District 8 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

{{Short description|Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = District 8

|nativename = {{lang|es|Distrito 8}}

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|constituency_type = Electoral District

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|parl_name = Chamber of Deputies

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|district_label = Commune

|district = {{Collapsible list | title = List | Cerrillos | Colina | Estación Central | Lampa | Maipú | Pudahuel | Quilicura | Tiltil }}

|region_label = Region

|region = Santiago

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|population = 1,457,756 (2017){{cite web |title=Censo de Población y Vivienda: Cuadros Estadísticos - Censo 2017 - 1.1 Población total por sexo y área urbana-rural, según comuna y edad simple |url=https://www.ine.gob.cl/docs/default-source/censo-de-poblacion-y-vivienda/cuadros-estadisticos/censo-2017/1_1_poblacion.xls?sfvrsn=6e892fb2_4 |publisher=National Statistics Institute |access-date=28 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222152716/https://www.ine.gob.cl/docs/default-source/censo-de-poblacion-y-vivienda/cuadros-estadisticos/censo-2017/1_1_poblacion.xls?sfvrsn=6e892fb2_4 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es}}

|electorate = 1,068,168 (2021)

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|area = 2,499 km2 (2020){{cite web |title=División Política Administrativa 2020 - Communas |url=https://proactiva.subdere.gov.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/521/DivisionPoliticoAdministrativa2020.zip?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |publisher=Undersecretariats of Regional and Administrative Development |access-date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810062105/https://proactiva.subdere.gov.cl/bitstream/handle/123456789/521/DivisionPoliticoAdministrativa2020.zip?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |archive-date=10 August 2022 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |date=2020}}

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|year = 2017

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|seats = 8 (2017–present)

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|members_label = Deputies{{cite web |title=Diputadas y Diputados: Listado de Diputadas y Diputados - Distrito 10 |url=https://www.camara.cl/diputados/diputados.aspx#mostrarDiputados |publisher=Chamber of Deputies of Chile |access-date=29 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407215209/https://www.camara.cl/diputados/diputados.aspx#mostrarDiputados |archive-date=7 April 2025 |location=Valparaíso, Chile |language=es}}

|members = {{Collapsible list | title = List

| {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} Viviana Delgado (Ind)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of Chile}}|border=darkgray}} Carmen Hertz (PCCh)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}|border=darkgray}} Cristián Labbé (UDI)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Independent Democratic Union}}|border=darkgray}} Joaquín Lavín (UDI)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Broad Front (Chilean political party)}}|border=darkgray}} Claudia Mix (FA)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} Rubén Darío Oyarzo (Ind)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (Chile, 2019)}}|border=darkgray}} Agustín Romero (PRCh)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Chile)}}|border=darkgray}} Alberto Undurraga (PDC)

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District 8 ({{langx|es|Distrito 8}}) 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 consists of the communes of Cerrillos, Colina, Estación Central, Lampa, Maipú, Pudahuel, Quilicura and Tiltil in the region of Santiago. The district currently elects eight 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 1,068,168 registered electors.

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Electoral system

District 8 currently elects eight of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.{{cite web |title=Chilean Chamber of Deputies 2021 General |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3607/ |website=Election Guide |publisher=International Foundation for Electoral Systems |access-date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122133529/https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3607/ |archive-date=22 January 2025 |location=Arlington, U.S.A.}}{{cite web |title=Chile: Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2063_B.htm |website=Parline |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union |access-date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920042102/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2063_B.htm |archive-date=20 September 2023 |location=Geneva, Switzerland}} Parties may form electoral pacts with each other to pool their votes and increase their chances of winning seats.{{cite web |title=Ley Fácil: Nuevo sistema electoral para elecciones parlamentarias (Fin del sistema binominal) |url=https://www.bcn.cl/portal/leyfacil/recurso/nuevo-sistema-electoral-para-elecciones-parlamentarias-fin-del-sistema-binominal |website=Library of the National Congress of Chile |publisher=National Congress of Chile |access-date=21 April 2025 |location=Valparaíso, Chile |language=es |date=10 April 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Valenzuela |first1=J. Samuel |last2=Somma |first2=Nicolas |last3=Scully |first3=Timothy R. |editor1-last=Mainwaring |editor1-first=Scott |title=Party Systems in Latin America: Institutionalization, Decay, and Collapse |date=2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |isbn=978-1-107-17552-5 |page=161 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Party_Systems_in_Latin_America/zDhFDwAAQBAJ |access-date=21 April 2025 |chapter=Resilience and Change: The Party System in Redemocratized Chile}} 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.{{cite web |title=Nuevo sistema electoral chileno: Método D’Hondt |url=https://www.servel.cl/2015/08/18/nuevo-sistema-electoral-chileno-metodo-dhont-2/ |publisher=Electoral Service |access-date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913151248/https://www.servel.cl/2015/08/18/nuevo-sistema-electoral-chileno-metodo-dhont-2/ |archive-date=13 September 2024 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |date=18 August 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Hernández |first1=Rafael |title=Asesoría Técnica Parlamentaria Nº Sup: 127022 - Modificaciones al sistema electoral en países con fórmula D’Hondt - Análisis de nueve casos miembros de OCDE |url=https://obtienearchivo.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/29180/2/Modificaciones_al_sistema_electoral_en_paises_con_formula_D_Hondt.pdf |website=Library of the National Congress of Chile |publisher=NC |access-date=21 April 2025 |language=es |date=August 2020}}

Election results

=Summary=

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=3|Electionvalign=bottom colspan=3|Apruebo Dignidad
AD / FA
valign=bottom colspan=3|Green Ecologists
PEV
valign=bottom colspan=3|Dignidad Ahora
DA
valign=bottom colspan=3|New Social Pact
NPS / NM
valign=bottom colspan=3|Democratic
Convergence
CD
valign=bottom colspan=3|Chile Vamos
Podemos / Vamos
valign=bottom colspan=3|Party of the People
PDG
valign=bottom colspan=3|Christian Social Front
FSC
colspan=3 {{party color cell|Apruebo Dignidad}}colspan=3 {{party color cell|Green Ecologist Party (Chile)}}colspan=3 {{party color cell|Dignidad Ahora}}colspan=3 {{party color cell|New Social Pact}}colspan=3|colspan=3 {{party color cell|Chile Vamos}}colspan=3 {{party color cell|Party of the People (Chile)}}colspan=3 {{party color cell|Christian Social Front}}
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
{{Party shading/Apruebo Dignidad}}

| align=left|2021

115,10624.48%243,1869.19%115,9323.39%055,24111.75%186,87718.48%239,2708.35%151,04210.86%1
{{Party shading/Chile Vamos}}

| align=left|2017

95,19522.45%288,13720.78%246,47910.96%1164,73438.85%3

=Detailed=

==2021==

Results of the 2021 general election held on 21 November 2021:{{cite web |title=Elección de Diputados 2021: División Electoral - Distrito 10 |url=https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMjBhZTgyN2YtM2FkMS00MGNiLWIwODQtNmZkOWNlOGZjZmIyIiwidCI6IjI0ODMxZWJlLWQyNmQtNGQzMC05ZmE4LWVmM2MwMjQzYjMyZSIsImMiOjR9 |publisher=Electoral Service |access-date=29 April 2025 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es}}{{cite web |title=2021 11 Diputados Datos Eleccion |url=https://recursos-powerbi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/download/2021/2021_11_Diputados_Datos_Eleccion.zip |publisher=Electoral Service |access-date=24 February 2025 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es}}

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=3 colspan=3|Partystyle="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=3 colspan=2|Pactcolspan=11|Partycolspan=3|Pact
colspan=8|Votes per communealign=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|Total
votes
align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|%align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2|Seatsalign=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|Votesalign=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|%align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2|Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Cerril-
los
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Colinaalign=center valign=bottom width="50"|Esta-
ción
Central
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Lampaalign=center valign=bottom width="50"|Maipúalign=center valign=bottom width="50"|Puda-
huel
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Quili-
cura
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Tiltil
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Chile}}align=left|Communist Party of Chilealign=left|PCChrowspan=4 {{party color cell|Apruebo Dignidad}}rowspan=4 align=left|Apruebo Dignidad3,6603,0097,7072,73425,45310,1339,26679962,76113.35%1rowspan=4|115,106rowspan=4|24.48%rowspan=4|2
{{party color cell|Comunes (Chile)}}align=left|Comunesalign=left|COM1,7081,2532,9901,58716,9014,3323,46034032,5716.93%1
{{party color cell|Democratic Revolution}}align=left|Democratic Revolutionalign=left|RD1,0908221,3687258,2992,3802,35817417,2163.66%0
{{party color cell|Social Green Regionalist Federation}}align=left|Social Green Regionalist Federationalign=left|FREVS1351151891021,251395347242,5580.54%0
{{party color cell|Independent Democratic Union}}align=left|Independent Democratic Unionalign=left|UDIrowspan=3 {{party color cell|Chile Podemos +}}rowspan=3 align=left|Chile Podemos +2,45510,4505,1632,70719,2716,5365,76184153,18411.31%2rowspan=3|86,877rowspan=3|18.48%rowspan=3|2
{{party color cell|National Renewal (Chile)}}align=left|National Renewalalign=left|RN1,0953,6411,9051,3107,5732,5362,33229120,6834.40%0
{{party color cell|Evópoli}}align=left|Evópolialign=left|EVO2,0672,7949285534,6341,1048448613,0102.77%0
{{party color cell|Christian Democratic Party (Chile)}}align=left|Christian Democratic Partyalign=left|PDCrowspan=5 {{party color cell|New Social Pact}}rowspan=5 align=left|New Social Pact9501,2681,3831,86012,7981,8521,94117422,2264.73%1rowspan=5|55,241rowspan=5|11.75%rowspan=5|1
{{party color cell|Liberal Party of Chile (2013)}}align=left|Liberal Party of Chilealign=left|PL6258411,2455336,0001,7041,41213712,4972.66%0
{{party color cell|Socialist Party of Chile}}align=left|Socialist Party of Chilealign=left|PS4333474,2222982,0392,9145766210,8912.32%0
{{party color cell|Party for Democracy (Chile)}}align=left|Party for Democracyalign=left|PPD3473055702752,3083,136853697,8631.67%0
{{party color cell|Radical Party of Chile (2018)}}align=left|Radical Party of Chilealign=left|PR144140228103548261242981,7640.38%0
{{party color cell|Republican Party (Chile, 2019)}}align=left|Republican Partyalign=left|PRCh{{party color cell|Christian Social Front}}align=left|Christian Social Front3,1626,9715,3303,10418,9446,9595,98159151,04210.86%151,04210.86%1
{{party color cell|Green Ecologist Party (Chile)}}align=left|Green Ecologist Partyalign=left|PEV2,2892,3153,3621,99021,0185,6216,06952243,1869.19%143,1869.19%1
{{party color cell|Party of the People (Chile)}}align=left|Party of the Peoplealign=left|PDG2,3422,5852,9342,85814,3626,6676,89263039,2708.35%139,2708.35%1
{{party color cell|Independent politician}}align=left|Cesar Leiva Rubio (Independent)align=left|Ind2,0492,3633,1662,50312,9105,4395,78056234,7727.40%034,7727.40%0
{{party color cell|Humanist Party (Chile)}}align=left|Humanist Partyalign=left|PHrowspan=2 {{party color cell|Dignidad Ahora}}rowspan=2 align=left|Dignidad Ahora6565347873572,7151,4202,000878,5561.82%0rowspan=2|15,932rowspan=2|3.39%rowspan=2|0
{{party color cell|Equality Party (Chile)}}align=left|Equality Partyalign=left|IGUAL3703357042982,0902,669817937,3761.57%0
{{party color cell|United Centre (Chile)}}align=left|United Centrealign=left|CU{{party color cell|United Independents (Chile)}}align=left|United Independents6136769645783,3551,6221,4521169,3761.99%09,3761.99%0
{{party color cell|Patriotic Union (Chile)}}align=left|Patriotic Unionalign=left|UPA5175237834492,7861,5071,0291247,7181.64%07,7181.64%0
{{party color cell|Revolutionary Workers Party (Chile)}}align=left|Revolutionary Workers Partyalign=left|PTR3854636493701,8281,269956936,0131.28%06,0131.28%0
{{party color cell|Progressive Party (Chile)}}align=left|Progressive Partyalign=left|PRO3113535014512,0111,085806655,5831.19%05,5831.19%0
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| align=left colspan=5|Valid votes

27,40342,10347,07825,745189,09471,54161,1745,978470,116100.00%8470,116100.00%8
align=left colspan=5|Blank votes1,7322,7363,0731,8488,7964,7893,97266127,6075.25%
align=left colspan=5|Rejected votes – other1,7992,2312,9961,5279,8444,6344,28453827,8535.30%
align=left colspan=5|Total polled30,93447,07053,14729,120207,73480,96469,4307,177525,57649.20%
align=left colspan=5|Registered electors66,55794,052125,63962,829392,526169,810141,79314,9621,068,168
align=left colspan=5|Turnout46.48%50.05%42.30%46.35%52.92%47.68%48.97%47.97%49.20%

The following candidates were elected:

Viviana Delgado (PEV), 20,140 votes; Carmen Hertz (PCCh), 48,981 votes; Cristián Labbé (UDI), 11,787 votes; Joaquín Lavín (UDI), 33,067 votes; Claudia Mix (COM), 24,375 votes; Rubén Darío Oyarzo (PDG), 6,953 votes; Agustín Romero (PRCh), 17,173 votes; and Alberto Undurraga (PDC), 17,158 votes.

==2017==

Results of the 2017 general election held on 19 November 2017:{{cite web |title=Elección de Diputados 2017: División Electoral - Distrito 10 |url=https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiOGQ3ZGE1OTItM2M2Ni00MWUyLTliMDUtNzQ3ODQ4NTlmYjhjIiwidCI6IjI0ODMxZWJlLWQyNmQtNGQzMC05ZmE4LWVmM2MwMjQzYjMyZSIsImMiOjR9 |publisher=Electoral Service |access-date=29 April 2025 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es}}{{cite web |title=2017 11 Diputados Datos Eleccion |url=https://recursos-powerbi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/download/2017/2017_11_Diputados_Datos_Eleccion.rar |publisher=Electoral Service |access-date=11 January 2024 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es}}

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style="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=3 colspan=3|Partystyle="text-align:left;" valign=bottom rowspan=3 colspan=2|Pactcolspan=11|Partycolspan=3|Pact
colspan=8|Votes per communealign=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|Total
votes
align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|%align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2|Seatsalign=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|Votesalign=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"|%align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2|Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Cerril-
los
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Colinaalign=center valign=bottom width="50"|Esta-
ción
Central
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Lampaalign=center valign=bottom width="50"|Maipúalign=center valign=bottom width="50"|Puda-
huel
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Quili-
cura
align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Tiltil
{{party color cell|Independent Democratic Union}}align=left|Independent Democratic Unionalign=left|UDIrowspan=3 {{party color cell|Chile Vamos}}rowspan=3 align=left|Chile Vamos5,70910,82010,1654,74746,80813,74110,8211,373104,18424.57%2rowspan=3|164,734rowspan=3|38.85%rowspan=3|3
{{party color cell|National Renewal (Chile)}}align=left|National Renewalalign=left|RN3,4004,5844,2102,44512,2094,4414,17540135,8658.46%1
{{party color cell|Independent Regionalist Party}}align=left|Independent Regionalist Partyalign=left|PRI1,5175,1032,4201,5228,2843,0442,27052524,6855.82%0
{{party color cell|Citizen Power (political party)}}align=left|Citizen Poweralign=left|PODERrowspan=4 {{party color cell|Broad Front (Chilean political coalition)}}rowspan=4 align=left|Broad Front1,6199392,19891920,5563,8873,19930333,6207.93%1rowspan=4|95,195rowspan=4|22.45%rowspan=4|2
{{party color cell|Democratic Revolution}}align=left|Democratic Revolutionalign=left|RD1,4911,0352,74087310,5114,0793,12021324,0625.67%1
{{party color cell|Humanist Party (Chile)}}align=left|Humanist Partyalign=left|PH1,2337534,2608186,5403,1112,74416119,6204.63%0
{{party color cell|Green Ecologist Party (Chile)}}align=left|Green Ecologist Partyalign=left|PEV1,0608161,6838397,7472,9642,62216217,8934.22%0
{{party color cell|Social Democrat Radical Party}}align=left|Social Democrat Radical Partyalign=left|PRSDrowspan=4 {{party color cell|Nueva Mayoría}}rowspan=4 align=left|Nueva Mayoría3,9279805,53992315,3812,3231,76815630,9977.31%1rowspan=4|88,137rowspan=4|20.78%rowspan=4|2
{{party color cell|Communist Party of Chile}}align=left|Communist Party of Chilealign=left|PCCh1,9277714,84789311,6163,6264,12636628,1726.64%1
{{party color cell|Socialist Party of Chile}}align=left|Socialist Party of Chilealign=left|PS1,4891,1962,3949216,5008,1651,81123822,7145.36%0
{{party color cell|Party for Democracy (Chile)}}align=left|Party for Democracyalign=left|PPD3032185372782,1187451,966896,2541.47%0
{{party color cell|Christian Democratic Party (Chile)}}align=left|Christian Democratic Partyalign=left|PDCalign=left|Democratic Convergence2,0804,2613,8523,34211,5669,60110,6531,12446,47910.96%146,47910.96%1
{{party color cell|Progressive Party (Chile)}}align=left|Progressive Partyalign=left|PRO{{party color cell|All Over Chile}}align=left|All Over Chile1,4281,3442,2431,0817,2173,9482,30035119,9124.70%019,9124.70%0
{{party color cell|Patriotic Union (Chile)}}align=left|Patriotic Unionalign=left|UPA7155771,0395343,4761,7511,3231779,5922.26%09,5922.26%0
style="font-weight:bold"

| align=left colspan=5|Valid votes

27,89833,39748,12720,135170,52965,42652,8985,639424,049100.00%8424,049100.00%8
align=left colspan=5|Blank votes2,0012,1683,1541,7229,1244,9673,52452527,1855.63%
align=left colspan=5|Rejected votes – other1,9911,8453,7211,50512,1225,5354,34245531,5166.53%
align=left colspan=5|Total polled31,89037,41055,00223,362191,77575,92860,7646,619482,75048.04%
align=left colspan=5|Registered electors67,80479,070126,16849,911376,042163,680128,41413,7991,004,888
align=left colspan=5|Turnout47.03%47.31%43.59%46.81%51.00%46.39%47.32%47.97%48.04%

The following candidates were elected:

Pepe Auth (PRSD), 26,839 votes; Mario Desbordes (RN), 17,799 votes; Carmen Hertz (PCCh), 16,035 votes; Joaquín Lavín (UDI), 75,973 votes; Patricio Melero (UDI), 23,042 votes; Claudia Mix (PODER), 20,958 votes; Gabriel Silber (PDC), 29,205 votes; and Pablo Vidal (RD), 12,135 votes.

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