District 13 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

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District 13
Distrito 13
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Distrito 13 Chile.svg
Location of District 13 within Chile
Commune
List
Region Santiago
Population643,456 (2017) [1]
Electorate583,462 (2021)
Area57 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats5 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]
List
  •   Eduardo Durán (RN)
  •   Daniel Melo (PS)
  •   Cristhian Moreira (UDI)
  •   Lorena Pizarro (PC)
  •   Gael Yeomans (FA)

District 13 (Spanish : Distrito 13) is one of the 28 multi-member electoral districts of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress, the national legislature of Chile. The district was created by the 2015 electoral reform and came into being at the following general election in 2017. It consists of the communes of El Bosque, La Cisterna, Lo Espejo, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, San Miguel and San Ramón in the region of Santiago. The district currently elects five of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 general election the district had 583,462 registered electors.

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Electoral system

District 13 currently elects five of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. [4] [5] Parties may form electoral pacts with each other to pool their votes and increase their chances of winning seats. [6] [7] However, the number of candidates nominated by an electoral pact may not exceed the maximum number of candidates that a single party may nominate. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method. [8] [9]

Election results

Summary

Election Apruebo Dignidad
AD / FA		 Green Ecologists
PEV		 Dignidad Ahora
DA		 New Social Pact
NPS / NM		Democratic
Convergence
CD		 Chile Vamos
Podemos / Vamos		 Party of the People
PDG
Votes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %Seats
2021 74,23030.98%224,75710.33%09,6604.03%026,57211.09%155,07122.99%221,7269.07%0
2017 48,78119.91%183,08733.91%220,0698.19%075,96331.00%2

Detailed

2021

Results of the 2021 general election held on 21 November 2021: [10] [11]

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes per communeTotal
votes		%SeatsVotes%Seats
El
Bosque 		La Cis-
terna 		Lo
Espejo 		Pedro
Aguirre
Cerda 		San
Miguel 		San
Ramón
Social Convergence CS Apruebo Dignidad 6,1025,5415,3136,3549,9663,65636,93215.42%174,23030.98%2
Communist Party of Chile PC5,2453,2774,3046,9035,3183,26328,31011.82%1
Comunes COM1,5077708941,2459578716,2442.61%0
Social Green Regionalist Federation FREVS5815313733665293642,7441.15%0
Independent Democratic Union UDI Chile Podemos + 6,5196,4432,5653,5527,1303,00129,21012.19%155,07122.99%2
National Renewal RN5,2253,8912,8694,0526,8572,96725,86110.79%1
Socialist Party of Chile PS New Social Pact 5,9281,3758881,1641,1871,47412,0165.02%126,57211.09%1
Christian Democratic Party PDC7901,0265996601,1125314,7181.97%0
Party for Democracy PPD8605487496557927814,3851.83%0
Liberal Party of Chile PL5444962714571,0672353,0701.28%0
Citizens CIU5602973653804303512,3830.99%0
Green Ecologist Party PEV5,5373,8364,0534,0464,1723,11324,75710.33%024,75710.33%0
Party of the People PDG5,5972,8113,6023,4713,0093,23621,7269.07%021,7269.07%0
United Centre CU United Independents 3,1181,7552,0722,3651,9951,77013,0755.46%013,0755.46%0
Equality Party IGUAL Dignidad Ahora 2,0431,0971,0671,3411,2841,4058,2373.44%09,6604.03%0
Humanist Party PH3011861642382712631,4230.59%0
Revolutionary Workers Party PTR1,4406861,1711,2318879766,3912.67%06,3912.67%0
Patriotic Union UPA9815597057446795674,2351.77%04,2351.77%0
Progressive Party PRO9205206225856825313,8601.61%03,8601.61%0
Valid votes53,79835,64532,64639,80948,32429,355239,577100.00%5239,577100.00%5
Blank votes3,8691,9142,4962,7462,4182,41615,8595.83%
Rejected votes – other4,0352,1112,8402,7392,3052,40416,4346.04%
Total polled61,70239,67037,98245,29453,04734,175271,87046.60%
Registered electors135,96981,93188,81591,490105,21680,041583,462
Turnout45.38%48.42%42.77%49.51%50.42%42.70%46.60%

The following candidates were elected: [10] [11] Eduardo Durán (RN), 14,574 votes; Daniel Melo (PS), 12,016 votes; Cristhian Moreira (UDI), 16,593 votes; Lorena Pizarro (PC), 20,858 votes; and Gael Yeomans (CS), 31,440 votes.

2017

Results of the 2017 general election held on 19 November 2017: [12] [13]

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes per communeTotal
votes		%SeatsVotes%Seats
El
Bosque 		La Cis-
terna 		Lo
Espejo 		Pedro
Aguirre
Cerda 		San
Miguel 		San
Ramón
Communist Party of Chile PC Nueva Mayoría 4,4442,7746,2249,5886,3373,44532,81213.39%183,08733.91%2
Party for Democracy PPD7,7045,6774,1283,2902,8505,48829,13711.89%1
Socialist Party of Chile PS9,2212,3491,8031,8812,4933,39121,1388.63%0
National Renewal RN Chile Vamos 7,0185,1834,4715,8408,5113,58634,60914.12%175,96331.00%2
Independent Democratic Union UDI6,6106,6492,4323,3985,1813,77528,04511.45%1
Evópoli EVO2,8282,1551,5992,0343,0551,63813,3095.43%0
Democratic Revolution RD Broad Front 3,5823,0802,7903,7575,7452,20321,1578.63%148,78119.91%1
Green Ecologist Party PEV4,2853,6472,8523,6834,1502,46521,0828.60%0
Equality Party IGUAL1,2397001,6101,1841,0157946,5422.67%0
Christian Democratic Party PDCDemocratic Convergence3,6212,6933,4603,6943,7852,81620,0698.19%020,0698.19%0
Progressive Party PRO All Over Chile 3,2981,4781,9782,1411,5101,94212,3475.04%012,3475.04%0
Patriotic Union UPA1,0965339618505657734,7781.95%04,7781.95%0
Valid votes54,94636,91834,30841,34045,19732,316245,025100.00%5245,025100.00%5
Blank votes3,3121,8562,4722,2881,9492,52514,4025.20%
Rejected votes – other3,9702,4362,9423,0402,5072,64317,5386.33%
Total polled62,22841,21039,72246,66849,65337,484276,96546.56%
Registered electors139,33883,68693,27595,61499,93882,960594,811
Turnout44.66%49.24%42.59%48.81%49.68%45.18%46.56%

The following candidates were elected: [12] [13] Eduardo Durán (RN), 19,744 votes; Tucapel Jiménez (PPD), 22,551 votes; Cristhian Moreira (UDI), 18,125 votes; Guillermo Teillier (PC), 28,798 votes; and Gael Yeomans (RD), 13,721 votes.

References

  1. ↑ "Censo de Población y Vivienda: Cuadros Estadísticos - Censo 2017 - 1.1 Población total por sexo y área urbana-rural, según comuna y edad simple" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: National Statistics Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "División Política Administrativa 2020 - Communas" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Undersecretariats of Regional and Administrative Development. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Diputadas y Diputados: Listado de Diputadas y Diputados - Distrito 10" (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Chamber of Deputies of Chile. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chilean Chamber of Deputies 2021 General". Election Guide. Arlington, U.S.A.: International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Chile: Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies)". Parline. Geneva, Switzerland: Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Ley Fácil: Nuevo sistema electoral para elecciones parlamentarias (Fin del sistema binominal)". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: National Congress of Chile. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Valenzuela, J. Samuel; Somma, Nicolas; Scully, Timothy R. (2018). "Resilience and Change: The Party System in Redemocratized Chile". In Mainwaring, Scott (ed.). Party Systems in Latin America: Institutionalization, Decay, and Collapse. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 161. ISBN   978-1-107-17552-5 . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nuevo sistema electoral chileno: Método D'Hondt" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service. 18 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Hernández, Rafael (August 2020). "Asesoría Técnica Parlamentaria Nº Sup: 127022 - Modificaciones al sistema electoral en países con fórmula D'Hondt - Análisis de nueve casos miembros de OCDE" (PDF). Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). NC. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Elección de Diputados 2021: División Electoral - Distrito 13" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  11. 1 2 "2021 11 Diputados Datos Eleccion" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Elección de Diputados 2017: División Electoral - Distrito 13" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  13. 1 2 "2017 11 Diputados Datos Eleccion" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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