District 2 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

Population330,558 (2017)^[1]

Electorate260,147 (2021)

Area42,289 km² (2020)^[2]

District 2
Distrito 2
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 2 within Chile
Region	Tarapacá
Population	330,558 (2017)^[1]
Electorate	260,147 (2021)
Area	42,289 km² (2020)^[2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	3 (2017–present)
Deputies^[3]	List Danisa Astudillo (PS) Matías Ramírez (PC) Renzo Trisotti (Ind)

District 2 (Spanish: Distrito 2) is one of the 28 multi-member electoral districts of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress, the national legislature of Chile. The district was created by the 2015 electoral reform and came into being at the following general election in 2017. It is conterminous with the region of Tarapacá. The district currently elects three of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 general election the district had 260,147 registered electors.

Election results

Summary

Election	Apruebo Dignidad AD / FA			Dignidad Ahora DA			New Social Pact NPS / NM			Democratic Convergence CD			Chile Vamos Podemos / Vamos			Party of the People PDG			Christian Social Front FSC

	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2021	26,534	26.50%	1	1,894	1.89%	0	15,929	15.91%	1				23,750	23.72%	1	15,723	15.70%	0	14,834	14.82%	0
2017	11,652	12.89%	0				27,770	30.72%	1	4,330	4.79%	0	38,960	43.09%	2

Detailed

2021

Results of the 2021 general election held on 21 November 2021:^[10]^[11]

Party				Party										Pact
				Votes per commune							Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
				Alto Hos- picio	Cam- iña	Col- chane	Huara	Iqui- que	Pica	Pozo Al- monte	Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Communist Party of Chile	PC	Apruebo Dignidad	1,237	11	8	70	8,165	170	236	9,897	9.88%	1	26,534	26.50%	1
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS		1,653	58	49	97	5,218	226	278	7,579	7.57%	0
	Democratic Revolution	RD		1,065	21	13	62	3,667	98	186	5,112	5.11%	0
	Comunes	COM		819	61	9	144	2,726	61	126	3,946	3.94%	0
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	Chile Podemos +	1,613	149	104	241	8,161	438	394	11,100	11.09%	1	23,750	23.72%	1
	National Renewal	RN		3,434	114	159	151	5,651	175	323	10,007	9.99%	0
	Evópoli	EVO		238	11	3	22	1,020	32	121	1,447	1.45%	0
	Democratic Independent Regionalist Party	PRI		263	10	10	29	769	31	84	1,196	1.19%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS	New Social Pact	1,662	35	22	132	5,004	224	503	7,582	7.57%	1	15,929	15.91%	1
	Party for Democracy	PPD		930	18	16	90	5,408	97	165	6,724	6.72%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC		444	9	7	16	776	68	303	1,623	1.62%	0
	Party of the People	PDG		5,304	146	207	255	8,466	317	1,028	15,723	15.70%	0	15,723	15.70%	0
	Republican Party	REP	Christian Social Front	2,291	99	177	152	11,307	271	537	14,834	14.82%	0	14,834	14.82%	0
	Humanist Party	PH	Dignidad Ahora	486	20	16	31	1,152	53	136	1,894	1.89%	0	1,894	1.89%	0
	New Time	NT		475	9	11	22	845	27	74	1,463	1.46%	0	1,463	1.46%	0
Valid votes				21,914	771	811	1,514	68,335	2,288	4,494	100,127	100.00%	3	100,127	100.00%	3
Blank votes				1,112	80	81	131	2,840	178	343	4,765	4.32%
Rejected votes – other				1,531	32	26	77	3,354	100	319	5,439	4.93%
Total polled				24,557	883	918	1,722	74,529	2,566	5,156	110,331	42.41%
Registered electors				60,343	2,639	3,217	9,045	167,349	5,663	11,891	260,147
Turnout				40.70%	33.46%	28.54%	19.04%	44.54%	45.31%	43.36%	42.41%

The following candidates were elected:^[10]^[11] Danisa Astudillo (PS), 7,582 votes; Matías Ramírez (PC), 9,897 votes; and Renzo Trisotti (UDI), 11,100 votes.

2017

Results of the 2017 general election held on 19 November 2017:^[12]^[13]

Party				Party										Pact
				Votes per commune							Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
				Alto Hos- picio	Cam- iña	Col- chane	Huara	Iqui- que	Pica	Pozo Al- monte	Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	Chile Vamos	2,408	170	109	358	15,738	663	638	20,084	22.22%	1	38,960	43.09%	2
	National Renewal	RN		4,665	207	219	269	10,943	282	694	17,279	19.11%	1
	Independent Regionalist Party	PRI		206	9	2	6	591	15	75	904	1.00%	0
	Evópoli	EVO		172	7	4	10	446	33	21	693	0.77%	0
	Communist Party of Chile	PC	Nueva Mayoría	2,717	101	53	249	10,136	475	601	14,332	15.85%	1	27,770	30.72%	1
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS		1,674	41	28	80	6,030	161	421	8,435	9.33%	0
	Social Democrat Radical Party	PRSD		841	19	32	55	1,979	43	220	3,189	3.53%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD		371	19	7	54	1,286	13	64	1,814	2.01%	0
	Liberal Party of Chile	PL	Broad Front	734	8	12	47	3,799	132	242	4,974	5.50%	0	11,652	12.89%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL		490	7	12	17	2,762	31	72	3,391	3.75%	0
	Humanist Party	PH		389	10	7	13	1,921	24	54	2,418	2.67%	0
	Citizen Power	PODER		178	5	4	6	650	9	17	869	0.96%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	Democratic Convergence	747	34	33	139	2,881	209	287	4,330	4.79%	0	4,330	4.79%	0
	Freddy Marcos Araneda Barahona (Independent)	Ind		1,085	13	9	36	2,428	26	149	3,746	4.14%	0	3,746	4.14%	0
	Amplitude	AMP	Sumemos	409	17	36	56	1,206	79	269	2,072	2.29%	0	2,504	2.77%	0
	Todos	TODOS	Sumemos	131	3	2	5	257	11	23	432	0.48%	0	2,504	2.77%	0
	País	PAIS	All Over Chile	283	21	12	32	981	39	76	1,444	1.60%	0	1,444	1.60%	0
Valid votes				17,500	691	581	1,432	64,034	2,245	3,923	90,406	100.00%	3	90,406	100.00%	3
Blank votes				672	55	47	73	1,988	97	269	3,201	3.33%
Rejected votes – other				523	18	16	51	1,776	62	171	2,617	2.72%
Total polled				18,695	764	644	1,556	67,798	2,404	4,363	96,224	39.54%
Registered electors				51,451	2,820	3,379	9,046	160,432	5,000	11,215	243,343
Turnout				36.34%	27.09%	19.06%	17.20%	42.26%	48.08%	38.90%	39.54%

The following candidates were elected:^[12]^[13] Ramón Galleguillos (RN), 17,279 votes; Hugo Gutiérrez (PC), 14,332 votes; and Renzo Trisotti (UDI), 20,084 votes.

District 2 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

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