District 15 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

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District 15
Distrito 15
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Distrito 15 Chile.svg
Location of District 15 within Chile
Commune
List
Region O'Higgins
Population540,700 (2017) [1]
Electorate445,363 (2021)
Area5,790 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats5 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]
List
  •   Marta González (Ind)
  •   Marcela Riquelme (Ind)
  •   Natalia Romero (Ind)
  •   Diego Schalper (RN)
  •   Raúl Soto (PPD)

District 15 (Spanish : Distrito 15) 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 Codegua, Coinco, Coltauco, Doñihue, Graneros, Machalí, Malloa, Mostazal, Olivar, Quinta de Tilcoco, Rancagua, Rengo and Requínoa in the region of O'Higgins. 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 445,363 registered electors.

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Electoral system

District 15 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		 New Social Pact
NPS / NM		Democratic
Convergence
CD		 Chile Vamos
Podemos / Vamos		 Party of the People
PDG		 Christian Social Front
FSC
Votes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %Seats
2021 31,23615.73%19,5524.81%072,49336.50%248,84324.59%215,9978.06%013,7226.91%0
2017 15,6628.68%046,48025.77%126,13814.49%177,01242.69%3

Detailed

2021

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

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Party for Democracy PPD New Social Pact 57,31128.86%272,49336.50%2
Socialist Party of Chile PS10,3325.20%0
Radical Party of Chile PR2,7081.36%0
Christian Democratic Party PDC2,1421.08%0
Independent Democratic Union UDI Chile Podemos + 25,79512.99%148,84324.59%2
National Renewal RN23,04811.61%1
Social Convergence CS Apruebo Dignidad 14,1597.13%131,23615.73%1
Social Green Regionalist Federation FREVS11,1915.64%0
Communist Party of Chile PC5,2232.63%0
Comunes COM6630.33%0
Party of the People PDG15,9978.06%015,9978.06%0
Republican Party REP Christian Social Front 13,7226.91%013,7226.91%0
Green Ecologist Party PEV9,5524.81%09,5524.81%0
United Centre CU United Independents 3,1481.59%03,1481.59%0
Progressive Party PRO1,8590.94%01,8590.94%0
Patriotic Union UPA1,7450.88%01,7450.88%0
Valid votes198,595100.00%5198,595100.00%5
Blank votes9,6954.47%9,6954.47%
Rejected votes – other8,7134.02%8,7134.02%
Total polled217,00348.72%217,00348.72%
Registered electors445,363445,363

The following candidates were elected: [10] [11] Marta González (PPD), 1,965 votes; Marcela Riquelme (CS), 11,548 votes; Natalia Romero (UDI), 10,344 votes; Diego Schalper (RN), 17,124 votes; and Raúl Soto (PPD), 55,346 votes.

2017

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

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Independent Democratic Union UDI Chile Vamos 44,44424.64%277,01242.69%3
National Renewal RN32,56818.05%1
Socialist Party of Chile PS Nueva Mayoría 24,92413.82%146,48025.77%1
Party for Democracy PPD19,40810.76%0
Communist Party of Chile PC2,1481.19%0
Christian Democratic Party PDCDemocratic Convergence15,1498.40%126,13814.49%1
Citizen Left IC10,9896.09%0
Democratic Revolution RD Broad Front 9,3995.21%015,6628.68%0
Humanist Party PH6,2633.47%0
Progressive Party PRO All Over Chile 6,6073.66%06,6073.66%0
Social Green Regionalist Federation FREVSGreen Regionalist Coalition5,3472.96%05,3472.96%0
Patriotic Union UPA3,1491.75%03,1491.75%0
Valid votes180,395100.00%5180,395100.00%5
Blank votes11,9325.85%11,9325.85%
Rejected votes – other11,5175.65%11,5175.65%
Total polled203,84448.16%203,84448.16%
Registered electors423,283423,283

The following candidates were elected: [12] [13] Juan Luis Castro (PS), 17,849 votes; Issa Kort (UDI), 16,773 votes; Javier Macaya (UDI), 25,219 votes; Diego Schalper (RN), 19,285 votes; and Raúl Soto (PDC), 9,026 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 15 June 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 15" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 15 June 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 15" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  13. 1 2 "2017 11 Diputados Datos Eleccion" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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