| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Congreso Nacional / National Congress |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Cámara de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senado / Senate
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
19 April 1988
Last amendment: 27 April 2015 (Act No. 20.840) |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 155 |
| Constituencies |
28 multi-member constituencies (between 3 and 8 seats) |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
List Proportional Representation (List PR, open list)
Each elector votes for one list of party or coalition of parties.
Seats are distributed in accordance with the d'Hondt method.
Vacancies of elective seats arising between general elections are filled by a nominee selected by the same party.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- Age: 18 years
- Chilean citizenship (or foreigners residing in Chile for more than 5 years)
- Disqualifications: death sentence, personal restraint or penal servitude, insanity, criminal conviction entailing a grave penalty (greater than or equal to three years and one day) |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- Age: 21 years
- Chilean citizenship
- Completion of secondary education or the equivalent
- Residence in the constituency for at least two years prior to the election date |
| Incompatibilities |
- Office of Minister of State
- Certain public or State-related posts
- Government contractor
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| Candidacy requirements |
- Candidacy by parties or coalitions of parties;
- Neither male nor female candidates may exceed 60% of the candidates in the list of party or coalition.
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