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The 2024 Chilean municipal elections were held on 26 and 27 October 2024. The elections were held on the same day as regional elections. [1] The combined municipal and regional elections had a participation rate of 85% which makes it the election with the highest voter turnout in the history of Chile. [2] Among the defeated candidates were a series of high profile politicians like Karla Rubilar, Marcela Cubillos, Iván Poduje and the incumbent mayor of Santiago Irací Hassler who lost to Mario Desbordes. [3]
The following table lists party control in regional capitals, as well as in communes with an electoral population above 70,000. [4]
Communes | Electors | Incumbent mayor | Political coalition | Elect mayor | Political coalition | ||
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Puente Alto | 417,443 | Germán Codina Powers (RN) | Chile Vamos | Matías Toledo Herrera (IND) | Independent | ||
Maipú | 399,170 | Tomás Vodanovic Escudero (RD) | Frente Amplio | Tomás Vodanovic Escudero (FA) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Santiago | 377,549 | Irací Hassler Jacob (PCCh) | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Mario Desbordes Jiménez (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Viña del Mar | 309,826 | Macarena Ripamonti Serrano (RD) | Frente Amplio | Macarena Ripamonti Serrano (FA) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
La Florida | 309,441 | Rodolfo Carter Fernández (IND) | Chile Vamos | Daniel Reyes Morales (IND) | Chile Vamos | ||
Antofagasta | 302,465 | Jonathan Velásquez Ramírez (IND) | Independent | Sacha Razmilic Burgos (Evópoli) | Chile Vamos | ||
Valparaíso | 285,768 | Jorge Sharp Fajardo (IND) | Independent | Camila Nieto Hernández (FA) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Las Condes | 281,660 | Daniela Peñaloza Ramos (UDI) | Chile Vamos | Catalina San Martín Cavada (IND) | Independent | ||
Temuco | 248,712 | Roberto Neira Aburto (PPD) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Roberto Neira Aburto (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
San Bernardo | 231,695 | Christopher White Bahamondes (PS) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Christopher White Bahamondes (PS) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Ñuñoa | 208,845 | Cristina Ríos Saavedra (RD) | Frente Amplio | Sebastián Sichel Ramírez (IND) | Chile Vamos | ||
Puerto Montt | 206,833 | Gervoy Paredes Rojas (PS) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Rodrigo Wainraihgt Galilea (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Concepción | 202,789 | Álvaro Ortiz Vera (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Héctor Muñoz Uribe (PSC) | Partido Social Cristiano | ||
Rancagua | 201,241 | Juan Godoy Muñoz (PS) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Raimundo Agliati Marchant (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
La Serena | 196,737 | Roberto Jacob Jure (PR) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Daniela Norambuena Borgheresi (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Peñalolén | 189,187 | Carolina Álvarez Salamanca (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Miguel Concha Manso (FA) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Talca | 189,143 | Juan Díaz Avendaño (RN) | Chile Vamos | Juan Díaz Avendaño (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Coquimbo | 188,300 | Alí Manouchehri Moghadam (IND) | Independent | Alí Manouchehri Moghadam (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Arica | 186,950 | Gerardo Espíndola Rojas (PL) | Frente Amplio | Orlando Vargas Pizarro (IND) | Independent | ||
Los Ángeles | 174,699 | Esteban Krause Salazar (PR) | Unidad por el Apruebo | José Pérez Arriagada (PR) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Pudahuel | 174,692 | Ítalo Bravo Lizana (Igualdad) | Dignidad Ahora | Ítalo Bravo Lizana (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Providencia | 170,588 | Evelyn Matthei Fornet (UDI) | Chile Vamos | Jaime Bellolio Avaria (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Iquique | 166,485 | Mauricio Soria Macchiavello (IND) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Mauricio Soria Macchiavello (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Chillán | 160,001 | Camilo Benavente Jiménez (PPD) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Camilo Benavente Jiménez (PPD) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Quilicura | 151,351 | Paulina Bobadilla Navarrete (IND) | Frente Amplio | Paulina Bobadilla Navarrete (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Valdivia | 146,610 | Carla Amtmann Fecci (RD) | Frente Amplio | Carla Amtmann Fecci (FA) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Osorno | 146,257 | Emeterio Carrillo Torres (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Jaime Bertin Valenzuela (IND) | Independent | ||
Quilpué | 141,921 | Valeria Melipillán Figueroa (CS) | Frente Amplio | Carolina Corti Badia (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Recoleta | 137,136 | Fares Jadue Leiva (PCCh) | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Fares Jadue Leiva (PCCh) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
La Pintana | 135,853 | Claudia Pizarro Peña (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Claudia Pizarro Peña (PDC) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
El Bosque | 132,692 | Manuel Zúñiga Aguilar (PS) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Manuel Zúñiga Aguilar (PS) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Calama | 132,499 | Eliecer Chamorro Vargas (FREVS) | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Eliecer Chamorro Vargas (FREVS) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Estación Central | 130,938 | Felipe Muñoz Vallejos (IND) | Frente Amplio | Felipe Muñoz Vallejos (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Talcahuano | 130,312 | Henry Campos Coa (UDI) | Chile Vamos | Eduardo Saavedra Bustos (PS) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Copiapó | 127,742 | Marcos López Rivera (IND) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Maglio Cicardini Neyra (IND) | Independent | ||
Curicó | 126,024 | Javier Muñoz Riquelme (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | George Bordachar Sotomayor (IND) | Independent | ||
Punta Arenas | 123,365 | Claudio Radonich Jiménez (RN) | Chile Vamos | Claudio Radonich Jiménez (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Renca | 114,898 | Claudio Castro Salas (IND) | Independent | Claudio Castro Salas (IND) | Independent | ||
San Miguel | 113,986 | Erika Martínez Osorio (IND) | Frente Amplio | Carol Bown Sepúlveda (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Conchalí | 112,718 | René de la Vega Fuentes (IND) | Independent | René de la Vega Fuentes (IND) | Independent | ||
Cerro Navia | 109,627 | Mauro Tamayo Rozas (IND) | Independent | Mauro Tamayo Rozas (IND) | Independent | ||
Villa Alemana | 109,103 | Javiera Toledo Muñoz (IND) | Independent | Nelson Estay Molina (IND) | Chile Vamos | ||
Colina | 105,670 | Isabel Valenzuela Ahumada (UDI) | Chile Vamos | Isabel Valenzuela Ahumada (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Melipilla | 104,552 | Lorena Olavarría Baeza (CS) | Frente Amplio | Paula Gárate Rojas (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Quinta Normal | 103,215 | Karina Delfino Mussa (PS) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Karina Delfino Mussa (PS) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Macul | 100,976 | Gonzalo Montoya Riquelme (IND) | Independent | Eduardo Espinoza Gaete (PLR) | Republicanos e Independientes | ||
San Pedro de la Paz | 99,736 | Javier Guiñez Castro (IND) | Independent | Juan Spoerer Brito (Evópoli) | Chile Vamos | ||
La Granja | 98,433 | Luis Delpin Aguilar (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Claudio Arriagada Macaya (IND) | Independent | ||
Ovalle | 95,519 | Jonathan Acuña Rojas (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Héctor Vega Campusano (IND) | Independent | ||
Coronel | 94,120 | Boris Chamorro Rebolledo (IND) | Independent | Boris Chamorro Rebolledo (PS) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Independencia | 90,611 | Gonzalo Durán Baronti (IND) | Independent | Agustín Iglesias Muñoz (IND) | Chile Vamos | ||
La Reina | 89,892 | José Palacios Parra (UDI) | Chile Vamos | José Palacios Parra (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Lo Barnechea | 89,864 | Juan Lira Ibáñez (UDI) | Chile Vamos | Felipe Alessandri Vergara (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Pedro Aguirre Cerda | 87,786 | Luis Astudillo Peiretti (IND) | Independent | Luis Astudillo Peiretti (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Vitacura | 87,607 | Camila Merino Catalán (Evópoli) | Chile Vamos | Camila Merino Catalán (Evópoli) | Chile Vamos | ||
Buin | 86,077 | Miguel Araya Lobos (UDI) | Chile Vamos | Miguel Araya Lobos (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Linares | 85,094 | Mario Meza Vásquez (RN) | Chile Vamos | Mario Meza Vásquez (RN) | Chile Vamos | ||
Lo Espejo | 83,708 | Javiera Reyes Jara (PCCh) | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Javiera Reyes Jara (PCCh) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Lo Prado | 83,459 | Maximiliano Ríos Galleguillos (PPD) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Maximiliano Ríos Galleguillos (PPD) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
La Cisterna | 81,952 | Joel Olmos Espinoza (IND) | Independent | Joel Olmos Espinoza (AH) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
San Antonio | 80,871 | María Lizana Sierra (IND) | Independent | Omar Vera Castro (IND) | Independent | ||
San Joaquín | 79,967 | Cristóbal Labra Bassa (IND) | Independent | Cristóbal Labra Bassa (IND) | Independent | ||
Quillota | 79,191 | Óscar Calderón Sánchez (IND) | Independent | Luis Mella Gajardo (IND) | Independent | ||
Huechuraba | 77,458 | Carlos Cuadrado Prats (PPD) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Maximiliano Luksic Lederer (IND) | Chile Vamos | ||
Hualpén | 77,423 | Miguel Rivera Morales (PPD) | Unidad por el Apruebo | Miguel Rivera Morales (PPD) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
San Ramón | 75,432 | Gustavo Toro Quintana (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Gustavo Toro Quintana (PDC) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Peñaflor | 75,315 | Nivaldo Meza Garfia (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Rodrigo Cornejo Inostroza (UDI) | Chile Vamos | ||
Lampa | 73,736 | Jonathan Opazo Carrasco (IND) | Independent | Jonathan Opazo Carrasco (IND) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
Coyhaique | 55,071 | Carlos Gatica Villegas (PDC) | Unidos por la Dignidad | Carlos Gatica Villegas (PDC) | Contigo Chile Mejor | ||
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