District 22 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 22
Distrito 22
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 22 within Chile
Commune	List Angol Collipulli Curacautín Ercilla Galvarino Lautaro Lonquimay Los Sauces Lumaco Melipeuco Perquenco Purén Renaico Traiguén Victoria Vilcún
Region	Araucanía
Population	296,327 (2017) [1]
Electorate	286,162 (2021)
Area	17,767 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	4 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]	List   Juan Carlos Beltrán (RN)   Gloria Naveillán (Ind)   Jorge Rathgeb (RN)   Jorge Saffirio (D)

District 22 (Spanish : Distrito 22) 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 province of Malleco, and the communes of Galvarino, Lautaro, Melipeuco, Perquenco and Vilcún in the province of Cautín in the region of Araucanía. 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 286,162 registered electors.

Electoral system

District 22 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			Green Ecologists PEV			Dignidad Ahora DA			New Social Pact NPS / NM			Democratic Convergence CD			Chile Vamos Podemos / Vamos			Party of the People PDG			Christian Social Front FSC
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2021	6,721	6.24%	0	2,325	2.16%	0	8,307	7.71%	0	22,497	20.89%	1				42,348	39.33%	2	6,643	6.17%	0	16,703	15.51%	1
2017	6,580	6.08%	0							24,645	22.76%	1	21,335	19.71%	1	55,709	51.45%	2

Detailed

2021

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

Party			Pact		Party					Pact
					Votes per province		Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
					Cautín (part)	Mall- eco
	National Renewal	RN		Chile Podemos +	5,639	27,092	32,731	30.40%	2	42,348	39.33%	2
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI			3,297	6,320	9,617	8.93%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		New Social Pact	5,826	5,046	10,872	10.10%	1	22,497	20.89%	1
	Party for Democracy	PPD			1,844	8,274	10,118	9.40%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			284	1,223	1,507	1.40%	0
	Republican Party	REP		Christian Social Front	3,977	9,826	13,803	12.82%	1	16,703	15.51%	1
	Christian Conservative Party	PCC			1,053	1,847	2,900	2.69%	0
	Humanist Party	PH		Dignidad Ahora	1,426	3,590	5,016	4.66%	0	8,307	7.71%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL			2,075	1,216	3,291	3.06%	0
	Democratic Revolution	RD		Apruebo Dignidad	1,115	1,844	2,959	2.75%	0	6,721	6.24%	0
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS			1,071	1,061	2,132	1.98%	0
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			238	1,392	1,630	1.51%	0
	Party of the People	PDG			2,177	4,466	6,643	6.17%	0	6,643	6.17%	0
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV			745	1,580	2,325	2.16%	0	2,325	2.16%	0
	United Centre	CU		United Independents	588	875	1,463	1.36%	0	1,463	1.36%	0
	Progressive Party	PRO			265	410	675	0.63%	0	675	0.63%	0
Valid votes					31,620	76,062	107,682	100.00%	4	107,682	100.00%	4
Blank votes					3,480	6,532	10,012	8.08%
Rejected votes – other					1,861	4,335	6,196	5.00%
Total polled					36,961	86,929	123,890	43.29%
Registered electors					85,867	200,295	286,162
Turnout					43.04%	43.40%	43.29%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[10] [11]} Juan Carlos Beltrán (RN), 10,729 votes; Gloria Naveillán (REP), 6,257 votes; Jorge Rathgeb (RN), 20,451 votes; and Jorge Saffirio (PDC), 5,913 votes.

2017

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

Party			Pact		Party					Pact
					Votes per province		Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
					Cautín (part)	Mall- eco
	National Renewal	RN		Chile Vamos	15,615	31,486	47,101	43.50%	2	55,709	51.45%	2
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI			1,334	7,274	8,608	7.95%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD		Nueva Mayoría	6,059	11,872	17,931	16.56%	1	24,645	22.76%	1
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			1,440	5,274	6,714	6.20%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		Democratic Convergence	5,395	15,940	21,335	19.71%	1	21,335	19.71%	1
	Humanist Party	PH		Broad Front	1,856	4,724	6,580	6.08%	0	6,580	6.08%	0
Valid votes					31,699	76,570	108,269	100.00%	4	108,269	100.00%	4
Blank votes					2,745	5,352	8,097	6.68%
Rejected votes – other					1,523	3,236	4,759	3.93%
Total polled					35,967	85,158	121,125	43.51%
Registered electors					81,644	196,772	278,416
Turnout					44.05%	43.28%	43.51%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[12] [13]} Andrea Parra (PPD), 10,312 votes; Diego Paulsen (RN), 24,405 votes; Jorge Rathgeb (RN), 21,594 votes; and Mario Venegas Cárdenas (PDC), 14,991 votes.

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