By Patricio Zamorano What happened in Chile this past weekend seems to be one of those historic events that cannot but follow its inexorable course. It
The “I Approve Dignity” list, made up of the Communist Party of Chile, the Broad Front and other anti-neoliberal parties, won 28 seats. The “Approval” list of center-left, social democratic parties won 25 seats. The “Let’s go for Chile” list, a coalition of right-wing parties, including the ruling alliance, won 37 seats. The results for the 17 seats reserved for Indigenous communities will be announced separately.
Regional and municipal elections were also held to elect 16 regional governors, 345 mayors and 2240 municipal councilors for the period 2021–25. Preliminary results indicated a similar blow to the governing coalition, which lost important mayoral offices and regional governments. Meanwhile, left-wing parties retained their municipalities and gained several others across the country, including in the capital, Santiago.
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Published on: Monday, May 17, 2021
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Activists hold a banner reading “I approve, constitutional convention” ahead of a referendum on a new Chilean constitution in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters)
SANTIAGO: Chileans headed to the polls Sunday in a second day of voting to elect 155 people who will rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era constitution in a bid to address deep-seated social inequality that gave rise to deadly protests in 2019.
Some 14 million people are eligible to vote this weekend in what many consider to be Chile’s most important election since its return to democracy 31 years ago.
More than three million people, or approximately 20.4 percent of the electorate, cast their ballot Saturday, according to the country’s Electoral Service.