District 7 () 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 Algarrobo, Cartagena, Casablanca, Concón, Easter Island, El Quisco, El Tabo, Juan Fernández Islands, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar in the region of Valparaíso. 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 812,542 registered electors.
Electoral system.
District 7 currently elects eight of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Parties may form electoral pacts with each other to pool their votes and increase their chances of winning seats. However, the number of candidates nominated by an electoral pact may not exceed the maximum number of candidates that a single party may nominate. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.
Election results.
Detailed.
2021.
Results of the 2021 general election held on 21 November 2021:
The following candidates were elected:
Jorge Brito (RD), 23,603 votes; Andrés Celis (RN), 18,978 votes; Luis Alberto Cuello (PC), 13,342 votes; Tomás Lagomarsino (PR), 26,379 votes; Tomás de Rementería (PS), 5,817 votes; Camila Rojas (COM), 17,798 votes; Luis Sánchez (REP), 16,376 votes; and Hotuiti Teao (EVO), 16,058 votes.
2017.
Results of the 2017 general election held on 19 November 2017:
The following candidates were elected:
Jorge Brito (RD), 13,289 votes; Andrés Celis (RN), 21,285 votes; Marcelo Díaz (PS), 15,265 votes; Rodrigo González Torres (PPD), 16,849 votes; María José Hoffmann (UDI), 34,690 votes; Camila Rojas (IGUAL), 14,885 votes; Víctor Torres Jeldes (PDC), 14,942 votes; and Osvaldo Urrutia (UDI), 18,198 votes.