2013 Chilean presidential primaries

Presidential primaries of the Alianza and Nueva Mayoría, 2013
30 June 2013
 
Candidate Pablo Longueira Andrés Allamand
Party UDI National Renewal
Alliance Alliance Alliance
Popular vote 414,380 392,221
Percentage 51.37% 48.63%
 
Candidate Michelle Bachelet Andrés Velasco
Party Socialist Independent
Alliance New Majority New Majority
Popular vote 1,561,563 278,056
Percentage 73.06% 13.01%
 
Candidate Claudio Orrego José Antonio Gómez
Party PDC Social Democrat Radical
Alliance New Majority New Majority
Popular vote 189,582 108,222
Percentage 8.87% 5.06%

The Chilean presidential primaries of 2013 were held in Chile on Sunday 30 June 2013. It was the first such election to be run by the government under a new primary law published in December 2012.

According to the law, primaries are voluntary, but its results are binding. The two main political coalitions decided to participate: Former president Michelle Bachelet won the Nueva Mayoría primary with 73% of the vote, while former senator and minister Pablo Longueira won the Alianza primary with 51%.

Longueira withdrew on 17 July and was replaced by Evelyn Matthei, who had not participated in the primaries. Bachelet defeated Matthei in the runoff election held on 15 December 2013.

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