Chile
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Adriana
Muñoz
(Female)
Year of birth
1948
Additional information
Elected on 17 March 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Raúl
Guzmán Uribe
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Ena Von Baer Jahn (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
83
Oldest member
Mariano Ruiz-Esquide Jara (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
132
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
54
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
40.91%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
54
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
40.91%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
33
Number of women elected
10
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
43.48%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
Six of the 23 Senators elected in 2017 were women. As at 14 March 2018, there were ten women out of the total 43 senators
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
10
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
33
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
10
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Carlos
Montes Cisternas
(Male)
Political party
Socialist Party
Date of election
11.03.2018
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1931
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
Local
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1949
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Women were given the right to vote in local elections on 30 May 1931.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1931
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
Local
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1949
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1951