PROCESOS CONSTITUYENTES EN CHILE: ANÁLISIS SOBRE LA MODALIDAD DE INSCRIPCIÓN Y SU INFLUENCIA EN LA ELECCIÓN DE CONSTITUYENTES.

Zepeda Majmud, Rocío

The constituent processes in Chile, after October 2019, were seen as an institutional way out of the political and social crisis. The first process was characterized by the election of a Constitutional Convention, was mostly made up of independents and left-wing party representatives. On that occasion, the constitutional project was rejected by the citizens, so a second process was initiated, where the extreme right won a majority of the available seats. This was interpreted as a victory for the most conservative groups. However, this article argues that this change, more than responding to ideological reasons, was mainly due to the change in the registration modality, where compulsory voting presented an unknown mass of voters capable of changing the course of an election, making electoral results unpredictable and changed the behavior of the actors.

COMPULSORY voting; CONSTITUTIONAL conventions; ELECTIONS; VOTERS; RECORDING & registration; ACTORS; CORRUPT practices in elections

Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 2, p191

0797-9789

Academic Journal

10.26851/RUCP.32.2.8