District 23 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

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District 23
Distrito 23
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Distrito 23 Chile.svg
Location of District 23 within Chile
Commune
Region Araucanía
Population660,897 (2017) [1]
Electorate601,444 (2021)
Area14,045 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats7 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]
List

District 23 (Spanish : Distrito 23) 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 Carahue, Cholchol, Cunco, Curarrehue, Freire, Gorbea, Loncoche, Nueva Imperial, Padre Las Casas, Pitrufquén, Pucón, Saavedra, Temuco, Teodoro Schmidt, Toltén and Villarrica in the region of Araucanía. The district currently elects seven 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 601,444 registered electors.

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Electoral system

District 23 currently elects seven 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 %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %SeatsVotes %Seats
2021 26,94211.19%112,0164.99%018,6927.77%029,05212.07%179,83833.17%316,3526.79%045,03818.71%2
2017 13,2035.88%056,44925.13%214,5556.48%084,28337.52%4

Detailed

2021

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

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National Renewal RN Chile Podemos + 41,33617.17%279,83833.17%3
Independent Democratic Union UDI20,0958.35%1
Evópoli EVO18,4077.65%0
Republican Party REP Christian Social Front 35,22814.63%245,03818.71%2
Christian Conservative Party PCC9,8104.08%0
Radical Party of Chile PR New Social Pact 12,2295.08%129,05212.07%1
Party for Democracy PPD11,3184.70%0
Christian Democratic Party PDC3,6331.51%0
Socialist Party of Chile PS1,8720.78%0
Democratic Revolution RD Apruebo Dignidad 15,3086.36%126,94211.19%1
Communist Party of Chile PC6,0212.50%0
Social Green Regionalist Federation FREVS5,6132.33%0
Humanist Party PH Dignidad Ahora 9,4493.93%018,6927.77%0
Equality Party IGUAL9,2433.84%0
Party of the People PDG16,3526.79%016,3526.79%0
Green Ecologist Party PEV12,0164.99%012,0164.99%0
United Centre CU United Independents 1,3680.57%08,5043.53%0
National Citizen Party PNC7,1362.96%0
Revolutionary Workers Party PTR2,6821.11%02,6821.11%0
Progressive Party PRO1,6050.67%01,6050.67%0
Valid votes240,721100.00%7240,721100.00%7
Blank votes21,1637.68%21,1637.68%
Rejected votes – other13,7364.98%13,7364.98%
Total polled275,62045.83%275,62045.83%
Registered electors601,444601,444

The following candidates were elected: [10] [11] Miguel Becker (RN), 16,360 votes; Andrés Jouannet (PR), 8,072 votes; Henry Leal (UDI), 17,973 votes; Miguel Mellado (RN), 14,164 votes; Coca Ericka Ñanco (RD), 9,715 votes; Mauricio Ojeda (REP), 14,901 votes; and Stephan Schubert (REP), 12,788 votes.

2017

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

PartyPactPartyPact
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National Renewal RN Chile Vamos 38,36517.08%284,28337.52%4
Evópoli EVO31,06313.83%2
Independent Democratic Union UDI14,8556.61%0
Party for Democracy PPD Nueva Mayoría 30,04013.37%156,44925.13%2
Social Democrat Radical Party PRSD19,2228.56%1
Socialist Party of Chile PS4,6222.06%0
Communist Party of Chile PC2,5651.14%0
René Saffirio (Independent)Ind38,57817.17%138,57817.17%1
Christian Democratic Party PDCDemocratic Convergence14,5556.48%014,5556.48%0
Humanist Party PH Broad Front 13,2035.88%013,2035.88%0
Amplitude AMP Sumemos 9,8534.39%09,8534.39%0
País PAIS All Over Chile 4,1471.85%05,6152.50%0
Progressive Party PRO1,4680.65%0
Patricio Rivas Gatica (Independent)Ind2,0900.93%02,0900.93%0
Valid votes224,626100.00%7224,626100.00%7
Blank votes17,7967.05%17,7967.05%
Rejected votes – other9,9813.95%9,9813.95%
Total polled252,40344.31%252,40344.31%
Registered electors569,616569,616

The following candidates were elected: [12] [13] Sebastián Álvarez Ramírez (EVO), 5,319 votes; Ricardo Celis Araya (PPD), 16,335 votes; René Manuel García (RN), 23,118 votes; Miguel Mellado (RN), 13,708 votes; Fernando Meza Moncada (PRSD), 13,696 votes; Andrés Molina (EVO), 23,927 votes; and René Saffirio (Ind), 38,578 votes.

References

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