page_title: 2005–06 Chilean presidential election
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: 2005–06 Chilean presidential election / Runoff election / Results
caption_attribution_description: Using information from the Interior Ministry, which is not the final count, but whose percentages are extremely close to the final result given by the Election Qualifier Tribunal (Tricel).
context_page_description: A presidential election took place in Chile on Sunday, December 11, 2005. None of the four candidates received an absolute majority, thus a runoff election among the top two candidates —Michelle Bachelet from the Coalition of Parties for Democracy and Sebastián Piñera from National Renewal— was held on Sunday, January 15, 2006. Bachelet was victorious with 53.49% of the vote. She succeeded President Ricardo Lagos on March 11, 2006 for a period of four years, after Congress reformed the Constitution in September 2005 and reduced the term from six years.
  The 2005 Chilean parliamentary election was held in conjunction with the presidential election.
context_section_description: The runoff election between Michelle Bachelet and Sebastián Piñera took place on January 15, 2006.
  Final results were announced on January 30, 2006 by the Electoral Tribunal. They indicated that Michelle Bachelet won the presidency with 53.49% of the votes classified as valid, 51.98% of the total votes cast, and 45.28% support of registered voters.
  Sebastián Piñera conceded defeat immediately following a government announcement made on election day that included results from 97.52% of ballot boxes counted.
  Official and final results.
  Source: Tricel (alternative source)
caption: Strength of Bachelet's vote by administrative region. A deeper magenta indicates a higher percentage of the vote obtained by Bachelet in that region.
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