District 28 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 28
Distrito 28
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 28 within Chile
Region	Magallanes
Population	166,533 (2017) [1]
Electorate	158,483 (2021)
Area	130,482 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	3 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]	List   Carlos Bianchi (Ind)   Christian Matheson (Ind)   Javiera Morales (FA)

District 28 (Spanish : Distrito 28) 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 is conterminous with the region of Magallanes. The district currently elects three 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 158,483 registered electors.

Electoral system

District 28 currently elects three 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			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
2021	8,753	13.46%	1	3,667	5.64%	0	6,140	9.44%	0				10,517	16.18%	1	3,590	5.52%	0	6,003	9.23%	0
2017	19,926	35.11%	1				11,791	20.77%	1	7,309	12.88%	0	16,180	28.51%	1

Detailed

2021

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

Party			Pact		Party														Pact
					Votes per commune											Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
					Ant- ártica	Cabo de Hornos	Laguna Blanca	Natales	Por- venir	Prima- vera	Punta Arenas	Río Verde	San Greg- orio	Timau- kel	Torres del Paine
	Carlos Bianchi (Independent)	Ind			11	185	99	3,772	1,082	103	20,620	74	60	39	293	26,338	40.52%	1	26,338	40.52%	1
	Evópoli	EVO		Chile Podemos +	2	69	73	435	158	28	6,270	61	40	32	52	7,220	11.11%	1	10,517	16.18%	1
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI			6	42	16	192	39	10	1,424	9	26	7	26	1,797	2.76%	0
	Democratic Independent Regionalist Party	PRI			5	45	11	404	38	6	940	10	10	8	23	1,500	2.31%	0
	Social Convergence	CS		Apruebo Dignidad	3	88	16	948	129	24	5,695	17	4	0	59	6,983	10.74%	1	8,753	13.46%	1
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			0	30	2	174	65	8	1,458	5	11	8	9	1,770	2.72%	0
	Radical Party of Chile	PR		New Social Pact	0	25	13	190	97	11	2,874	9	12	9	14	3,254	5.01%	0	6,140	9.44%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			0	33	15	238	233	20	1,598	5	9	6	11	2,168	3.33%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC			2	20	2	79	17	10	579	1	5	0	3	718	1.10%	0
	Christian Conservative Party	PCC		Christian Social Front	6	44	4	298	77	8	2,585	4	7	12	12	3,057	4.70%	0	6,003	9.23%	0
	Republican Party	REP			2	59	14	201	62	6	2,562	16	10	4	10	2,946	4.53%	0
	Humanist Party	PH		Dignidad Ahora	1	43	10	141	26	10	3,396	11	10	6	13	3,667	5.64%	0	3,667	5.64%	0
	Party of the People	PDG			4	55	10	379	93	32	2,948	11	19	14	25	3,590	5.52%	0	3,590	5.52%	0
Valid votes					42	738	285	7,451	2,116	276	52,949	233	223	145	550	65,008	100.00%	3	65,008	100.00%	3
Blank votes					4	96	17	515	136	24	1,872	15	13	21	37	2,750	3.93%
Rejected votes – other					1	44	4	319	75	12	1,750	8	13	5	20	2,251	3.22%
Total polled					47	878	306	8,285	2,327	312	56,571	256	249	171	607	70,009	44.17%
Registered electors					233	1,862	822	22,672	6,108	1,229	121,724	750	715	734	1,634	158,483
Turnout					20.17%	47.15%	37.23%	36.54%	38.10%	25.39%	46.47%	34.13%	34.83%	23.30%	37.15%	44.17%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[10] [11]} Carlos Bianchi (Ind), 26,338 votes; Christian Matheson (EVO), 7,220 votes; and Javiera Morales (CS), 4,563 votes.

2017

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

Party			Pact		Party														Pact
					Votes per commune											Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
					Ant- ártica	Cabo de Hornos	Laguna Blanca	Natales	Por- venir	Prima- vera	Punta Arenas	Río Verde	San Greg- orio	Timau- kel	Torres del Paine
	Humanist Party	PH		Broad Front	9	240	75	1,778	431	80	17,036	41	79	38	119	19,926	35.11%	1	19,926	35.11%	1
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI		Chile Vamos	8	61	70	496	129	27	5,890	64	41	58	27	6,871	12.11%	1	16,180	28.51%	1
	National Renewal	RN			5	70	26	1,623	38	14	2,811	15	16	6	186	4,810	8.47%	0
	Independent Regionalist Party	PRI			3	55	32	292	403	29	3,328	24	18	11	25	4,220	7.43%	0
	Evópoli	EVO			2	5	0	38	9	2	217	0	3	1	2	279	0.49%	0
	Social Democrat Radical Party	PRSD		Nueva Mayoría	1	11	14	1,084	307	3	2,683	12	2	13	60	4,190	7.38%	1	11,791	20.77%	1
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			0	19	21	425	202	22	3,063	14	6	10	25	3,807	6.71%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD			0	87	24	173	65	7	2,097	6	8	10	2	2,479	4.37%	0
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			0	3	1	101	16	7	1,169	4	9	2	3	1,315	2.32%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		Democratic Convergence	2	78	24	665	189	63	6,136	34	50	11	57	7,309	12.88%	0	7,309	12.88%	0
	Patagonian Regional Democracy	DRP		Green Regionalist Coalition	2	20	10	309	36	3	1,141	6	5	4	17	1,553	2.74%	0	1,553	2.74%	0
Valid votes					32	649	297	6,984	1,825	257	45,571	220	237	164	523	56,759	100.00%	3	56,759	100.00%	3
Blank votes					2	52	10	328	124	22	1,223	8	13	17	20	1,819	2.98%
Rejected votes – other					3	31	6	279	93	10	1,980	8	8	10	15	2,443	4.00%
Total polled					37	732	313	7,591	2,042	289	48,774	236	258	191	558	61,021	38.59%
Registered electors					327	1,943	944	21,392	6,183	1,416	121,321	825	1,072	974	1,747	158,144
Turnout					11.31%	37.67%	33.16%	35.49%	33.03%	20.41%	40.20%	28.61%	24.07%	19.61%	31.94%	38.59%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[12] [13]} Sandra Amar (UDI), 6,871 votes; Karim Bianchi (PRSD), 4,190 votes; and Gabriel Boric (PH), 18,626 votes.

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