Chamber of Deputies electoral system of Chile

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The Chamber of Deputies electoral system of Chile is the institutional framework that defines how deputies are elected to the lower house of Chile’s National Congress, including the division of the country into electoral districts, the allocation of seats, and the voting rules used to translate ballots into parliamentary representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral system ⓘ
administeredBy Servicio Electoral de Chile ⓘ
aimsTo improve representation of smaller parties ⓘ
increase proportionality ⓘ
reduce overrepresentation of large coalitions ⓘ
allows preference votes for individual candidates ⓘ
appliesTo Chamber of Deputies of Chile ⓘ
basisOfDistricting population distribution ⓘ
regions of Chile ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
defines allocation of seats among districts ⓘ
electoral districts for deputy elections ⓘ
rules for electing deputies ⓘ
voting rules for deputy elections ⓘ
firstUsedInElection 2017 Chilean general election ⓘ
hasCandidateRequirement independent candidates allowed ⓘ
party lists ⓘ
hasElectoralDistricts 28 ⓘ
hasFeature compulsory voting for registered voters until 2012 ⓘ
fixed total number of deputies ⓘ
seat allocation at district level ⓘ
variable district magnitude ⓘ
voluntary voting since 2012 ⓘ
hasLegalThresholdType no formal national threshold ⓘ
hasNumberOfSeats 155 ⓘ
hasReformDebate district magnitude adjustments ⓘ
electoral threshold introduction ⓘ
gender parity measures in candidate lists ⓘ
hasTermLength 4 years ⓘ
implements proportional representation of electoral coalitions ⓘ
proportional representation of political parties ⓘ
includesRule gender quota for candidate lists ⓘ
limits on campaign spending ⓘ
public financing of political parties ⓘ
influences formation of electoral coalitions in Chile ⓘ
party system fragmentation in Chile ⓘ
jurisdiction national-level legislative elections in Chile ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Chile electoral system ⓘ
reformApprovedIn 2015 ⓘ
regulatedBy Chilean Constitution ⓘ
Chilean electoral law ⓘ
replaced binomial electoral system of Chile ⓘ
uses D’Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method

multi-member districts ⓘ
open list proportional representation ⓘ
usesBallotType candidate-centered list ballot ⓘ
usesVoterRegistry automatic voter registration ⓘ

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Santiago Oriente → partOf → Chamber of Deputies electoral system of Chile ⓘ
Chilean parliamentary elections → governedBy → Chilean electoral law ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies electoral system of Chile
Ley Maldita → affected → Chilean electoral system ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies electoral system of Chile