2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election
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155 seats in the Chilean Constitutional Convention | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 14,900,190 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 43.43% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election.[1] |
An election for the members of the
After
This was the first time that Chilean citizens were able to vote for the members of the body created to write the Constitution. Although based originally in the system to elect the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies, this election process established several changes. For the first time, 17 reserved seats were established for the 10 official indigenous groups. Also, different mechanisms in the inscription of candidates and the election system itself were designed to ensure gender parity in the Convention, being the first assembly of this kind in the world with equal representation of men and women.[7]
The election's results were considered a surprise and a complete rearrangement of the political system in Chile established since the end of
Electoral system
The Constitutional Convention is composed of 155 members directly elected in this election: 138 by the electorate at large and 17 were reserved for citizens identified as indigenous.
The 138 at-large members were chosen in 28 constituencies of between three and eight seats by
Seats were allocated using the D'Hondt method, just like in the parliamentary elections. In April 2020, a constitutional reform made some adjustments to that system to ensure equal representation of men and women in the Constitutional Convention. In case there is no gender equality in a constituency,[n 1] the least-voted elected candidate of the over-represented gender will be replaced by a different-sex member in the same list or political party of the replaced candidate. Also, all alliances and parties had to present a list of candidates alternating their gender, starting with a woman, followed by a man, and so on.[13]
The 17 seats reserved for
Each list also had to present candidates with disabilities at least in 5% of their candidacies. Other proposals to allow more diversity in the Constituent Assembly were rejected, including one to secure 5% of the candidacies to people from gender or sexual minorities or to establish 3 electoral districts (with 8 seats) for Chileans living abroad.[16][17]
Electoral districts
District number | Geographical area | Seats |
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1st district | Arica and Parinacota | 3
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2nd district | Tarapacá | 3
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3rd district | Antofagasta | 4
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4th district | Atacama | 4
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5th district | Coquimbo | 6
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6th district | Aconcagua, Quillota and Petorca | 8
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7th district | Valparaíso, San Antonio and Pacific Islands
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7
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8th district | Santiago West | 7
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9th district | Santiago North | 6
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10th district | Santiago Central | 7
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11th district | Santiago North East | 6
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12th district | Santiago South East | 6
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13th district | Santiago South | 4
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14th district | Santiago Outer | 5
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15th district | Cachapoal Valley | 5
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16th district | Colchagua Valley | 4
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17th district | Maule North | 7
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18th district | Maule South | 4
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19th district | Ñuble | 5
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20th district | Greater Concepción | 7
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21st district | Biobio and Arauco | 4
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22nd district | Araucanía North | 3
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23rd district | Araucanía South | 6
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24th district | Los Ríos | 4
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25th district | Osorno and Llanquihue Lake | 3
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26th district | Puerto Montt, Chiloé and Palena | 4
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27th district | Aysén | 3
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28th district | Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica | 3
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Seats for Chilean indigenous peoples[n 3] | 17 | |
Mapuche | Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins and Maule | 1
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Ñuble, Biobío, La Araucanía | 4
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Los Ríos, Los Lagos and Aysén | 2
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Aymara | Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta | 2
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Diaguita | Atacama and Coquimbo | 1
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Quechua | Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta | 1
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Lickanantay | Antofagasta | 1
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Qulla/Colla | Atacama and Coquimbo | 1
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Chango | Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaíso | 1
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Rapa Nui | Easter Island | 1
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Kawésqar | Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica | 1
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Yaghan
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Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica | 1
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Contesting parties and coalitions
71 lists of candidates were submitted and approved by the Electoral Service (Servel). Three run on all 16 regions of the country, including the three largest coalitions with parliamentary representation. 2 coalition lists and the 3 parties presented candidates in different regions, but not in all the country. Other 63 lists of independent candidates were presented on a district level; however, some of them congregated on a national level, being The List of the People, Non-Neutral Independents, and Constituent Social Movements, three of the main coalition of independent lists presented in several regions. 28 independent candidates run outside lists, acting as individual lists in each district.
In total, 1278 candidacies were presented for the at-large election.
Coalition | Parties | Ideology | Political position | Previous election[n 4] | Candidates | ||||
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% Votes | Seats | Number | Regions | ||||||
Vamos por Chile Let's go for Chile List XP. |
(PLR) | Conservatism Economic liberalism National conservatism Nationalism Liberal conservatism |
Centre-right | 39.02% | 72 / 155
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184 | 16 | ||
Lista del Apruebo List of the Approve List YB. |
Radical Party (PR) (PL)
• Christian Democratic Party (PDC) • Progressive Party (PRO) • Citizens (CIU) Liberal Party |
Social democracy Christian democracy Social liberalism Progressivism |
Centre Centre-left |
35.36% | 52 / 155
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182 | 16 | ||
Apruebo Dignidad Approve Dignity List YQ. |
UNIR Movement (Movimiento UNIR) (PI)
• Common Force (FC) Chile Digno: • Communist Party (PC) • Social Green Regionalist Federation (FRVS) • Libertarian Left Equality Party |
Direct democracy Democratic socialism Socialism of the 21st century Green politics Communism |
Left-wing Far-left[19] |
15.51% | 24 / 155
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171 | 16 | ||
La Lista del Pueblo The List of the People Lists E., G., J., N., Q., S., WD., WJ., XC., XD., XJ., XT., YL., YP., ZD., ZE., ZI. and ZN. |
Coalition of multiple lists of independent candidates | Anti-establishment | Left-wing | New list | 155 | 15 | |||
Independientes No Neutrales Non-Neutral Independents Lists I., L., XR., YF., YU., YV., ZA. and ZT.[n 5] |
Coalition of multiple lists of independent candidates | Progressivism | Centre | New list | 121 | 12 | |||
Partido Ecologista Verde Green Ecologist Party List XA. |
Green Ecologist Party (PEV) | Green politics | Centre-left
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1.30% | 1 / 155
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76 | 8 | ||
Movimientos Sociales Constituyentes Constituent Social Movements Lists T., XI., YK., YT., YU., ZH., ZK. and ZL.[21][n 5] |
Coalition of multiple lists of independent candidates | Left-wing | New list | 60 | 4 | ||||
Partido de Trabajadores Revolucionarios Revolutionary Workers Party List ZR. |
Revolutionary Workers Party (PTR) | Anti-capitalism Trotskyism |
Far-left | 0.08% | 0 / 155
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52 | 5 | ||
Unión Patriótica Patriotic Union List ZB. |
Patriotic Union: • Communist P. (Proletarian Action) (PC-AP) • Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) • Several smaller groups and movements |
Anti-imperialism Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism |
Far-left | 0.86% | 0 / 155
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52 | 4 | ||
Ciudadanos Cristianos Christian Citizens List YX. |
Christian Conservative Party National Citizen Party |
Christian right Christian fundamentalism Right-wing populism |
Right-wing Far-right |
New list | 26 | 5 | |||
Partido Humanista Humanist Party List XG. |
Humanist Party | Left-wing populism | Left-wing | 0.63% | 5 / 155
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7 | 3 | ||
Lists of independent candidates 29 different lists |
1.75% | 1 / 155
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164 | 13 | |||||
Independent candidates outside lists | 28 | 11 |
Results
By alliance/pact
Yaghan 61 | 0.02 | 1 | | ||||
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Total | 262,441 | 100.00 | 17 | ||||
Valid votes | 262,441 | 92.59 | |||||
Invalid votes | 5,312 | 1.87 | |||||
Blank votes | 15,686 | 5.53 | |||||
Total votes | 283,439 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,239,295 | 22.87 | |||||
Total turnout | |||||||
All parties and indigenous candidates | 5,973,695 | 100.00 | 155 | ||||
Total | 5,973,695 | 100.00 | 155 | ||||
Valid votes | 5,973,695 | 92.30 | |||||
Invalid votes | 193,072 | 2.98 | |||||
Blank votes | 305,399 | 4.72 | |||||
Total votes | 6,472,166 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 14,900,190 | 43.44 | |||||
Source: SERVEL |
By party
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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Comunes | 91,659 | 1.60 | 1 | |||
Equality Party | 67,556 | 1.18 | 1 | |||
The List of the People | The List of the People | 861,580 | 15.09 | 23 | ||
Insular and Independent | 27,064 | 0.47 | 1 | |||
Constituent Assembly of Atacama | 18,427 | 0.32 | 1 | |||
Social Coordinator of Magallanes | 9,510 | 0.17 | 1 | |||
Tarapacá United People | 5,978 | 0.10 | 0 | |||
A Pulso, For a Good Life | 5,044 | 0.09 | 0 | |||
Lista del Apruebo | Socialist Party of Chile | 276,455 | 4.84 | 15 | ||
Christian Democratic Party | 208,339 | 3.65 | 2 | |||
Party for Democracy | 147,356 | 2.58 | 3 | |||
Liberal Party of Chile | 71,283 | 1.25 | 3 | |||
Radical Party of Chile | 67,411 | 1.18 | 1 | |||
Progressive Party | 32,917 | 0.58 | 1 | |||
Citizens | 21,636 | 0.38 | 0 | |||
Non-Neutral Independents | Independents for the New Constitution | 458,868 | 8.03 | 11 | ||
Non Neutral from Magallanes | 4,245 | 0.07 | 0 | |||
Independents and Social Movements of the Approval | 10,081 | 0.18 | 0 | |||
Other independent lists | Constituent Popular Assembly | 35,778 | 0.63 | 1 | ||
Independents from the North Movement | 31,490 | 0.55 | 1 | |||
Independents with Chile | 28,947 | 0.51 | 0 | |||
Independents without Sponsors | 27,913 | 0.49 | 0 | |||
Biobío without Parties | 24,542 | 0.43 | 0 | |||
Independents from Coquimbo Region | 23,733 | 0.42 | 1 | |||
Independents of the Approval - Coquimbo Region | 23,612 | 0.41 | 0 | |||
Autonomous Social Movements | 22,881 | 0.40 | 1 | |||
Independent Flows | 20,806 | 0.36 | 1 | |||
Independents like You | 17,832 | 0.31 | 0 | |||
Sixth Region United | 16,381 | 0.29 | 0 | |||
Citizen Decision | 13,214 | 0.23 | 0 | |||
Independent Community of Maule | 11,439 | 0.20 | 0 | |||
Independents of Tarapacá | 11,081 | 0.19 | 1 | |||
"Ven Seremos" Independent Community | 10,792 | 0.19 | 0 | |||
Independent Citizen Regionalism | 10,173 | 0.18 | 1 | |||
Independent Chile | 9,959 | 0.17 | 0 | |||
Citizen Sovereignty | 9,901 | 0.17 | 0 | |||
List for Social Justice | 9,710 | 0.17 | 0 | |||
Social Birth Independent List | 8,674 | 0.15 | 0 | |||
Our Voices | 6,044 | 0.11 | 0 | |||
Join Now | 5,906 | 0.10 | 0 | |||
Noble Childs of Tarapacá | 5,519 | 0.10 | 0 | |||
Independent Energy | 5,320 | 0.09 | 0 | |||
Arica, Always Arica | 4,571 | 0.08 | 0 | |||
Social and Union Autonomy Tarapacá | 3,449 | 0.06 | 0 | |||
We are all Patagonia | 3,298 | 0.06 | 0 | |||
Magallanes Republic of Independents | 3,244 | 0.06 | 0 | |||
Self-Convened Council | 2,080 | 0.04 | 0 | |||
Constituent Social Movements | Constituent Social Movements | 212,324 | 3.72 | 3 | ||
Independents and Social Movements of the Approval | 31,662 | 0.55 | 0 | |||
Green Ecologist Party | 194,783 | 3.41 | 0 | |||
Revolutionary Workers Party | 52,421 | 0.92 | 0 | |||
Patriotic Union | 42,135 | 0.74 | 0 | |||
Christian Citizens | Christian Conservative Party | 27,283 | 0.48 | 0 | ||
National Citizen Party | 10,196 | 0.18 | 0 | |||
Humanist Party | 29,084 | 0.51 | 0 | |||
Independents | 232,020 | 4.06 | 1 | |||
Total | 5,711,254 | 100.00 | 138 | |||
Valid votes | 5,711,254 | 92.28 | ||||
Invalid votes | 187,760 | 3.03 | ||||
Blank votes | 289,713 | 4.68 | ||||
Total votes | 6,188,727 | 100.00 | ||||
Source: SERVEL |
Indigenous seats
Indigenous people | Valid votes | Invalid votes |
Blank votes |
Valid votes |
Eligible voters |
Turnout | Candidates | Seats | |
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Votes | % | ||||||||
Mapuche | 217,884 | 91.94% | 4,620 | 14,485 | 236,989 | 1,063,980 | 22.27% | 39 | 7 |
Aymara | 19,241 | 95.35% | 305 | 634 | 20,180 | 75,743 | 26.64% | 18 | 2 |
Diaguita | 11,239 | 96.83% | 138 | 230 | 11,607 | 53,887 | 21.54% | 5 | 1 |
Lickanantay | 6,772 | 96.37% | 109 | 146 | 7,027 | 22,569 | 31.14% | 8 | 1 |
Colla | 2,138 | 96.70% | 19 | 54 | 2,211 | 9,183 | 24.08% | 8 | 1 |
Quechua | 2,076 | 95.05% | 55 | 53 | 2,184 | 7,661 | 28.51% | 4 | 1 |
Rapa Nui | 1,871 | 95.22% | 33 | 61 | 1,965 | 3,623 | 54.24% | 4 | 1 |
Chango | 910 | 94.89% | 28 | 21 | 959 | 1,951 | 49.15% | 3 | 1 |
Kawésqar | 249 | 99.60% | 1 | 0 | 250 | 528 | 47.35% | 5 | 1 |
Yaghan
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61 | 91.04% | 4 | 2 | 67 | 170 | 39.41% | 1 | 1 |
Total | 262,441 | 92.59% | 5,312 | 15,686 | 283,439 | 1,239,295 | 22.87% | 95 | 17 |
Composition
- Gender: 78 men and 77 women were elected. Due to the corrections applied to ensure gender parity in each constituency, 4 women and 7 men were elected replacing a different-sex member of their own list with a larger number of votes.[22]
- Age: The age average of the elected members was 44.5 years. The oldest member was 78 years old at the time of the election, while the youngest was 21 years old.[23]
- Occupation: 59 of the elected members are lawyers and additional 7 were law students. 20 elected members were teachers, 9 were engineers and 5 were journalists. 6 elected members were former members of Congress and 9 were former government authorities.[23]
- LGBT: At least 7 of the 155 elected members of the Convention declared to be part of a gender or sexual minority.[24]
Members
- Damaris Abarca, Chilean lawyer
- Gloria Alvarado, Chilean activist
- Amaya Alvez, Chilean lawyer
- Adriana Ampuero, Chilean lawyer
- Francisca Arauna, Chilean lawyer
- Martín Arrau, Chilean engineer
- Margarita Letelier Cortés, Chilean entrepreneur
- Paola Grandón, Chilean activist
Notes
- ^ For the election of members for the Constitutional Convention, it will be considered the criteria for gender parity is not met if:
- in the case of districts with an even number of seats, the number of elected members of one gender is larger than the other.
- in the case of districts with an odd number of seats, when the difference in the number of elected members by gender is more than one.
- ^ Mapuche seats will be allocated in three different constituencies according to the place of residency of the candidates.
- ^ Election was held nation-wide. However, candidates were restricted to certain regions depending on their residency and the indigenous group they represent.
- ^ For comparison, only the election of members for the Chamber of Deputies is considered.
- ^ a b List YU is shared between Non-Neutral Independents and Constituent Social Movements to reduce dispersion of votes: candidates Jocelyn Durán and Esteban Quiroz are affiliated with NNI and the 6 other candidates of the list to MSC.
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