District 16 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

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District 16
Distrito 16
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Distrito 16 Chile.svg
Location of District 16 within Chile
Commune
List
Region O'Higgins
Population373,855 (2017) [1]
Electorate334,940 (2021)
Area10,557 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats4 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]
List
  •   Félix Bugueño (FA)
  •   Eduardo Cornejo (UDI)
  •   Cosme Mellado (PR)
  •   Carla Morales (RN)

District 16 (Spanish : Distrito 16) 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 provinces of Cardenal Caro and Colchagua, and the communes of Las Cabras, Peumo, Pichidegua and San Vicente in the province of Cachapoal in the region of O'Higgins. The district currently elects four 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 334,940 registered electors.

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Electoral system

District 16 currently elects four 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		 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 %Seats
2021 24,87618.37%136,43826.91%141,39730.57%28,7466.46%09,5187.03%0
2017 7,5835.52%028,72320.92%114,63510.66%044,16532.16%2

Detailed

2021

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

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes per provinceTotal
votes		%SeatsVotes%Seats
Cacha-
poal
(part)		 Carde-
nal
Caro 		Colcha-
gua
National Renewal RN Chile Podemos + 4,5213,10516,35623,98217.71%141,39730.57%2
Independent Democratic Union UDI5,2243,4258,76617,41512.86%1
Radical Party of Chile PR New Social Pact 1,92928111,27913,4899.96%136,43826.91%1
Socialist Party of Chile PS2,8111,3137,37111,4958.49%0
Christian Democratic Party PDC1,1333,9971,9657,0955.24%0
Party for Democracy PPD8042803,2754,3593.22%0
Social Green Regionalist Federation FREVS Apruebo Dignidad 5,7911,7717,15514,71710.87%124,87618.37%1
Communist Party of Chile PC1,8451,8824,8668,5936.35%0
Comunes COM6232666771,5661.16%0
Republican Party REP Christian Social Front 2,9491,3375,2329,5187.03%09,5187.03%0
Party of the People PDG2,8411,1234,7828,7466.46%08,7466.46%0
Yasna Patricia Zavalla Morales (Independent)Ind1,8598325,6278,3186.14%08,3186.14%0
United Centre CU United Independents 7093181,6392,6661.97%02,6661.97%0
Patriotic Union UPA1,7712105552,5361.87%02,5361.87%0
Progressive Party PRO3541334459320.69%09320.69%0
Valid votes35,16420,27379,990135,427100.00%4135,427100.00%4
Blank votes3,8701,8914,72410,4856.91%
Rejected votes – other1,8988473,0065,7513.79%
Total polled40,93223,01187,720151,66345.28%
Registered electors91,62248,580194,738334,940
Turnout44.67%47.37%45.05%45.28%

The following candidates were elected: [10] [11] Félix Bugueño (FREVS), 9,010 votes; Eduardo Cornejo (UDI), 10,892 votes; Cosme Mellado (PR), 13,489 votes; and Carla Morales (RN), 16,042 votes.

2017

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

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes per provinceTotal
votes		%SeatsVotes%Seats
Cacha-
poal
(part)		 Carde-
nal
Caro 		Colcha-
gua
Independent Democratic Union UDI Chile Vamos 8,1533,94618,22530,32422.08%244,16532.16%2
National Renewal RN2,6124,0697,16013,84110.08%0
Social Green Regionalist Federation FREVSGreen Regionalist Coalition14,9191,25418,83535,00825.49%135,00825.49%1
Social Democrat Radical Party PRSD Nueva Mayoría 1,0955869,05210,7337.82%128,72320.92%1
Party for Democracy PPD1,4199516,7879,1576.67%0
Socialist Party of Chile PS1,7841,1855,8648,8336.43%0
Christian Democratic Party PDCDemocratic Convergence2,3023,8827,31813,5029.83%014,63510.66%0
Citizen Left IC145829061,1330.83%0
Humanist Party PH Broad Front 1,4577002,6064,7633.47%07,5835.52%0
Democratic Revolution RD7364811,6032,8202.05%0
Samuel Flores Garrido (Independent)Ind1,2463883,2534,8873.56%04,8873.56%0
Progressive Party PRO All Over Chile 3952056711,2710.93%01,2710.93%0
Patriotic Union UPA2812235541,0580.77%01,0580.77%0
Valid votes36,54417,95282,834137,330100.00%4137,330100.00%4
Blank votes2,2071,6193,9877,8135.21%
Rejected votes – other1,2677152,7164,6983.14%
Total polled40,01820,28689,537149,84147.55%
Registered electors86,76341,651186,718315,132
Turnout46.12%48.70%47.95%47.55%

The following candidates were elected: [12] [13] Ramón José Barros (UDI), 21,866 votes; Cosme Mellado (PRSD), 8,864 votes; Alejandra Sepúlveda (FREVS), 31,737 votes; and Virginia Troncoso (UDI), 7,987 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 21 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 16" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 21 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 16" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  13. 1 2 "2017 11 Diputados Datos Eleccion" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Electoral Service . Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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