District 8 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

List

Population1,457,756 (2017)^[1]

Electorate1,068,168 (2021)

District 8
Distrito 8
Electoral District for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 8 within Chile
Commune	List Cerrillos Colina Estación Central Lampa Maipú Pudahuel Quilicura Tiltil
Region	Santiago
Population	1,457,756 (2017)^[1]
Electorate	1,068,168 (2021)
Area	2,499 km² (2020)^[2]
Current Electoral District
Created	2017
Seats	8 (2017–present)
Deputies^[3]	List Viviana Delgado (Ind) Carmen Hertz (PC) Cristián Labbé (UDI) Joaquín Lavín (UDI) Claudia Mix (FA) Rubén Darío Oyarzo (Ind) Agustín Romero (REP) Alberto Undurraga (PDC)

District 8 (Spanish: Distrito 8) 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 consists of the communes of Cerrillos, Colina, Estación Central, Lampa, Maipú, Pudahuel, Quilicura and Tiltil in the region of Santiago. The district currently elects eight 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 1,068,168 registered electors.

Election results

Summary

Election	Apruebo Dignidad AD / FA			Green Ecologists PEV			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	Votes	%	Seats
2021	115,106	24.48%	2	43,186	9.19%	1	15,932	3.39%	0	55,241	11.75%	1				86,877	18.48%	2	39,270	8.35%	1	51,042	10.86%	1
2017	95,195	22.45%	2							88,137	20.78%	2	46,479	10.96%	1	164,734	38.85%	3

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
				Cerril- los	Colina	Esta- ción Central	Lampa	Maipú	Puda- huel	Quili- cura	Tiltil	Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Communist Party of Chile	PC	Apruebo Dignidad	3,660	3,009	7,707	2,734	25,453	10,133	9,266	799	62,761	13.35%	1	115,106	24.48%	2
	Comunes	COM		1,708	1,253	2,990	1,587	16,901	4,332	3,460	340	32,571	6.93%	1
	Democratic Revolution	RD		1,090	822	1,368	725	8,299	2,380	2,358	174	17,216	3.66%	0
	Social Green Regionalist Federation	FREVS		135	115	189	102	1,251	395	347	24	2,558	0.54%	0
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	Chile Podemos +	2,455	10,450	5,163	2,707	19,271	6,536	5,761	841	53,184	11.31%	2	86,877	18.48%	2
	National Renewal	RN		1,095	3,641	1,905	1,310	7,573	2,536	2,332	291	20,683	4.40%	0
	Evópoli	EVO		2,067	2,794	928	553	4,634	1,104	844	86	13,010	2.77%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	New Social Pact	950	1,268	1,383	1,860	12,798	1,852	1,941	174	22,226	4.73%	1	55,241	11.75%	1
	Liberal Party of Chile	PL		625	841	1,245	533	6,000	1,704	1,412	137	12,497	2.66%	0
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS		433	347	4,222	298	2,039	2,914	576	62	10,891	2.32%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD		347	305	570	275	2,308	3,136	853	69	7,863	1.67%	0
	Radical Party of Chile	PR		144	140	228	103	548	261	242	98	1,764	0.38%	0
	Republican Party	REP	Christian Social Front	3,162	6,971	5,330	3,104	18,944	6,959	5,981	591	51,042	10.86%	1	51,042	10.86%	1
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV		2,289	2,315	3,362	1,990	21,018	5,621	6,069	522	43,186	9.19%	1	43,186	9.19%	1
	Party of the People	PDG		2,342	2,585	2,934	2,858	14,362	6,667	6,892	630	39,270	8.35%	1	39,270	8.35%	1
	Cesar Leiva Rubio (Independent)	Ind		2,049	2,363	3,166	2,503	12,910	5,439	5,780	562	34,772	7.40%	0	34,772	7.40%	0
	Humanist Party	PH	Dignidad Ahora	656	534	787	357	2,715	1,420	2,000	87	8,556	1.82%	0	15,932	3.39%	0
	Equality Party	IGUAL	Dignidad Ahora	370	335	704	298	2,090	2,669	817	93	7,376	1.57%	0	15,932	3.39%	0
	United Centre	CU	United Independents	613	676	964	578	3,355	1,622	1,452	116	9,376	1.99%	0	9,376	1.99%	0
	Patriotic Union	UPA		517	523	783	449	2,786	1,507	1,029	124	7,718	1.64%	0	7,718	1.64%	0
	Revolutionary Workers Party	PTR		385	463	649	370	1,828	1,269	956	93	6,013	1.28%	0	6,013	1.28%	0
	Progressive Party	PRO		311	353	501	451	2,011	1,085	806	65	5,583	1.19%	0	5,583	1.19%	0
Valid votes				27,403	42,103	47,078	25,745	189,094	71,541	61,174	5,978	470,116	100.00%	8	470,116	100.00%	8
Blank votes				1,732	2,736	3,073	1,848	8,796	4,789	3,972	661	27,607	5.25%
Rejected votes – other				1,799	2,231	2,996	1,527	9,844	4,634	4,284	538	27,853	5.30%
Total polled				30,934	47,070	53,147	29,120	207,734	80,964	69,430	7,177	525,576	49.20%
Registered electors				66,557	94,052	125,639	62,829	392,526	169,810	141,793	14,962	1,068,168
Turnout				46.48%	50.05%	42.30%	46.35%	52.92%	47.68%	48.97%	47.97%	49.20%

The following candidates were elected:^[10]^[11] Viviana Delgado (PEV), 20,140 votes; Carmen Hertz (PC), 48,981 votes; Cristián Labbé (UDI), 11,787 votes; Joaquín Lavín (UDI), 33,067 votes; Claudia Mix (COM), 24,375 votes; Rubén Darío Oyarzo (PDG), 6,953 votes; Agustín Romero (REP), 17,173 votes; and Alberto Undurraga (PDC), 17,158 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
				Cerril- los	Colina	Esta- ción Central	Lampa	Maipú	Puda- huel	Quili- cura	Tiltil	Total votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	Chile Vamos	5,709	10,820	10,165	4,747	46,808	13,741	10,821	1,373	104,184	24.57%	2	164,734	38.85%	3
	National Renewal	RN		3,400	4,584	4,210	2,445	12,209	4,441	4,175	401	35,865	8.46%	1
	Independent Regionalist Party	PRI		1,517	5,103	2,420	1,522	8,284	3,044	2,270	525	24,685	5.82%	0
	Citizen Power	PODER	Broad Front	1,619	939	2,198	919	20,556	3,887	3,199	303	33,620	7.93%	1	95,195	22.45%	2
	Democratic Revolution	RD		1,491	1,035	2,740	873	10,511	4,079	3,120	213	24,062	5.67%	1
	Humanist Party	PH		1,233	753	4,260	818	6,540	3,111	2,744	161	19,620	4.63%	0
	Green Ecologist Party	PEV		1,060	816	1,683	839	7,747	2,964	2,622	162	17,893	4.22%	0
	Social Democrat Radical Party	PRSD	Nueva Mayoría	3,927	980	5,539	923	15,381	2,323	1,768	156	30,997	7.31%	1	88,137	20.78%	2
	Communist Party of Chile	PC		1,927	771	4,847	893	11,616	3,626	4,126	366	28,172	6.64%	1
	Socialist Party of Chile	PS		1,489	1,196	2,394	921	6,500	8,165	1,811	238	22,714	5.36%	0
	Party for Democracy	PPD		303	218	537	278	2,118	745	1,966	89	6,254	1.47%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	Democratic Convergence	2,080	4,261	3,852	3,342	11,566	9,601	10,653	1,124	46,479	10.96%	1	46,479	10.96%	1
	Progressive Party	PRO	All Over Chile	1,428	1,344	2,243	1,081	7,217	3,948	2,300	351	19,912	4.70%	0	19,912	4.70%	0
	Patriotic Union	UPA		715	577	1,039	534	3,476	1,751	1,323	177	9,592	2.26%	0	9,592	2.26%	0
Valid votes				27,898	33,397	48,127	20,135	170,529	65,426	52,898	5,639	424,049	100.00%	8	424,049	100.00%	8
Blank votes				2,001	2,168	3,154	1,722	9,124	4,967	3,524	525	27,185	5.63%
Rejected votes – other				1,991	1,845	3,721	1,505	12,122	5,535	4,342	455	31,516	6.53%
Total polled				31,890	37,410	55,002	23,362	191,775	75,928	60,764	6,619	482,750	48.04%
Registered electors				67,804	79,070	126,168	49,911	376,042	163,680	128,414	13,799	1,004,888
Turnout				47.03%	47.31%	43.59%	46.81%	51.00%	46.39%	47.32%	47.97%	48.04%

The following candidates were elected:^[12]^[13] Pepe Auth (PRSD), 26,839 votes; Mario Desbordes (RN), 17,799 votes; Carmen Hertz (PC), 16,035 votes; Joaquín Lavín (UDI), 75,973 votes; Patricio Melero (UDI), 23,042 votes; Claudia Mix (PODER), 20,958 votes; Gabriel Silber (PDC), 29,205 votes; and Pablo Vidal (RD), 12,135 votes.