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Only if the leading coalition ticket out-polls the second-place coalition by a margin of more than two-to-one did the winning coalition gain both seats. with seats allocated using the simple quotient. The Chamber of Deputies meets in Chile's National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso, some 120 km west of the capital, Santiago.
The first president of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile was Juan Antonio Ovalle, [4] a lawyer and landowner who had previously served as procurator of Santiago. He was elected as deputy for Santiago with 343 votes and appointed president of the unicameral First National Congress of Chile.
The National Congress of Chile [1] (Spanish: Congreso Nacional de Chile) is the legislative branch of the Republic of Chile. According to the current Constitution (Chilean Constitution of 1980), it is a bicameral organ made up of a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate. Established by law No. 18678, [2] the city of Valparaíso is its official ...
General elections were held in Chile on 21 November 2021, including presidential, parliamentary and regional elections. Voters went to the polls to elect a president to serve a four-year term, 27 of 50 members of the Senate to serve an eight-year term, all 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies to serve a four-year term and all 302 members of the regional boards to serve a three-year term.
Chile's government is a representative democratic republic, in which the President of Chile serves as both head of state and head of government, within a formal multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and their cabinet. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the National Congress.
Editorial del Pacífico. Santiago de Chile. Friedmann, Reinhard. 1988. 1964–1988 La política chilena de la A a la Z. Melquíades. Santiago de Chile. ISBN 956-231-027-1; Fuentes, Jordi, y Lía Cortés. 1967. Diccionario político de Chile, 1800–1966'. Santiago de Chile; Gil, Federico G. 1969, El sistema político de Chile. Editorial Andrés ...
44.35 57 −8 Coalition for Change 43.45 58 +4 Clean Chile, Vote Happy 5.39 3 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Senate 13 December 2009 18 of the 38 seats in the Senate Party Vote % Seats +/– Coalition for Change 45.19 17 0 Concertación & Juntos Podemos 43.27 19 −1 Clean Chile, Vote Happy 6.44 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete ...
He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies. Boric first gained prominence as a student leader while studying law at the University of Chile , where he led its influential student federation during the 2011 student protests .