2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election

A Constitutional Convention election is scheduled to be held in Chile on 11 April 2021[1] to select the members of the body that will draft a new constitution. This follows the 2020 Chilean national plebiscite, where 78% of voters approved to the writing of a new text.[2]

Electoral system

The Constitutional Convention is composed of 155 members, of which 138 are directly-elected by the electorate at large and 17 are reserved for indigenous peoples, directly-elected by themselves.

The 138 members are chosen in 28 constituencies of between three and eight seats by open list proportional representation. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[3] It is the same system used to elect member of the Chamber of Deputies, with the exception that a gender parity rule may make some adjustments to the election results necessary.[4]

The 17 seats reserved for Chile's Indigenous peoples are as follows: 7 for the Mapuche, 2 for the Aymara, and 1 each for the Diaguita, Quechua, Atacameño, Qulla, Chango, Rapa Nui, Kawésqar, and Yaghan peoples.[5]

Electoral districts


District number Geographical Area No. of members elected
1st district Arica and Parinacota
3
2nd district Tarapacá
3
3rd district Antofagasta
4
4th district Atacama
4
5th district Coquimbo
6
6th district Aconcagua, Quillota and Petorca
8
7th district Greater Valparaíso, San Antonio and the Pacific Islands
7
8th district Santiago West
7
9th district Santiago North
6
10th district Santiago Central
7
11th district Santiago East
6
12th district Santiago Cordillera
6
13th district Santiago South
4
14th district Santiago Outer
5
15th district Cachapoal Valley
5
16th district Colchagua Valley
4
17th district Maule North
7
18th district Maule South
4
19th district Ñuble
5
20th district Greater Concepción
7
21st district Biobio and Arauco
4
22nd district Araucanía North
3
23rd district Araucanía South
6
24th district Los Ríos
4
25th district Osorno and Llanquihue Lake
3
26th district Puerto Montt, Chiloé and Palena
4
27th district Aysén
3
28th district Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica
3
Seats for Chile's Indigenous peoples (elected nationwide) 17
Mapuche
7
Aymara
2
Diaguita
1
Quechua
1
Atacameño
1
Qulla/Colla
1
Chango
1
Rapa Nui
1
Kawésqar
1
Yaghan
1

Contesting parties and coalitions

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which are contesting the election.

Coalition
Parties
Ideology
Political position
Members of Congress
Gov.
Dip. Sen.
  Vamos Chile
National Renewal (RN)
Independent Democratic Union (UDI)
Political Evolution (Evopoli)
Democratic Independent Regionalist Party (PRI)
Republican Party (PR)
Conservatism
National conservatism
Nationalism
Liberal conservatism
Right-wing

Centre-right

72 19 Y
  Lista del Apruebo
Socialist Party (PS)
Party for Democracy (PPD)
Radical Party (PR)
Christian Democratic Party (PDC)
Progressive Party (PRO)
Citizens (CIU)
Liberal Party (PL)
Social democracy
Christian democracy
Social liberalism
Centre

Centre-left

54 22 N
  Apruebo Dignidad
Democratic Revolution (RD)
Social Convergence (CS)
Commons (Comunes)
Communist Party (PCCh)
Social Green Regionalist Federation (FREVS)
Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
Left-wing 26 1 N
  Partido Humanista Partido Humanista Left-wing populism
Direct democracy
Democratic socialism
Left-wing 2 0 N

References

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