In the first round on 11 December, Piñera obtained 25.4% of the vote, which was enough to send him to the run-off on 15 January 2006 with Michelle Bachelet.
In der ersten Runde am 11. Dezember erhielt Piñera 25,4 % der Stimmen, was ausreichte, um ihn am 15. Januar 2006 mit Michelle Bachelet zur Stichwahl zu schicken.