2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election

2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election
Chile
7 May 2023

50 general seats and 0 to 2 indigenous seats
in the Constitutional Council
Turnout84.91%
Party Vote % Seats
Republican Party

34.34 23
Unity for Chile

27.73 16
Safe Chile

20.42 11
Indigenous list

3.03 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Constitutional Council elections were held in Chile on 7 May 2023.[1][2] Voting was compulsory,[3] and resulted in an electoral victory for right-wing parties, passing the threshold of a three-fifths majority of constitutional council members to freely draft a new constitution, removing the veto option from left-wing members. This marked a sharp shift from a left-wing majority that freely drafted a rejected first constitutional rewrite in 2021 and was described as a political loss for President Gabriel Boric.[4][5]

The elections came in response to the rejection of a proposed constitutional draft in a national referendum held in September 2022. Following the defeat of the draft, a multiparty agreement was reached to restart the process, which was subsequently ratified by Congress via a constitutional amendment. The new Constitutional Council was modeled after the Senate and consisted of 50 members, elected by regions. Additionally, the council had an equal number of men and women. The drafted constitution was rejected in a referendum later in 2023.

  1. ^ "Cámara despacha a ley reforma de nuevo proceso constituyente". Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados (in Spanish). 11 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Chilean lawmakers reach agreement to start work on new constitution". Reuters. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Chilean Political Parties Agree to Have Another Go at Rewriting Constitution". Bloomberg.com. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ Phillips, Tom (8 May 2023). "Chile: major blow to president as far right triumphs in key constitution vote". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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