New Majority presidential primary, 2017

Presidential primaries of Chile Vamos and Broad Front, 2017

← 2013 2 July 2017
Candidate Sebastián Piñera Manuel José Ossandón Felipe Kast Party Independent Independent Evópoli Alliance Chile Vamos Chile Vamos Chile Vamos Popular vote 827,434 372,215 218,489 Percentage 58.35% 26.25% 15.41%   Candidate Beatriz Sánchez Alberto Mayol Party Independent Independent Alliance Broad Front Broad Front Popular vote 221,416 106,300 Percentage 67.56% 32.44%

The Chilean presidential primaries of 2017 were held in Chile on Sunday 2 July 2017. It was the first election in the country's history in which Chileans were permitted to vote from abroad.

According to the law, primaries are voluntary, but its results are binding. Two political coalitions decided to participate: Former president Sebastián Piñera won the Chile Vamos primary with 58% of the vote, while radio and television journalist Beatriz Sánchez became the Broad Front nominee with nearly 68%.

The governing New Majority coalition decided not to participate.

The presidential election will be held on Sunday 19 November 2017.

All three Chile Vamos candidates were registered before the Servel (election authority) on 2 May 2017. Former President Sebastián Piñera won the coalition's nomination with 56,86% of the vote.

In the Broad Front coalition of leftist parties, Beatriz Sánchez, a journalist with no political experience, became the coalition's nominee with nearly 68% of the vote.

Source: Servel.

The New Majority was expected to hold a primary election to select its candidate for president. The governing coalition includes the Christian Democratic, Radical Social Democratic, For Democracy, Socialist, MAS Region, Citizen Left and Communist parties.

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