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Chilean Senate Date: 19 November 2017

The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile'sbicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.

According to the present Constitution of Chile, the Senate is composed of thirty-eight directly elected senators, chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 19 senatorial circumscriptions. These serve eight-year terms, with half of them being replaced every fourth year. They must be eligible to vote, have completed secondary school, or its equivalent, and be at least 35 years old.

The Senate sessions at the new (1990) National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso that replaced the old National Congress located in downtown Santiago, the nation's capital.

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1. Created by Article 7 of the Provisional Constitutional Manual of 1812. It was composed of seven titular members (one for each province) and three alternate members and was supposed to serve as a counterbalance to the executive power of the Government Junta.
2. The senators were directly nominated by the provinces in agreement with the central government. It functioned from November, 1812 to January, 1814, when it was reorganized to better respond to the problems caused by the successive military defeats at the hands of the advancing Spanish Army.
3. Created by Article 13 of the Provisional Government Manual of 1814. As its predecessor, it was composed of seven titular members (only) nominated by the provinces in lists of three from which they were selected by the Supreme Director. It functioned from March to July, 1814, when the Spanish Army captured Santiago, putting an end to the Patria Vieja government.

    

    

    

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   Electoral system of Chile

Current electoral system. … Each electoral district and senatorial constituency directly elects two representatives. That is, 120 deputies and 38 senators, in total. Chile is the only country in the world with two-seat electoral districts nationwide .

Candidates for Chilean Senate

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Chile Parties and leaders

Christian Democratic Party

Socialist Party

Party for Democracy

National Renewal

Social Democrat Radical Party

Communist Party

Citizen Left

Chilean Senate past election results

Key to Senate classes by regions:

• Class 1 consists of:

-the 18 current senators whose seats expire in March 2018.

• Class 2 consists of:

-the 20 current senators whose seats expire in March 2022.