2021 Chilean general election
General elections are scheduled to be held in Chile in 2021 to elect the President and National Congress.Electoral system
The President is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held.
In the National Congress, the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected from 28 multi-member constituencies with between three and eight seats by open list proportional representation. Seats are allocated by the d'Hondt method. The 50 members of the Senate are elected for eight-year terms, with around half of the Senators renewed at each general election. Senators are elected from 15 multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats based on the regions The 2021 elections will see 27 members elected, representing the regions of Antofagasta, Biobío, Coquimbo, O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Los Ríos, Magallanes and Santiago Metropolitan Region.
