Socialist Party of Chile two-round system, the results of which are displayed below. Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile (, or PS) is a political party within the centre-left Nueva Mayoría. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a coup d'état by General Pinochet in 1973. Twenty-seven years later, Ricardo Lagos Escobar represented the Socialist Party in the 1999 presidential elections. He won 48.0% in the first round of voting and was elected with 51.3% in the second round. In the legislative elections on 16 December 2001, as part of the Coalition of Parties for
President of the Senate elected as the first item of business at the start of every legislative session. While the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, who serves as the presiding officer of the Senate of Canada, is not described as a "president" in English, the position is called "Président du Sénat" in French. He is appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister. The President of the Senate of Chile is elected from among the country's senators. The holder of the position, since March 2010, is Jorge Pizarro. The President of the Senate – Ernesto Macías Tovar for the