District 3 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 3
Distrito 3
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 3 within Chile
Region	Antofagasta
Population	607,534 (2017) [1]
Electorate	481,800 (2021)
Area	126,067 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	5 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]	List   Yovana Ahumada (PSC)   Jaime Araya (Ind)   José Miguel Castro (RN)   Catalina Pérez (FA)   Sebastián Videla (Ind)

District 3 (Spanish : Distrito 3) 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 Antofagasta. 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 481,800 registered electors.

Electoral system

District 3 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			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	36,147	19.85%	1	5,623	3.09%	0	37,396	20.53%	2				33,464	18.37%	1	33,784	18.55%	1	13,099	7.19%	0
2017	20,638	12.71%	1				40,414	24.89%	1	6,361	3.92%	0	55,394	34.11%	2

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
					Anto- fagasta	Calama	María Elena	Mejil- lones	Olla- güe	San Pedro de Ata- cama	Sierra Gorda	Taltal	Toco- pilla
	Liberal Party of Chile	PL		New Social Pact	11,670	286	50	85	6	10	29	38	92	12,266	6.73%	1	37,396	20.53%	2
	Party for Democracy	PPD			9,687	596	57	393	6	35	94	542	235	11,645	6.39%	1
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC			1,717	5,397	33	41	35	134	13	59	206	7,635	4.19%	0
	Radical Party of Chile	PR			2,319	447	30	43	3	60	3	48	72	3,025	1.66%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			983	291	14	37	6	30	2	55	61	1,479	0.81%	0
	Citizens	CIU			309	920	10	17	2	16	0	12	60	1,346	0.74%	0
	Democratic Revolution	RD		Apruebo Dignidad	12,120	4,373	85	235	19	231	34	279	350	17,726	9.73%	1	36,147	19.85%	1
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			8,201	1,421	79	234	7	128	29	324	279	10,702	5.88%	0
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS			3,532	2,655	48	102	23	320	15	99	925	7,719	4.24%	0
	Party of the People	PDG			17,734	12,320	478	887	72	387	112	423	1,371	33,784	18.55%	1	33,784	18.55%	1
	National Renewal	RN		Chile Podemos +	7,781	5,757	83	224	28	182	41	251	453	14,800	8.13%	1	33,464	18.37%	1
	Evópoli	EVO			8,542	1,653	54	104	4	83	17	160	370	10,987	6.03%	0
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI			4,354	2,665	59	128	40	100	20	111	200	7,677	4.22%	0
	Republican Party	REP		Christian Social Front	8,785	3,331	76	184	25	128	44	185	341	13,099	7.19%	0	13,099	7.19%	0
	United Centre	CU		United Independents	4,654	3,571	107	198	18	344	44	161	350	9,447	5.19%	0	9,447	5.19%	0
	Revolutionary Workers Party	PTR			5,480	1,613	76	195	10	104	16	118	1,030	8,642	4.75%	0	8,642	4.75%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL		Dignidad Ahora	1,649	1,582	50	98	13	413	6	67	184	4,062	2.23%	0	5,623	3.09%	0
	Humanist Party	PH			888	404	27	38	1	28	6	36	133	1,561	0.86%	0
	New Time	NT			1,210	882	29	63	6	56	20	38	90	2,394	1.31%	0	2,394	1.31%	0
	Progressive Party	PRO			1,088	798	22	53	5	33	10	35	87	2,131	1.17%	0	2,131	1.17%	0
Valid votes					112,703	50,962	1,467	3,359	329	2,822	555	3,041	6,889	182,127	100.00%	5	182,127	100.00%	5
Blank votes					4,921	3,077	201	289	31	250	41	385	789	9,984	4.90%
Rejected votes – other					5,982	3,877	171	254	12	227	48	224	714	11,509	5.65%
Total polled					123,606	57,916	1,839	3,902	372	3,299	644	3,650	8,392	203,620	42.26%
Registered electors					289,086	131,956	6,173	10,072	1,663	7,279	2,882	10,493	22,196	481,800
Turnout					42.76%	43.89%	29.79%	38.74%	22.37%	45.32%	22.35%	34.79%	37.81%	42.26%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[10] [11]} Yovana Ahumada (PDG), 11,892 votes; Jaime Araya (PPD), 11,645 votes; José Miguel Castro (RN), 8,542 votes; Catalina Pérez (RD), 13,235 votes; and Sebastián Videla (PL), 12,266 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
					Anto- fagasta	Calama	María Elena	Mejil- lones	Olla- güe	San Pedro de Ata- cama	Sierra Gorda	Taltal	Toco- pilla
	National Renewal	RN		Chile Vamos	29,552	9,524	325	906	25	326	84	902	1,307	42,951	26.45%	2	55,394	34.11%	2
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI			3,569	2,668	77	100	44	108	30	33	203	6,832	4.21%	0
	Independent Regionalist Party	PRI			1,595	1,074	42	92	1	60	205	40	84	3,193	1.97%	0
	Evópoli	EVO			1,885	343	31	38	3	36	6	26	50	2,418	1.49%	0
	Social Democrat Radical Party	PRSD		Nueva Mayoría	14,127	5,809	160	352	16	216	51	243	1,672	22,646	13.95%	1	40,414	24.89%	1
	Party for Democracy	PPD			7,179	811	30	390	9	59	33	336	150	8,997	5.54%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			2,880	1,358	78	115	1	52	71	273	839	5,667	3.49%	0
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			2,012	661	38	84	2	34	6	81	186	3,104	1.91%	0
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS		Green Regionalist Coalition	6,672	9,214	46	92	66	323	23	49	115	16,600	10.22%	1	23,342	14.38%	1
	Patagonian Regional Democracy	DRP			4,032	2,014	64	152	7	99	24	117	233	6,742	4.15%	0
	Democratic Revolution	RD		Broad Front	7,484	1,572	53	144	3	131	28	182	128	9,725	5.99%	1	20,638	12.71%	1
	Humanist Party	PH			3,155	922	57	174	1	70	6	53	1,291	5,729	3.53%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL			1,130	1,733	28	49	13	79	3	25	42	3,102	1.91%	0
	Liberal Party of Chile	PL			928	249	6	27	2	15	2	5	25	1,259	0.78%	0
	Citizen Power	PODER			589	153	7	14	1	23	0	10	26	823	0.51%	0
	Amplitude	AMP		Sumemos	3,524	1,095	38	74	8	58	27	53	97	4,974	3.06%	0	8,659	5.33%	0
	Citizens	CIU			1,750	1,131	25	39	2	24	2	455	257	3,685	2.27%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		Democratic Convergence	3,581	1,163	48	100	3	80	38	543	199	5,755	3.54%	0	6,361	3.92%	0
	Citizen Left	IC			237	259	12	19	3	27	2	16	31	606	0.37%	0
	Revolutionary Workers Party	PTR			2,814	1,185	63	139	11	108	23	97	221	4,661	2.87%	0	4,661	2.87%	0
	Progressive Party	PRO		All Over Chile	1,229	1,311	60	70	5	77	7	46	101	2,906	1.79%	0	2,906	1.79%	0
Valid votes					99,924	44,249	1,288	3,170	226	2,005	671	3,585	7,257	162,375	100.00%	5	162,375	100.00%	5
Blank votes					3,575	2,921	190	268	25	318	23	236	519	8,075	4.48%
Rejected votes – other					5,017	3,326	148	239	13	184	28	156	491	9,602	5.33%
Total polled					108,516	50,496	1,626	3,677	264	2,507	722	3,977	8,267	180,052	40.12%
Registered electors					264,504	125,030	6,607	9,058	2,027	5,903	3,588	10,133	21,912	448,762
Turnout					41.03%	40.39%	24.61%	40.59%	13.02%	42.47%	20.12%	39.25%	37.73%	40.12%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[12] [13]} José Miguel Castro (RN), 5,183 votes; Marcela Hernando (PRSD), 14,817 votes; Paulina Núñez (RN), 37,768 votes; Catalina Pérez (RD), 6,106 votes; and Esteban Velásquez (FREVS), 10,067 votes.

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