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{{Infobox election
| election_name =Presidential primaries of the Alianza and Nueva Mayoría, 2013
| country =Chile
| type =primary
| ongoing =no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| next_election = Chilean presidential primaries, 2017
| next_year = 2017
| election_date = 30 June 2013
| image1 =[[File:Pablo Longueira Montes.jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate1 ='''[[Pablo Longueira]]'''
| alliance1 = Alliance (Chile)
| party1 = Independent Democratic Union
| popular_vote1 = '''414,380'''	 
| percentage1 = '''51.37%'''
 
| image2 =[[File:Andrés Allamand Zavala.jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate2 ='''[[Andrés Allamand]]'''
| alliance2 = Alliance (Chile)
| party2 = National Renewal (Chile)
| popular_vote2 = 392,221			
| percentage2 = 48.63%

| image4 =[[File:Michelle Bachelet foto campaña (Recortada).jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate4 ='''[[Michelle Bachelet]]'''
| alliance4 =[[New Majority (Chile)|New Majority]]
| party4 = Socialist Party of Chile
| popular_vote4 = '''1,561,563''' 
| percentage4 = '''73.06%'''
 
| image5 =[[File:Andres-velasco-wiki (2).jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate5 ='''[[Andrés Velasco]]'''
| alliance5 = [[New Majority (Chile)|New Majority]]
| party5 = Independent (politician)
| popular_vote5 = 278,056		
| percentage5 = 13.01%

| image7 =[[File:Claudio Orrego sobre fondo negro (Headshot).jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate7 ='''[[Claudio Orrego]]'''
| alliance7 = [[New Majority (Chile)|New Majority]]
| party7 = Christian Democratic Party (Chile)
| popular_vote7 = 189,582			
| percentage7 = 8.87%

| image8 =[[File:José Antonio Gómez Urrutia, ministro de justicia (3).jpg|150x150px]]
| candidate8 ='''[[José Antonio Gómez]]'''
| alliance8 = [[New Majority (Chile)|New Majority]]
| party8 = Social Democratic Radical Party
| popular_vote8 = 108,222				
| percentage8 = 5.06%
}}
{{Politics of Chile}}
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 por Chile|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 [[2013 Chilean presidential election|runoff election]] held on 15 December 2013.

==Candidates==

===Alianza candidates===
{{main|Alianza presidential primary, 2013}}
Both candidates were officially registered on 1 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/05/674-521386-9-alianza-inscribe-candidaturas-de-longueira-y-allamand-y-solo-rn-tendra-primarias.shtml |title=Alianza inscribe candidaturas de Longueira y Allamand y sólo RN tendrá primarias parlamentarias &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref> Affiliates from both Alianza parties (RN and UDI) plus independent electors were allowed to vote.

{| class="wikitable"
! width="125" | Candidate !! Remarks
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | [[File:Andrés Allamand.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Andrés Allamand]]'''<br />([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]]) || The former Minister of Defense said on 22 April 2012 that he was willing to participate with [[Laurence Golborne]] and [[Pablo Longueira]] (both also ministers) in a three-way primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2012/04/22/allamand-entra-de-lleno-a-elecciones-presidenciales-y-desoye-a-la-moneda/ |title=Allamand entra de lleno a elecciones presidenciales y desoye a La Moneda - El Mostrador |publisher=Elmostrador.cl |date=|accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref> He was proclaimed as candidate by his party on 6 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=post |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2012/11/674-492028-9-rn-proclama-oficialmente-a-andres-allamand-como-precandidato-presidencial.shtml |title=RN proclama oficialmente a Andrés Allamand como precandidato presidencial &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2012-11-18}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | [[File:Pablo Longueira Montes.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Pablo Longueira]]'''<br />([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]]) || The Minister of Economy was proclaimed as his party's candidate minutes after the resignation of then candidate [[Laurence Golborne]] on 29 April 2013. He left his cabinet post a day later.<ref>{{cite web|author=post |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/04/674-521059-9-longueira-es-proclamado-candidato-por-la-udi-y-asegura-que-manana-definiran.shtml |title=Longueira es proclamado candidato por la UDI y asegura que mañana definirán participación en primarias frente a Allamand &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=2013-04-29 |accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref>
|}
'''Declined candidacy'''
*[[Laurence Golborne]] ([[Independent (politics)|Ind.]]), held several ministerial posts during [[Sebastián Piñera]]'s tenure. On 4 November 2012 he said he was willing to become the right's candidate for president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diario.latercera.com/2012/11/04/01/contenido/pais/31-122180-9-laurence-golborne-estoy-disponible-y-me-siento-preparado-para-vencer-a-la.shtml |title=Laurence Golborne: 'Estoy disponible y me siento preparado para vencer a la candidata de la Concertación' &#124; País &#124; La Tercera Edición Impresa |publisher=Diario.latercera.com |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2012-11-04}}</ref> On 17 November 2012 he was proclaimed as the right's pre-candidate by the [[Independent Democratic Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2012/11/17/570179/golborne-es-proclamado-oficialmente-por-la-udi-como-precandidato-presidencial.html |title=Golborne es proclamado oficialmente por la UDI como precandidato presidencial |publisher=Emol.com |date=2011-04-29 |accessdate=2012-11-18}}</ref> On 29 Abril 2013, Golborne declined his candidacy after the Supreme Court fined his former employer Cencosud for illegally raising credit card maintenance fees, which Golborne as [[chief executive officer]] of the company had approved. At the same time there were press reports of Golborne having offshore accounts in the [[British Virgin Islands]], that he had not properly registered in his property statement.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andres |first=Luis |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/chiles-golborne-quits-president-race-amid-scandal |title=Chile's Golborne quits president race amid scandal |publisher=Bigstory.ap.org |date=|accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref>

===Nueva Mayoría candidates===
{{main|New Majority presidential primary, 2013}}
All four candidates were officially registered on 30 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/oposicion-inscribe-a-sus-candidatos-para-las-primarias-en-servel/noticias/2013-04-30/192405.html |title=nacion.cl - Oposición inscribe a sus candidatos para las primarias en Servel |publisher=Lanacion.cl |date=2013-04-30 |accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref> Affiliates from all Nueva Mayoría parties plus independent electors were allowed to vote.

{| class="wikitable"
! width="125" | Candidate !! Remarks
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | [[File:Campaña de Michelle Bachelet Primarias.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Michelle Bachelet]]'''<br />([[Socialist Party of Chile|PS]]) || The former president from 2006 to 2010 declared her intention to run for the presidency on 27 March 2013 during an act in [[El Bosque, Chile|El Bosque]] Commune (a poor suburb of [[Santiago]]), a few hours after arriving from [[New York City]], where she had been working as head of [[UN Women]] before quitting two weeks before.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21961766 |title=BBC News - Chile ex-president Bachelet to run for re-election |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2013-03-28 |accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref> On 7 April 2013 the [[Broad Social Movement]] (MAS) proclaimed Bachelet as their candidate.<ref>{{cite web|author=BioBioChile |url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2013/04/07/mas-proclama-a-bachelet-como-candidata-presidencial.shtml |title=MAS proclama a Bachelet como su candidata presidencial - BioBioChile |publisher=Biobiochile.cl |date=7 April 2013|accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref> On 13 April 2013 Bachelet was proclaimed by the PS and the PPD,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/michelle-bachelet/ps-y-ppd-proclaman-a-michelle-bachelet/2013-04-12/221657.html |title=PS y PPD proclaman a Michelle Bachelet |publisher=Cooperativa.cl |date=2013-04-13 |accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref> as agreed on in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web |author=post |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2012/12/674-499542-9-ps-y-ppd-pactan-gesto-a-bachelet-antes-de-primarias-dc.shtml |title=PS y PPD pactan gesto a Bachelet antes de primarias DC &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=2012-12-20 |accessdate=2013-04-04 |archive-date=2012-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220231953/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2012/12/674-499542-9-ps-y-ppd-pactan-gesto-a-bachelet-antes-de-primarias-dc.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 25 May 2013 both the [[Communist Party of Chile|Communist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|author=BioBioChile |url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2013/05/25/partido-comunista-apoyara-a-michelle-bachelet-en-primarias.shtml |title=Partido Comunista decidió apoyar a Michelle Bachelet en las primarias - BioBioChile |publisher=Biobiochile.cl |date=25 May 2013|accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref> and the [[Citizen Left]] movement<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/michelle-bachelet/izquierda-ciudadana-entrego-su-apoyo-a-bachelet/2013-05-25/151411.html|title = Izquierda Ciudadana entregó su apoyo a Bachelet}}</ref> decided to support Bachelet's candidacy.
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | [[File:José Antonio Gómez headshot.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[José Antonio Gómez]]'''<br />([[Social Democratic Radical Party|PRSD]]) || Current senator. He says he will compete in a [[Concertación]] primary as long as they are held in a transparent way. Otherwise he says he may run directly as president outside of the coalition.<ref>{{cite web|author=BioBioChile |url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2012/01/26/senador-gomez-desconfia-de-primaria-y-advierte-con-llevar-candidatura-presidencial-a-primera-vuelta.shtml |title=biobiochile - Senador Gómez desconfía de primaria y advierte con llevar candidatura presidencial a primera vuelta |publisher=Biobiochile.cl |date=2012-01-26 |accessdate=2012-02-03}}</ref> On 30 June 2013 he was proclaimed by the PRSD as their pre-candidate for a Concertación primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radio.uchile.cl/noticias/159581/ |title=Radicales proponen a Gómez como candidato a primarias presidenciales de la Concertación « Radio Universidad de Chile – Diario Electrónico |publisher=Radio.uchile.cl |date=|accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | [[File:Claudio Orrego, Chile se atreve.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Claudio Orrego]]'''<br />([[Christian Democrat Party of Chile|PDC]]) || [[File:Voto Primarias DC 2013.jpg|thumb|PDC primary ballot.]]

A primary was held on 19 January 2013 to determine the [[Christian Democratic Party (Chile)|Christian Democratic Party]]'s pre-candidate for the presidency. This primary was organized by the party and not under the new primary law. The contenders were [[Claudio Orrego]] and [[Ximena Rincón]]. Orrego won the primary with 59% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|author=BioBioChile |url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2013/01/19/ximena-rincon-reconoce-que-claudio-orrego-gano-primarias-presidenciales-de-la-dc.shtml |title=Claudio Orrego gana primarias presidenciales de la DC - BioBioChile |publisher=Biobiochile.cl |date=19 January 2013|accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref>

*[[Claudio Orrego]], former minister and mayor, had said in January 2012 that he would seek reelection as mayor of [[Peñalolén]] in the [[2012 Chilean municipal election|October 2012 election]], but that he did not rule out running for president.<ref>{{cite web|author=BioBioChile |url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2012/01/30/claudio-orrego-se-repostula-como-alcalde-pero-no-descarta-una-pre-candidatura-presidencial.shtml |title=BioBioChile - Claudio Orrego se repostula como alcalde, pero no descarta una pre candidatura presidencial |publisher=Biobiochile.cl |date=30 January 2012|accessdate=2012-02-03}}</ref> However, on 3 March 2012 he launched his candidacy for the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|author=post |url=http://latercera.com/noticia/politica/2012/03/674-435446-9-claudio-orrego-oficializo-su-candidatura-presidencial.shtml |title=Claudio Orrego oficializó su candidatura presidencial &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=2012-02-20 |accessdate=2012-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Ximena Rincón]], senator, had expressed her willingness to compete in a Concertación primary during a television interview on 23 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2011/12/23/518394/ximena-rincon-lanza-sorpresiva-candidatura-presidencial.html |title=Ximena Rincón admite que quiere ser candidata presidencial |publisher=Emol.com |date=2011-12-23 |accessdate=2012-02-03}}</ref>

;Provisional results<ref name="orrego">{{cite web|title=Claudio Orrego se convierte en la carta presidencial de la DC|url=http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2013-01-20&dtB=20-01-2013%200:00:00&PaginaId=6&bodyid=3|work=[[El Mercurio]]|date=2013-01-20|accessdate=2013-03-29|language=Spanish}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate!!Votes!!%!!Result
|-
![[Claudio Orrego]]||33,175||59.2||PDC candidate
|-
|[[Ximena Rincón]]||22,853||40.8||
|-
!Valid votes||56,028||100.0||
|-
|Null and blank votes||235||0.4||
|-
!Total votes||56,263||100.0||
|}
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | [[File:Andres Velasco.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Andrés Velasco]]'''<br />(Ind.) || Former Finance Minister during President [[Michelle Bachelet]]'s tenure. He said he was willing to compete in a Concertación primary only if Bachelet decides not to run for reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2011/08/07/496694/candidatura-presidencial-de-andres-velasco-dependera-de-bachelet.html |title=Candidatura presidencial de Andrés Velasco dependerá de Bachelet |publisher=Emol.com |date=2012-01-27 |accessdate=2012-02-03}}</ref> In May 2012 he declared he had changed his mind and that now he would compete regardless of Bachelet's participation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2012/05/31/andres-velasco-si-obama-le-gano-a-hillary-clinton-por-que-no-puedo-yo-ganarle-a-bachelet/ |title=Andrés Velasco: "Si Obama le ganó a Hillary Clinton, por qué no puedo yo ganarle a Bachelet" - El Mostrador |publisher=Elmostrador.cl |date=2012-05-31 |accessdate=2012-06-04}}</ref> He officially launched his pre-candidacy on 16 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=post |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2012/11/674-493551-9-ex-ministro-velasco-lanza-campana-presidencial-y-refuerza-distancia-de-bachelet.shtml |title=Ex ministro Velasco lanza campaña presidencial y refuerza distancia de Bachelet &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2012-11-18}}</ref> On 2 May 2013, already registered to compete in primaries, he condemned the ''Nueva Mayoría'' pact for failing to register candidates for legislative primary elections and threatened to quit the competition and run directly in the November election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diario.latercera.com/2013/05/03/01/contenido/pais/31-135872-9-velasco-amenaza-con-restarse-de-primarias-presidenciales.shtml |title=Velasco amenaza con restarse de primarias presidenciales &#124; País &#124; La Tercera Edición Impresa |publisher=Diario.latercera.com |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2013-05-26}}</ref> On 6 May 2013 he backpedaled, after party leaders pledged to carry out legislative primary elections wherever there were more than two candidates.<ref>{{cite web |author=post |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/05/674-522014-9-velasco-descarta-retirarse-de-primarias-de-la-oposicion-esta-es-una-decision.shtml |title=Velasco descarta retirarse de primarias y afirma que su 'indignación' generó un cambio de actitud en los partidos &#124; Política |publisher=La Tercera |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2013-05-26 |archive-date=2013-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507084836/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/05/674-522014-9-velasco-descarta-retirarse-de-primarias-de-la-oposicion-esta-es-una-decision.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

==Primary results==
[[File:Cedula Unica Primarias Presidente 2013.png|thumb|Primary ballot for independent electors.]]
[[File:Cedula A Primarias Presidente 2013.png|thumb|Primary ballot for Nueva Mayoría-party affiliates.]]
[[File:Cedula B Primarias Presidente 2013.png|thumb|Primary ballot for Alianza-party affiliates.]]

''Official and final results.''
{| class="wikitable"
! Ballot<br />number !! Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! % !! Result
|- bgcolor="#ececec"
! colspan="6" | (A) Nueva Mayoría primary
|- align=center
! 1 || [[Michelle Bachelet]] || [[Socialist Party of Chile|PS]] || 1,565,269 || 73.07 || Nueva Mayoría candidate
|- align=center
| 2 || [[José Antonio Gómez]] || [[Social Democratic Radical Party|PRSD]] || 108,365 || 5.05 ||
|- align=center
| 3 || [[Claudio Orrego]] || [[Christian Democratic Party of Chile|PDC]] || 189,752 || 8.85 ||
|- align=center
| 4 || [[Andrés Velasco]] || Ind. || 278,684 || 13.01 ||
|-
! !! Total valid votes !! !! 2,142,070 !! 100.00 !!
|- bgcolor="#ececec"
! colspan="6" | (B) Alianza primary
|- align=center
! 5 || [[Pablo Longueira]] || [[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]] || 415,087 || 51.37 || Alianza candidate
|- align=center
| 6 || [[Andrés Allamand]] || [[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]] || 392,915 || 48.62 ||
|-
! !! Total valid votes !! !! 808,002 !! 100.00 !!
|- style="border-top: 2px solid black"
! !! Total valid votes !! !! 2,950,072 !! 97.98 !!
|- align=center
| || Null votes || || 45,986 || 1.52 ||
|- align=center
| || Blank votes || || 14,832 || 0.49 ||
|-
! !! Total votes !! !! 3,010,890 !! 100.00 !!
|-
! !! Eligible voters !! !! 13,307,182 !! colspan="2" | 22.63% turnout
|-
! !! Voting age population !! !! 13,087,161 !! colspan="2" | 23.01% turnout
|}
<small>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161003/http://www.servel.cl/ss/site/infografiaprimarias-resultadospresidenciales.html?id=1392338493932 Tricel via Servel].</small>

==Timeline==
[[File:Michelle Bachelet vota primarias 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Michelle Bachelet casting her vote.]]
*April 29, 2013: Golborne quits race, replaced by Longueira on same day.
*May 1, 2013: Deadline to register in primaries.
*May 31, 2013: Primary campaign advertising starts.
*June 27, 2013: Primary campaign advertising ends.
*June 30, 2013: Primaries held simultaneously nationwide.

==See also==
* [[2013 Chilean general election]]

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Chilean presidential primaries, 2013}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190508115515/https://eleccionservel.cl/ Provisional results] (Servel)

{{Chilean elections}}

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