2022 Chilean national plebiscite

The 2022 Chilean national plebiscite will be held in Chile over the first semester in 2022, in order to determine whether the public agrees with the text of a new Political Constitution of the Republic drawn up by the Constitutional Convention, which is why it is also known as an «exit plebiscite».[1]

Chilean national plebiscite, 2022
First semester of 2022
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Election date

According to the itinerary originally proposed for the constituent process, it was estimated that the plebiscite to approve or reject the text of the new Constitution would take place in September 2021 —if the Constitutional Convention met its term of 9 months and did not request the 3-month extension— or in March 2022 —if he requested such an extension—.[2] In addition, the exit plebiscite cannot be held 60 before or after another election, nor can it be held in January or February, moving to the first Sunday in March if the latter situation occurred.[3][4]

As a result of the postponement of the first plebiscite to 25 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the date of the exit plebiscite was also modified, estimating that it will be held during the first half of 2022, with a maximum term of the month of August.[5]

Format

Article 142 of the 1980 Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile indicates the text that will contain the ballot in the plebiscite:[3]

In the aforementioned plebiscite, the citizens will have an electoral card that will contain the following question [...]: "Do you approve the text of the New Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention?". Under the question posed there will be two horizontal stripes, one next to the other. The first one will have the expression "Approve" at the bottom and the second one, the word "Reject", so that the voter can mark his preference over one of the alternatives.

— Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980, article 142

References
  1. Armaza, Christian (26 October 2020). "Plebiscito de salida: la instancia donde se aprobará o rechazará la nueva Constitución". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. "Los 17 procesos electorales que deberá atravesar Chile hasta el 2022". T13 (in Spanish). 16 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. "Constitución Política de la República de Chile". LeyChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. "El cronograma constitucional: Los pasos que vienen tras el triunfo del Apruebo en el Plebiscito". T13 (in Spanish). 26 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. Gobierno de Chile. "Proceso constituyente" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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