The first election of regional governors was held on May 15 and 16, 2021, alongside elections for members of the Constitutional Convention and local authorities. The process included the direct election of regional governors for Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-level administrative divisions. Their term extends from July 17, 2021, to January 6, 2025.[1] If none of the candidates received more than 40% of the votes, a second round was held on June 13, 2021.
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| Registered | 14,900,190 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 43.38% (1st round) 19.62% (2nd round) | ||||||||||||||||
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 A map presenting the results of the first round | |||||||||||||||||
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The election of regional governors was originally scheduled for October 25, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic altered the entire election schedule in Chile, moving the 2020 national plebiscite from April 26 to October 25. The election of regional governors was then rescheduled for April 21, 2021, extending the term of the mayors elected in the previous election.[2]
Due to the pandemic, the election of regional governors along with other concurrent elections was extended to two days (April 10 and 11) to avoid crowding, making it the first election in Chile to be held over more than one day.
Eventually, the elections were once again postponed to May 15 and 16, 2021, due to a rise in COVID-19 cases,[1] while election of regional board members was held on November 21, 2021, alongside the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Results
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edit| Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Constituent Unity | 1,571,623 | 25.89 | 2 | 1,198,343 | 47.48 | 8 | 10 | |
| Chile Vamos | 1,177,517 | 19.40 | 0 | 340,213 | 13.48 | 1 | 1 | |
| Broad Front | 1,002,432 | 16.51 | 1 | 723,856 | 28.68 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ecologists and Independents | 706,867 | 11.64 | 0 | 65,550 | 2.60 | 1 | 1 | |
| Let's Humanize Chile | 360,496 | 5.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| For Regional Dignity | 232,185 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Republicans | 207,913 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Green Regionalists | 183,332 | 3.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Equality for Chile | 135,508 | 2.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Patriotic Union | 62,024 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independent Christians | 33,320 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Revolutionary Workers Party | 21,442 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National Citizen Party | 16,413 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 359,904 | 5.93 | 0 | 196,128 | 7.77 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 6,070,976 | 100.00 | 3 | 2,524,090 | 100.00 | 13 | 16 | |
| Valid votes | 6,065,507 | 93.83 | 2,524,090 | 98.64 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 398,813 | 6.17 | 34,872 | 1.36 | ||||
| Total votes | 6,464,320 | 100.00 | 2,558,962 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 14,900,190 | 43.38 | 13,040,819 | 19.62 | ||||
| Source: SERVEL | ||||||||
Results per region
edit| Region | Total votes | Constituent Union | Chile Vamos | Broad Front | Other candidate | Others | ||||||||||
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| Votes | Turnout | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
 Arica and Parinacota
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70,452 | 36.8% | Jorge Díaz (PDC) | 18,407 | 27.4% | Enrique Lee (Ind.) | 21,126 | 31.5% | — | Orlando Vargas (Ind.) | 17,936 | 26.7% | 9,621 | 14.3% | ||
| 35,974 | 18.8% | 20,385 | 57.7% | 14,971 | 42,3% | — | — | |||||||||
 Tarapacá
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96,270 | 37.1% | Marco A. Pérez (Ind.) | 23.313 | 25.5% | Jorge Fistonic (UDI) | 19,668 | 21.5% | José M. Carvajal (COM) | 26,088 | 28.6% | — | 22,232 | 24.4% | ||
| 35,085 | 13.5% | 14,793 | 43.0% | — | 19,629 | 57.0% | — | |||||||||
 Antofagasta
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177,378 | 36.9% | Ricardo Díaz (Ind.) | 66,478 | 39.6% | Marco Díaz (RN) | 36,144 | 21.5% | Paulina Orellana (RD) | 27,540 | 16.4% | Lester Calderón (PTR) | 21,442 | 12.8% | 16,220 | 9.7% |
| 58,716 | 12.2% | 41,863 | 72.0% | 16,252 | 28.0% | — | — | — | ||||||||
 Atacama
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97,264 | 40.1% | Carlo Pezo (Ind.) | 27,635 | 30.2% | Fernando Ghiglino (RN) | 11,672 | 12.8% | — | Miguel Vargas (Ind.) | 21,692 | 23.7% | 30,499 | 33.3% | ||
| 30,694 | 12.7% | 12,039 | 40.6% | — | 17,604 | 59.4% | — | |||||||||
 Coquimbo
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253,459 | 41.3% | Ricardo Cifuentes (PDC) | 60,909 | 25.4% | Marco Sulantay (UDI) | 62,640 | 27.3% | — | Krist Naranjo (I-PEV) | 65,435 | 26.1% | 50,875 | 21.2% | ||
| 106,873 | 17.4% | — | 40,238 | 38.0% | 65,550 | 62.0% | — | |||||||||
 Valparaíso
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722,752 | 45.2% | Aldo Valle (Ind.) | 136,819 | 20.0% | Manuel Millones (Ind.) | 161,715 | 23.7% | Rodrigo Mundaca (Ind.) | 298,398 | 43.7% | Marco Oyanedel (Ind.) | 43,625 | 6.4% | 42,165 | 6.2% |
| Elected 1st round | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
 Santiago Metropolitan
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2,653,345 | 45.3% | Claudio Orrego (PDC) | 654,117 | 25.5% | Catalina Parot (EVO) | 382,918 | 14.9% | Karina Oliva (COM) | 599,418 | 23.4% | Nathalie Joignant (PEV) | 389,814 | 15.2% | 539,135 | 21.0% |
| 1,505,266 | 25.7% | 785,023 | 52.7% | — | 704.227 | 47.3% | — | — | ||||||||
 O'Higgins
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366,329 | 47.4% | Pablo Silva (PS) | 80,779 | 24.3% | Eduardo Cornejo (UDI) | 73,623 | 22.2% | — | Esteban Valenzuela (FREVS) | 67,836 | 20.4% | 110,081 | 33.1% | ||
| 119,991 | 15.5% | 67,576 | 57.7% | 49,617 | 42.3% | — | — | |||||||||
 Maule
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386,670 | 43.7% | Cristina Bravo (PDC) | 98,772 | 28.3% | George Bordachar (RN) | 62,944 | 18.0% | — | Francisco Pulgar (Ind.) | 83,585 | 24.0% | 103,638 | 29.7% | ||
| 121,323 | 13.7% | 68,261 | 57.3% | — | 50,832 | 42.7% | — | |||||||||
 Ñuble
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182,900 | 42.7% | Óscar Crisóstomo (PS) | 50,594 | 31.2% | Jezer Sepúlveda (UDI) | 43,855 | 27.1% | Ignacio Marín (RD) | 22.205 | 13.7% | Julio Becerra (I-PEV) | 17,861 | 11.0% | 27,424 | 16.9% |
| 69,825 | 16.3% | 36,372 | 52.9% | 32,324 | 47.1% | — | — | — | ||||||||
 Biobío
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549,968 | 41.2% | Eric Aedo (PDC) | 71,822 | 14.3% | Flor Weisse (UDI) | 97,419 | 19.4% | — | Rodrigo Díaz (Ind.) | 138,439 | 27.5% | 195,584 | 38.9% | ||
| 182,436 | 13.7% | — | 51,248 | 28.6% | 127,692 | 71.4% | — | |||||||||
 Araucanía
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348,436 | 39.4% | Eugenio Tuma (PPD) | 92,083 | 30.3% | Luciano Rivas (Ind.) | 60,611 | 19.9% | — | Luis Levi (Ind.) | 48,891 | 16.1% | 102,327 | 33.7% | ||
| 124,201 | 14.1% | 50,840 | 41.8% | 70,804 | 58.2% | — | — | |||||||||
 Los Ríos
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144,312 | 41.1% | Luis Cuvertino (PS) | 43,892 | 32.5% | M. José Gatica (RN) | 49,742 | 36.8% | — | Elías Sabat (Ind.) | 17,238 | 12.8% | 24,002 | 17.8% | ||
| 73,999 | 21.1% | 43,370 | 59.2% | 29,915 | 40.8% | — | — | |||||||||
 Los Lagos
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305,868 | 41.3% | Patricio Vallespín (PDC) | 99,842 | 36.4% | Ricardo Kuschel (RN) | 70,532 | 25.8% | Jaime Saez (RD) | 26,356 | 9.6% | Alfonso Belmar (PEV) | 44,592 | 16.3% | 32,614 | 11.9% |
| 94,579 | 12.8% | 57,821 | 62.4% | 34,844 | 37.6% | — | — | — | ||||||||
 Aysén
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40,701 | 41.3% | Andrea Macías (PS) | 18,283 | 48.7% | Raúl Rudolphi (RN) | 12,860 | 34.3% | — | Jorge Sepúlveda (Ind.) | 6,381 | 17.0% | — | |||
| Elected 1st round | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
 Magallanes and Antarctica
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62,855 | 39.3% | Jorge Flies (Ind.) | 24,768 | 42.1% | Juan José Arcos (PRI) | 8,689 | 14.8% | — | Christian Matheson (Ind.) | 13,118 | 22.3% | 12,196 | 20.8% | ||
| Elected 1st round | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
- Source: SERVEL (100% counted)
References
edit- ^ a b Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia. "Ley 21324: Posterga las próximas elecciones municipales, de gobernadores regionales y de convencionales constituyentes por motivo del covid-19". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "Los vacíos que dejó el cambio del Plebiscito y la recalendarización electoral". La Tercera. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2021-05-17.