District 26 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 26
Distrito 26
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 26 within Chile
Commune	List Ancud Calbuco Castro Chaitén Chonchi Cochamó Curaco de Vélez Dalcahue Futaleufú Hualaihué Maullín Palena Puerto Montt Puqueldón Queilén Quellón Quemchi Quinchao
Region	Los Lagos
Population	484,660 (2017) [1]
Electorate	424,820 (2021)
Area	31,325 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	5 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]	List   Alejandro Bernales (PL)   Fernando Bórquez (UDI)   Mauro González (RN)   Jaime Sáez (FA)   Héctor Ulloa (Ind)

District 26 (Spanish : Distrito 26) 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 Ancud, Calbuco, Castro, Chaitén, Chonchi, Cochamó, Curaco de Vélez, Dalcahue, Futaleufú, Hualaihué, Maullín, Palena, Puerto Montt, Puqueldón, Queilén, Quellón, Quemchi and Quinchao in the region of Los Lagos. 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 424,820 registered electors.

Electoral system

District 26 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	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2021	21,420	14.37%	1	10,084	6.77%	0	38,455	25.80%	2				36,142	24.25%	2	15,755	10.57%	0	16,437	11.03%	0
2017	17,598	12.78%	1				29,065	21.10%	1	17,214	12.50%	1	50,691	36.80%	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
					Chiloé	Llan- quihue (part)	Palena
	Liberal Party of Chile	PL		New Social Pact	2,370	6,451	372	9,193	6.17%	1	38,455	25.80%	2
	Citizens	CIU			956	8,135	85	9,176	6.16%	1
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			4,010	3,136	126	7,272	4.88%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD			3,616	2,439	387	6,442	4.32%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC			1,940	4,122	310	6,372	4.28%	0
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI		Chile Podemos +	9,965	8,948	671	19,584	13.14%	1	36,142	24.25%	2
	National Renewal	RN			5,009	10,761	788	16,558	11.11%	1
	Democratic Revolution	RD		Apruebo Dignidad	3,114	5,323	358	8,795	5.90%	1	21,420	14.37%	1
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			2,802	5,182	278	8,262	5.54%	0
	Social Convergence	CS			1,685	822	70	2,577	1.73%	0
	Comunes	COM			558	1,182	46	1,786	1.20%	0
	Republican Party	REP		Christian Social Front	3,416	12,483	538	16,437	11.03%	0	16,437	11.03%	0
	Party of the People	PDG			5,202	10,090	463	15,755	10.57%	0	15,755	10.57%	0
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV			2,951	6,744	389	10,084	6.77%	0	10,084	6.77%	0
	Arturo Sanchez Gatica (Independent)	Ind			2,000	5,304	281	7,585	5.09%	0	7,585	5.09%	0
	National Citizen Party	PNC		United Independents	705	1,271	75	2,051	1.38%	0	3,155	2.12%	0
	United Centre	CU			389	677	38	1,104	0.74%	0
Valid votes					50,688	93,070	5,275	149,033	100.00%	5	149,033	100.00%	5
Blank votes					8,499	9,126	1,451	19,076	10.76%
Rejected votes – other					3,457	5,266	451	9,174	5.17%
Total polled					62,644	107,462	7,177	177,283	41.73%
Registered electors					162,548	242,197	20,075	424,820
Turnout					38.54%	44.37%	35.75%	41.73%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[10] [11]} Alejandro Bernales (PL), 9,193 votes; Fernando Bórquez (UDI), 7,700 votes; Mauro González (RN), 9,569 votes; Jaime Sáez (RD), 4,776 votes; and Héctor Ulloa (CIU), 9,176 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
					Chiloé	Llan- quihue (part)	Palena
	National Renewal	RN		Chile Vamos	18,392	19,454	1,919	39,765	28.87%	2	50,691	36.80%	2
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI			1,140	9,396	390	10,926	7.93%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS		Nueva Mayoría	6,204	11,068	1,005	18,277	13.27%	1	29,065	21.10%	1
	Party for Democracy	PPD			3,749	3,803	226	7,778	5.65%	0
	Social Democrat Radical Party	PRSD			799	2,064	147	3,010	2.19%	0
	Liberal Party of Chile	PL		Broad Front	1,738	5,988	151	7,877	5.72%	1	17,598	12.78%	1
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV			1,767	5,680	158	7,605	5.52%	0
	Citizen Power	PODER			516	1,542	58	2,116	1.54%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		Democratic Convergence	7,894	8,661	659	17,214	12.50%	1	17,214	12.50%	1
	Progressive Party	PRO		All Over Chile	3,582	5,535	222	9,339	6.78%	0	9,339	6.78%	0
	Patagonian Regional Democracy	DRP		Green Regionalist Coalition	1,890	6,526	201	8,617	6.26%	0	8,617	6.26%	0
	Citizens	CIU		Sumemos	3,227	1,197	88	4,512	3.28%	0	5,220	3.79%	0
	Todos	TODOS			251	425	32	708	0.51%	0
Valid votes					51,149	81,339	5,256	137,744	100.00%	5	137,744	100.00%	5
Blank votes					6,016	7,631	1,054	14,701	9.16%
Rejected votes – other					2,812	4,805	347	7,964	4.96%
Total polled					59,977	93,775	6,657	160,409	40.18%
Registered electors					154,633	225,465	19,176	399,274
Turnout					38.79%	41.59%	34.72%	40.18%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[12] [13]} Jenny Álvarez (PS), 10,162 votes; Gabriel Ascencio (PDC), 9,326 votes; Alejandro Bernales (PL), 6,200 votes; Carlos Kuschel (RN), 11,250 votes; and Alejandro Santana (RN), 23,558 votes.

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