2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election

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The Constitutional Convention is composed of 155 members directly elected in this election: 138 by the electorate at large and 17 were reserved for citizens identified as indigenous.

The 138 at-large members were chosen in 28 constituencies of between three and eight seats by open list proportional representation. The constituencies are the same used for the election of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies. However, the districts with the largest number of indigenous people (according to the last census) and more than 3 seats were reduced by one seat to allocate the reserved indigenous seats.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-26|title=Pueblos Indígenas: Servel determinó distritos con disminución de escaños|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/dia/2020/12/26/pueblos-indigenas-servel-determino-distritos-con-disminucion-de-escanos/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=El Mostrador|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227014609/https://www.elmostrador.cl/dia/2020/12/26/pueblos-indigenas-servel-determino-distritos-con-disminucion-de-escanos/ |archive-date=2020-12-27 }} Candidates should be at least 18 years old and not have been previously convicted of a felony. Candidates could be presented by political parties or alliances of parties; in the case of independents candidates, they could participate as single independent candidates (gathering signatures of other independent citizens equal to 0.2% of voters in the last parliamentary election) or as a list (in this case, 0.5% of voters).{{Cite news|last=Cifuentes|first=Patricia|date=2020-12-04|title=A ley proyecto para facilitar candidaturas independientes a la Convención|work=El Mercurio|url=https://merreader.emol.cl/2020/12/04/content/pages/img/big/8O3SSUAI.jpg|access-date=2021-05-16|archive-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204170316/https://merreader.emol.cl/2020/12/04/content/pages/img/big/8O3SSUAI.jpg|url-status=dead}}

Seats were allocated using the D'Hondt method, just like in the parliamentary elections. In April 2020, a constitutional reform made some adjustments to that system to ensure equal representation of men and women in the Constitutional Convention. In case there is no gender equality in a constituency,For the election of members for the Constitutional Convention, it will be considered the criteria for gender parity is not met if:

• in the case of districts with an even number of seats, the number of elected members of one gender is larger than the other.
• in the case of districts with an odd number of seats, when the difference in the number of elected members by gender is more than one. the least-voted elected candidate of the over-represented gender will be replaced by a different-sex member in the same list or political party of the replaced candidate. Also, all alliances and parties had to present a list of candidates alternating their gender, starting with a woman, followed by a man, and so on.{{Cite web|date=24 March 2020|title=Ley 21.216: Modifica la Carta Fundamental para permitir la conformación de pactos electorales de independientes y garantizar la paridad de género en las candidaturas y en la integración del órgano constituyente que se conforme para la creación de una nueva Constitución Política de la República|url=https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1143661|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2021|website=Library of the National Congress of Chile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809111100/https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/Navegar?idNorma=1143661 |archive-date=2020-08-09 }}

The 17 seats reserved for Chilean indigenous peoples were allocated proportionally, depending on the number of people identifying in the 2017 census: 7 seats for Mapuche,Mapuche seats will be allocated in three different constituencies according to the place of residency of the candidates. 2 for Aymara, and 1 each for the Diaguita, Quechua, Atacameño, Colla, Chango, Rapa Nui, Kawésqar, and Yaghan peoples. Originally, an additional seat was set for the Afro-Chilean tribal group, but the proposal didn't meet the quorum for approval in Congress.{{Cite web|date=15 December 2020|title=Cámara aprobó escaños reservados para pueblos originarios, pero no para afrodescendientes|url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/camara-escanos-reservados-pueblos-originarios-afrodescendientes_20201215/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=CNN Chile|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215202337/https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/camara-escanos-reservados-pueblos-originarios-afrodescendientes_20201215/ |archive-date=2020-12-15 }} Candidates for these seats must have been registered as a member of one of the recognized indigenous groups with CONADI or have an affidavit declaring that, and have to live in one of the designated regions for each group. Citizens identifying as indigenous could choose one of the ballots: the beige for the at-large election or the green for the reserved seats (with different candidates depending on its group). The candidates with the largest number of votes will be elected and, in case there is no gender equality, the least-voted members of the over-represented gender will be replaced by their alternate candidate of the different gender.{{Cite web|date=23 December 2020|title=Ley 21.298: Modifica la Carta Fundamental para reservar escaños a representantes de los pueblos indígenas en la Convención Constitucional y para resguardar y promover la participación de las personas con discapacidad en la elección de convencionales constituyentes|url=https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1153843|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Library of the National Congress of Chile|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223160514/https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1153843 |archive-date=2020-12-23 }}

Each list also had to present candidates with disabilities at least in 5% of their candidacies. Other proposals to allow more diversity in the Constituent Assembly were rejected, including one to secure 5% of the candidacies to people from gender or sexual minorities or to establish 3 electoral districts (with 8 seats) for Chileans living abroad.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-20|title=Cámara de Diputados rechaza cuotas para la diversidad sexual y de género en el órgano constituyente|url=https://www.movilh.cl/camara-de-diputados-rechaza-cuotas-para-la-diversidad-sexual-y-de-genero-en-el-organo-constituyente/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Movilh Chile|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319034822/https://www.movilh.cl/camara-de-diputados-rechaza-cuotas-para-la-diversidad-sexual-y-de-genero-en-el-organo-constituyente/ |archive-date=2020-03-19 }}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=Modifica la Carta Fundamental para crear distritos electorales en el extranjero, en los que los chilenos podrán votar y postular a la convención a que alude su artículo 131|url=https://www.camara.cl/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados de Chile|language=es-CL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301135312/http://www.camara.cl:80/ |archive-date=2000-03-01 }}

71 lists of candidates were submitted and approved by the Electoral Service (Servel). Three run on all 16 regions of the country, including the three largest coalitions with parliamentary representation. 2 coalition lists and the 3 parties presented candidates in different regions, but not in all the country. Other 63 lists of independent candidates were presented on a district level; however, some of them congregated on a national level, being The List of the People, Non-Neutral Independents, and Constituent Social Movements, three of the main coalition of independent lists presented in several regions. 28 independent candidates run outside lists, acting as individual lists in each district.

In total, 1278 candidacies were presented for the at-large election.

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|party48=Join Now|votes48=5906|seats48=0|color48={{party color|Independent}}

|party49=Noble Childs of Tarapacá|votes49=5519|seats49=0|color49={{party color|Independent}}

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|party51=Arica, Always Arica|votes51=4571|seats51=0|color51={{party color|Independent}}

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|alliance61=Patriotic Union|votes61=42135|seats61=0

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• Gender: 78 men and 77 women were elected. Due to the corrections applied to ensure gender parity in each constituency, 4 women and 7 men were elected replacing a different-sex member of their own list with a larger number of votes.{{cite news|last=Toro|first=Daniela|date=2021-05-17|title=Cómo funcionó la paridad: Los nombres de los y las constituyentes que fueron beneficiados por el mecanismo|work=EMOL|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2021/05/17/1021105/como-funciono-paridad-constituyente.html|accessdate=2021-05-19}}
• Age: The age average of the elected members was 44.5 years. The oldest member was 78 years old at the time of the election, while the youngest was 21 years old.{{Cite web|last=Cádiz|first=Pablo|last2=Rojas Yeza|first2=Sebastián|title=Principalmente abogados y con 44 años de edad promedio: la Convención Constitucional en Cifras|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/elecciones-2021/politica/convencion-constitucional-cifras-profesion-edad-pactos-17-05-21|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-19|website=T13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517232624/https://www.t13.cl/noticia/elecciones-2021/politica/convencion-constitucional-cifras-profesion-edad-pactos-17-05-21 |archive-date=2021-05-17 }}
• Occupation: 59 of the elected members are lawyers and additional 7 were law students. 20 elected members were teachers, 9 were engineers and 5 were journalists. 6 elected members were former members of Congress and 9 were former government authorities.
• LGBT: At least 7 of the 155 elected members of the Convention declared to be part of a gender or sexual minority.{{Cite web|title=Chile celebra Día Contra la Homofobia tras la elección de constituyentes LGBT|url=https://www.terra.cl/nacionales/2021/5/17/chile-celebra-dia-contra-la-homofobia-tras-la-eleccion-de-constituyentes-lgbt-6919.html|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.terra.cl|language=spanish}}

• Damaris Abarca, Chilean lawyer
• Gloria Alvarado, Chilean activist
• Amaya Alvez, Chilean lawyer
• Adriana Ampuero, Chilean lawyer
• Francisca Arauna, Chilean lawyer
• Martín Arrau, Chilean engineer
• Margarita Letelier Cortés, Chilean entrepreneur
• Paola Grandón, Chilean activist

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