold and centered. (R) indicates candidates running for reelection. Strikethrough names indicate candidacies rejected by the Electoral Service (Servel). Chamber of Deputies Source: Tricel/Servel. Senate Source: Tricel/Servel. Results by list and party Source: Interior Ministry. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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