tions: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term;
election last held 11 December 1993 (next to be held NA December 1999)
election results: Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle elected president; percent
of vote-Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle (PDC) 58%, Arturo ALESSANDRI 24.4%,
other 17.6%

Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional
consists of the Senate or Senado (48 seats, 38 elected by popular
vote; members serve eight-year terms-one-half elected every four
years) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (120 seats;
members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate-last held 11 December 1997 (next to be held NA
December 2001); Chamber of Deputies-last held 11 December 1997 (next
to be held NA December 2001)
election results: Senate-percent of vote by party-NA; seats by
party-Coalition of Parties for Democracy 20 (PDC 14, PS 4, PPD 2),
Union for the Progress of Chile 17 (RN 7, UDI 10), independent 10;
Chamber of Deputies-percent of vote by party-Coalition of Parties for
Democracy 50.55% (PDC 22.98%, PS 11.10%, PPD 12.55%, PRSD 3.13%),
Union for the Progress of Chile 36.23% (RN 16.78%, UDI 14.43%); seats
by party-Coalition of Parties for Democracy 70 (PDC 39, PPD 16, PRSD
4, PS 11), Union for the Progress of Chile 46 (RN 24, UDI 21, Party of
the South 1), right-wing independents 4

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges are appointed
by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates
provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is
elected by the 21-member court

Political parties and leaders: Coalition of Parties for Democracy or
CPD consists mainly of: Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Enrique
KRAUSS]; Socialist Party or PS [Camilo ESCALONA]; Party for Democracy
or PPD [Sergio BITAR]; Radical Social Democratic Party or PRSD
[Anselmo SULE]; Union for the Progress of Chile or UPP consists mainly
of two parties: National Renewal or RN [Alberto ESPINA]; Independent
Democratic Union or UDI [Jovino NOVOA]

Political pressure groups and leaders: revitalized university student
federations at all major universities; United Labor Central or CUT
includes trade unionists from the country's five largest labor
confederations; Roman Catholic Church

International organization participation: APEC, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11,
G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmars