District 5 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 5
Distrito 5
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 5 within Chile
Region	Coquimbo
Population	757,586 (2017) [1]
Electorate	623,580 (2021)
Area	40,588 km2 (2020) [2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	7 (2017–present)
Deputies [3]	List   Nathalie Castillo (PC)   Ricardo Cifuentes (PDC)   Juan Fuenzalida (UDI)   Daniel Manouchehri (PS)   Víctor Alejandro Pino (DEM)   Marco Antonio Sulantay (UDI)   Carolina Tello (FA)

District 5 (Spanish : Distrito 5) 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 Coquimbo. 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 623,580 registered electors.

Electoral system

District 5 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	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2021	49,571	20.93%	2	13,140	5.55%	0	9,979	4.21%	0	47,579	20.09%	2				54,927	23.19%	2	28,786	12.16%	1	18,227	7.70%	0
2017	21,665	9.34%	0							62,909	27.12%	2	36,402	15.69%	1	66,037	28.47%	3

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
					Choapa	Elqui	Limarí
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI		Chile Podemos +	3,590	27,527	8,027	39,144	16.53%	2	54,927	23.19%	2
	National Renewal	RN			2,402	9,264	4,117	15,783	6.66%	0
	Communist Party of Chile	PC		Apruebo Dignidad	3,383	15,584	5,568	24,535	10.36%	2	49,571	20.93%	2
	Social Convergence	CS			1,616	7,324	2,677	11,617	4.91%	0
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS			179	8,110	425	8,714	3.68%	0
	Comunes	COM			262	3,821	622	4,705	1.99%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		New Social Pact	1,826	16,736	3,515	22,077	9.32%	1	47,579	20.09%	2
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS			825	11,649	2,554	15,028	6.35%	1
	Party for Democracy	PPD			4,831	2,074	915	7,820	3.30%	0
	Radical Party of Chile	PR			267	1,485	902	2,654	1.12%	0
	Party of the People	PDG			3,715	17,060	8,011	28,786	12.16%	1	28,786	12.16%	1
	Republican Party	REP		Christian Social Front	1,605	12,772	3,850	18,227	7.70%	0	18,227	7.70%	0
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV			1,669	8,474	2,997	13,140	5.55%	0	13,140	5.55%	0
	United Centre	CU		United Independents	1,211	7,288	2,151	10,650	4.50%	0	10,650	4.50%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL		Dignidad Ahora	694	4,417	1,487	6,598	2.79%	0	9,979	4.21%	0
	Humanist Party	PH			471	1,537	1,373	3,381	1.43%	0
	Progressive Party	PRO			444	2,536	982	3,962	1.67%	0	3,962	1.67%	0
Valid votes					28,990	157,658	50,173	236,821	100.00%	7	236,821	100.00%	7
Blank votes					3,186	8,474	5,286	16,946	6.36%
Rejected votes – other					1,681	8,110	3,059	12,850	4.82%
Total polled					33,857	174,242	58,518	266,617	42.76%
Registered electors					79,469	395,399	148,712	623,580
Turnout					42.60%	44.07%	39.35%	42.76%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[10] [11]} Nathalie Castillo (PC), 12,304 votes; Ricardo Cifuentes (PDC), 11,439 votes; Juan Fuenzalida (UDI), 9,220 votes; Daniel Manouchehri (PS), 12,292 votes; Víctor Alejandro Pino (PDG), 9,275 votes; Marco Antonio Sulantay (UDI), 18,248 votes; and Carolina Tello (PC), 12,231 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
					Choapa	Elqui	Limarí
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI		Chile Vamos	1,732	28,059	7,484	37,275	16.07%	2	66,037	28.47%	3
	National Renewal	RN			1,789	19,775	7,198	28,762	12.40%	1
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS		Nueva Mayoría	6,899	11,176	3,471	21,546	9.29%	1	62,909	27.12%	2
	Communist Party of Chile	PC			2,104	9,515	5,576	17,195	7.41%	1
	Social Democrat Radical Party	PRSD			836	10,577	3,960	15,373	6.63%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD			953	1,929	5,913	8,795	3.79%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		Democratic Convergence	7,978	18,725	9,699	36,402	15.69%	1	36,402	15.69%	1
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS		Green Regionalist Coalition	691	22,055	1,646	24,392	10.52%	1	24,392	10.52%	1
	Democratic Revolution	RD		Broad Front	846	10,163	3,141	14,150	6.10%	0	21,665	9.34%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL			346	2,776	663	3,785	1.63%	0
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV			211	2,155	460	2,826	1.22%	0
	Humanist Party	PH			106	609	189	904	0.39%	0
	Amplitude	AMP		Sumemos	4,900	6,950	2,006	13,856	5.97%	0	13,856	5.97%	0
	Andrea Guzman Herrera (Independent)	Ind			436	3,896	1,170	5,502	2.37%	0	5,502	2.37%	0
	Progressive Party	PRO		All Over Chile	123	769	291	1,183	0.51%	0	1,183	0.51%	0
Valid votes					29,950	149,129	52,867	231,946	100.00%	7	231,946	100.00%	7
Blank votes					2,297	7,967	4,342	14,606	5.68%
Rejected votes – other					1,222	6,927	2,277	10,426	4.06%
Total polled					33,469	164,023	59,486	256,978	44.51%
Registered electors					75,405	359,189	142,727	577,321
Turnout					44.39%	45.66%	41.68%	44.51%

The following candidates were elected: ^{[12] [13]} Francisco Eguiguren (RN), 11,132 votes; Juan Fuenzalida (UDI), 4,331 votes; Sergio Gahona (UDI), 27,332 votes; Daniel Núñez (PC), 15,300 votes; Raúl Saldívar (PS), 11,077 votes; Pedro Velásquez (FREVS), 22,587 votes; and Matías Walker (PDC), 15,468 votes.

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