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Elections in 2006 brings the results of national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries and the Electoral calendar. Elections are listed under the first date of the election. To the right of the results one can find the infobox on Politics of the country involved. See also Electoral calendar 2006.

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January

January 15: Chile

Chile
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e • d Chilean presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties	Votes 1st rnd.	%	Votes run-off	%
Michelle Bachelet Jeria - Socialist Party of Chile/CPD	3,190,691	45.96	3,723,019	53.49
Sebastián Piñera Echenique - National Renewal	1,763,964	25.41	3,236,394	46.50
Joaquín Lavín Infante - Independent Democratic Union	1,612,608	23.23	-	-
Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt - Humanist Party/JPM	375,048	5.40	-	-
Total valid votes	6,942,041	100	6,959,413	100
Null votes	180,485	2.5	154.972	2.16
Blank votes	84,752	1.18	47,960	0.67
Total votes (Turnout 87.67% / 87.12%)	7,207,278	100	7,162,345	100
Total voters enrolled	8,220,897		8,220,897
Source: Tricel [1] (1st rnd.) / Tricel [2] (PDF) (runoff)

January 15 and 29: Finland

Republic of Finland
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e • d Summary of the 15 and 29 January 2006 Finnish presidential election results
Candidate	Nominating party	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Tarja Halonen	Social Democratic Party	1,397,030	46.3	1,630,833	51.8
Sauli Niinistö	National Coalition Party	725,866	24.1	1,517,947	48.2
Matti Vanhanen	Centre Party	561,990	18.6
Heidi Hautala	Green League	105,248	3.5
Timo Soini	True Finns	103,492	3.4
Bjarne Kallis	Christian Democrats	61,483	2.0
Henrik Lax	Swedish People's Party	48,703	1.6
Arto Lahti	Independent	12,989	0.4
Source: First round Ministry of Justice, total ^[3]

January 22: Cape Verde

Cape Verde
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President Pedro Pires Prime Minister José Maria Neves National Assembly Political parties PAICV - MpD - UCID Elections Foreign relations Relations with the EU Municipalities and Parishes
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e • d Summary of the 22 January 2006 National Assembly of Cape Verde election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde)	88,965	52.28	41
Movement for Democracy (Movimento para a Democracia)	74,909	44.02	29
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática)	4,495	2.64	2
Democratic Renewal Party (Partido da Renovação Democrática)	1,097	0.64	-
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático)	702	0.41	-
Total (turnout 54.0%)	170,168	100.00	72
Source: National Electoral Commission.

January 22: Portugal

Portugal
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Constitution President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Assembly of the Republic Government Prime Minister José Sócrates Council of Ministers Supreme Court of Justice Constitutional Court Council of State Elections: 2006 - 2005 Political Parties Subdivisions Politics of the European Union Foreign relations
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e • d Summary of the 22 January 2006 Portuguese Presidential election results
Candidates	Supporting parties	Votes	%
Aníbal Cavaco Silva	PPD/PSD, CDS/PP	2,773,431	50.54%
Manuel Alegre	Independent	1,138,297	20.74%
Mário Soares	PS	785,355	14.31%
Jerónimo de Sousa	PCP, PEV	474,083	8.64%
Francisco Louçã	BE	292,198	5.32%
António Garcia Pereira	PCTP/MRPP	23,983	0.44%
Invalid Ballots (Blank Ballots Included)		102,785
Total (turnout 61.53%)		5,590,132
Registered Voters:		9,085,339
Source: Eleições Presidenciais 2006 (Portuguese Electoral Commission)

January 23: Canada


Canada
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**Summary of the 23 January 2006 Canadian House of Commons election results**
Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	2004	Dissol.	2006	% Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	308	99	98	124	+26.3%	5,374,071	36.27%	+6.64%
	Liberal	Paul Martin	308	135	133	103	-23.7%	4,479,415	30.23%	-6.50%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	75	54	53	51	-5.6%	1,553,201	10.48%	-1.90%
	New Democrats	Jack Layton	308	19	18	29	+52.6%	2,589,597	17.48%	+1.71%
	Green	Jim Harris	308	-	-	-		664,068	4.48%	+0.19%
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	45	-	-	-		28,152	0.19%	-0.11%
	Progressive Canadian	Tracy Parsons	25	-	-	-		14,151	0.10%	+0.02%
	Marijuana	Blair Longley	23	-	-	-		9,171	0.06%	-0.18%
	Marxist-Leninist	Sandra L. Smith	69	-	-	-		8,980	0.06%	+0.00%
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	34	-	-	-		6,102	0.04%	-0.02%
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	21	-	-	-		3,022	0.02%	-0.01%
	Libertarian	Jean-Serge Brisson	10	-	-	-		3,002	0.02%	+0.01%
	First Peoples National	Barbara Wardlaw	5	*	-	-	*	1,201	0.0081%	*
	Western Block	Doug Christie	4	*	-	-	*	1,094	0.0074%	*
	Animal Alliance Environment Voters	Liz White	1	*	-	-	*	72	0.00049%	*
	Independents and no affiliation		90	1	4	1¹	-	81,860	0.55%	-0.07%
	Vacant				2
Total			1634	308	308	308	-	14,817,159	100%
Source: Elections Canada Notes: Official candidate nominations closed January 2, 2006. Candidate totals cited above are based on official filings. Nominations were official on January 5, 2006. "% change" refers to change from previous election * indicates the party did not contest in the previous election. ¹ André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. He personally won 20,158 votes.

January 25: Palestinian National Authority

Palestinian National Authority
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Constitution President Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Salam Fayyad / Ismail Haniyeh¹ Present government Legislative Council Speaker Abdel Aziz Duwaik Current members Political parties Elections Presidental: 1996 · 2005 · next Legislative: 1996 · 2006 · next Governorates Electoral Districts Foreign relations Foreign Minister Fatah–Hamas conflict Israeli-Palestinian conflict Oslo Accords Proposed State of Palestine ¹ On June 14, 2007, President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh's government and appointed Fayyad to form an emergency government. However, Haniyeh and Hamas maintain that these actions were illegal and that Haniyeh is still the Prime Minister. Haniyeh still exercises de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, while Fayyad's authority is limited de facto to the West Bank.
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e • d Summary of the 25 January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election results
Alliances and parties	Votes (Proportional)	% (Proportional)	Seats (Proportional/District seats)
Change and Reform Hamas, harakat al-muqāwamah al-islāmiyyah (Islamic Resistance Movement)	440,409	44.45	74 (29/45)
Fatah, harakat al-tahrīr al-filastīnī (Liberation Movement of Palestine)	410,554	41.43	45 (28/17)
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) (al-jabhah al-sha`biyyah li-tahrīr filastīn)	42,101	4.25	3 (3/0)
The Alternative (al-Badeel) Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (al-jabhah al-dīmūqrātiyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) Palestinian People's Party (hizb al-sha`b al-filastīnī) Palestine Democratic Union (al-ittihād al-dīmūqrātī al-filastīnī) Independents	28,973	2.92	2 (2/0)
Independent Palestine Palestinian National Initiative (al-mubādara al-wataniya al-filastīniyya) Independents	26,909	2.72	2 (2/0)
Third Way	23,862	2.41	2 (2/0)
Freedom and Social Justice Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (jabhat al-nidal al-sha'biyya al-filastiniyya)	7,127	0.72	0 (0/0)
Freedom and Independence Palestinian Arab Front	4,398	0.44	0 (0/0)
Martyr Abu Abbas Palestine Liberation Front	3,011	0.30	0 (0/0)
National Coalition for Justice and Democracy (Wa'ad)	1,806	0.18	0 (0/0)
Palestinian Justice	1,723	0.17	0 (0/0)
Independents	-	-	4 (0/4)
Total (turnout: 74.6%)	990,873	100.0%	132 (66/66)
Source: Central Election Commission, Preliminary results,Final tally amendments, 2006-01-29, Final results

January 27: Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles
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Constitution Governor Frits Goedgedrag Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage Estates Political parties Elections: 2006 Islands Foreign relations
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e • d Summary of the 27 January 2006 Estates of the Netherlands Antilles election results
Parties	Island	Votes	%	Seats
Party for the Restructured Antilles (Partido Antiá Restrukturá)	Curaçao	18,187	20.85	5
New Antilles Movement (Movishon Antia Nobo)	Curaçao	13,123	15.05	3
Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th of May (Partido Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei)	Curaçao	9,582	10.99	2
National People's Party (Partido Nashonal di Pueblo)	Curaçao	7,765	8.91	2
Forsa Kòrsou	Curaçao	6,658	7.64	2
Labour Party People's Crusade (Partido Laboral krusado Popular)	Curaçao	4,390	5.03	0
National Alliance Sint Maarten Patriotic Alliance National Progressive Party	Sint Maarten	4,301	4.93	2
Democratic Party Sint Maarten (Democratische Partij Sint Maarten)	Sint Maarten	4,122	4.73	1
LPNA	Curaçao	3,851	4.42	0
Bonaire Patriotic Union (Union Patriotico Bonairano)	Bonaire	3,678	4.22	2
Sovereign People (Pueblo Soberano)	Curaçao	3,360	3.85	0
PDB-Paboso-ON Bonaire Democratic Party (Partido Democratico Bonairano) Bonaire Social Party (Partido Boneriano Sosial ) Obrero Novo	Bonaire	2,947	3.38	1
Democratic Party (Democratische Partij)	Curaçao	2,638	3.03	0
People's Progressive Alliance	Sint Maarten	1,712	1.96	0
Democratic Party Sint Eustatius (Democratische Partij Sint Eustatius)	Sint Eustatius		0.5	1
Windwards Islands People's Movement	Saba		0.5	1
Total				22
Source: E-politika

February

February 5: Costa Rica

Costa Rica
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President Óscar Arias Legislative Assembly Supreme Court of Justice Political parties Elections Presidential 2006 Parliament 2006 Referendum 2007 Subdivisions Provinces Cantons Districts Foreign relations
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Main article: Costa Rican presidential election, 2006

e • d Summary of the 5 February 2006 Costa Rica presidential election results
Candidates	Votes	%
Óscar Arias - National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional)	664,551	40.92
Ottón Solís - Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana)	646,382	39.80
Otto Guevara - Libertarian Movement Party (Partido Movimiento Libertario)	137,710	8.48
Ricardo Toledo - Social Christian Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana)	57,655	3.55
Antonio Álvarez Desanti - Union for Change Party (Partido Unión para el Cambio)	39,557	2.44
Jose Manuel Echandi Meza - National Union Party (Partido Unión Nacional)	26,593	1.64
Juan Jose Vargas Fallas - Homeland First Party (Partido Patria Primero)	17,594	1.08
Other parties	33,950	2.09
Total (Turnout 65.4 %)	1,623,992	100.0
Final results according to TSE

Main article: Costa Rican parliamentary election, 2006

e • d Summary of the 5 February 2006 Costa Rica parliamentary election results
Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional)	589,731	36.54	25
Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana)	409,030	25.34	17
Libertarian Movement Party (Partido Movimiento Libertario)	147,934	9.17	6
Social Christian Unity Party (Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana)	126,284	7.82	5
Costa Rican Renovation Party (Partido Renovación Costariccense)	55,798	3.46	0
National Union Party (Partido Unión Nacional)	40,280	2.5	1
Union for Change Party (Partido Unión para el Cambio)	37,994	2.35	0
Homeland First Party (Partido Patria Primero)	26,438	1.64	0
National Rescue Party (Partido Rescate Nacional)	32,909	2.04	1
Access without Exclusion (Accesibilidad sin Exclusión)	25,690	1.59	1
Broad Front (Frente Amplio)	17,751	1.10	1
Other parties	104,122	6.45	0
Total (Turnout 65.2 %)	1,613,961	100.0	57
Final results according to TSE

February 7: Haiti

Haiti
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e • d Summary of the 7 February 2006 Haiti presidential election results
Candidates - parties	Votes	%
René Préval - Front for Hope (Fwon Lespwa/Front de l'Espoir)	992,766	51.21
Leslie Manigat - Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrats Nationaux Progressistes)	240,306	12.40
Charles Henri Baker - Respect (Respè)	159,683	8.24
Jean Chavannes Jeune - Christian National Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d’Haïti)	108,283	5.59
Luc Mesadieu - Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour Batir une Nouvelle Haïti)	64,850	3.35
Serge Gilles - Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats (Fusion des Sociaux-Démocrates Haïtienne)	50,796	2.62
Paul Denis - Struggling People's Organization (Oganizasyon Pèp Kap Lité)