| Election Name: | 2021 Chilean regional elections |
| Country: | Chile |
| Type: | gubernatorial |
| Next Election: | 2024 Chilean regional elections |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | May 15–16, 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 regional governors |
| Registered: | 14,900,190 |
| Turnout: | 43.38% (1st round) 19.62% (2nd round) |
| Colour1: | 800080 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,571,623 |
| Percentage1: | 25.9% |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Colour2: | 0054A0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,177,517 |
| Percentage2: | 19.4% |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Colour3: | 00b771 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,002,432 |
| Percentage3: | 16.5% |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Map Size: | 250px |
The first election of regional governors was held on May 15 and 16, 2021, alongside elections for members of the Constitutional Convention and local authorities. The process included the direct election of regional governors for Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-level administrative divisions. Their term extends from July 17, 2021, to January 6, 2025.[1] If none of the candidates received more than 40% of the votes, a second round was held on June 13, 2021.
The election of regional governors was originally scheduled for October 25, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic altered the entire election schedule in Chile, moving the 2020 national plebiscite from April 26 to October 25. The election of regional governors was then rescheduled for April 21, 2021, extending the term of the mayors elected in the previous election.[2]
Due to the pandemic, the election of regional governors along with other concurrent elections was extended to two days (April 10 and 11) to avoid crowding, making it the first election in Chile to be held over more than one day.
Eventually, the elections were once again postponed to May 15 and 16, 2021, due to a rise in COVID-19 cases,[1] while election of regional board members was held on November 21, 2021, alongside the presidential and parliamentary elections.
| Region | Total votes | Constituent Union | Chile Vamos | Broad Front | Other candidate | Others | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Turnout | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Arica and Parinacota | 70,452 | 36.8% | Jorge Díaz (PDC) | 18,407 | 27.4% | Enrique Lee (Ind.) | 21,126 | 31.5% | — | Orlando Vargas (Ind.) | 17,936 | 26.7% | 9,621 | 14.3% | ||||
| 35,974 | 18.8% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 20,385 | 57.7% | 14,971 | 42,3% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Tarapacá | 96,270 | 37.1% | Marco A. Pérez (Ind.) | 23.313 | 25.5% | Jorge Fistonic (UDI) | 19,668 | 21.5% | José M. Carvajal (COM) | 26,088 | 28.6% | — | 22,232 | 24.4% | ||||
| 35,085 | 13.5% | 14,793 | 43.0% | align=center colspan=2 | — | 19,629 | align=right bgcolor=#8BFFD3 | 57.0% | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Antofagasta | 177,378 | 36.9% | Ricardo Díaz (Ind.) | 66,478 | 39.6% | Marco Díaz (RN) | 36,144 | 21.5% | Paulina Orellana (RD) | 27,540 | 16.4% | Lester Calderón (PTR) | 21,442 | 12.8% | 16,220 | 9.7% | ||
| 58,716 | 12.2% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 41,863 | 72.0% | 16,252 | 28.0% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||
| Atacama | 97,264 | 40.1% | Carlo Pezo (Ind.) | 27,635 | 30.2% | Fernando Ghiglino (RN) | 11,672 | 12.8% | — | Miguel Vargas (Ind.) | 21,692 | 23.7% | 30,499 | 33.3% | ||||
| 30,694 | 12.7% | 12,039 | 40.6% | align=center colspan=2 | — | 17,604 | align=right bgcolor=#D9D9D9 | 59.4% | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Coquimbo | 253,459 | 41.3% | Ricardo Cifuentes (PDC) | 60,909 | 25.4% | Marco Sulantay (UDI) | 62,640 | 27.3% | — | Krist Naranjo (I-PEV) | 65,435 | 26.1% | 50,875 | 21.2% | ||||
| 106,873 | 17.4% | align=center colspan=2 | — | 40,238 | 38.0% | align=right bgcolor=#7DFFBB | 65,550 | 62.0% | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Valparaíso | 722,752 | 45.2% | Aldo Valle (Ind.) | 136,819 | 20.0% | Manuel Millones (Ind.) | 161,715 | 23.7% | Rodrigo Mundaca (Ind.) | align=right rowspan=2 bgcolor=#8BFFD3 | 298,398 | align=right rowspan=2 bgcolor=#8BFFD3 | 43.7% | Marco Oyanedel (Ind.) | 43,625 | 6.4% | 42,165 | 6.2% |
| align=center colspan=2 | Elected 1st round | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | |||||||||
| Santiago Metropolitan | 2,653,345 | 45.3% | Claudio Orrego (PDC) | 654,117 | 25.5% | Catalina Parot (EVO) | 382,918 | 14.9% | Karina Oliva (COM) | 599,418 | 23.4% | Nathalie Joignant (PEV) | 389,814 | 15.2% | 539,135 | 21.0% | ||
| 1,505,266 | 25.7% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 785,023 | 52.7% | align=center colspan=2 | — | 704.227 | 47.3% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||
| O'Higgins | 366,329 | 47.4% | Pablo Silva (PS) | 80,779 | 24.3% | Eduardo Cornejo (UDI) | 73,623 | 22.2% | — | Esteban Valenzuela (FREVS) | 67,836 | 20.4% | 110,081 | 33.1% | ||||
| 119,991 | 15.5% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 67,576 | 57.7% | 49,617 | 42.3% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Maule | 386,670 | 43.7% | Cristina Bravo (PDC) | 98,772 | 28.3% | George Bordachar (RN) | 62,944 | 18.0% | — | Francisco Pulgar (Ind.) | 83,585 | 24.0% | 103,638 | 29.7% | ||||
| 121,323 | 13.7% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 68,261 | 57.3% | align=center colspan=2 | — | 50,832 | 42.7% | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Ñuble | 182,900 | 42.7% | Óscar Crisóstomo (PS) | 50,594 | 31.2% | Jezer Sepúlveda (UDI) | 43,855 | 27.1% | Ignacio Marín (RD) | 22.205 | 13.7% | Julio Becerra (I-PEV) | 17,861 | 11.0% | 27,424 | 16.9% | ||
| 69,825 | 16.3% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 36,372 | 52.9% | 32,324 | 47.1% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||
| Biobío | 549,968 | 41.2% | Eric Aedo (PDC) | 71,822 | 14.3% | Flor Weisse (UDI) | 97,419 | 19.4% | — | Rodrigo Díaz (Ind.) | 138,439 | 27.5% | 195,584 | 38.9% | ||||
| 182,436 | 13.7% | align=center colspan=2 | — | 51,248 | 28.6% | align=right bgcolor=#D9D9D9 | 127,692 | 71.4% | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Araucanía | 348,436 | 39.4% | Eugenio Tuma (PPD) | 92,083 | 30.3% | Luciano Rivas (Ind.) | 60,611 | 19.9% | — | Luis Levi (Ind.) | 48,891 | 16.1% | 102,327 | 33.7% | ||||
| 124,201 | 14.1% | 50,840 | 41.8% | align=right bgcolor=#57BFFF | 70,804 | 58.2% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Los Ríos | 144,312 | 41.1% | Luis Cuvertino (PS) | 43,892 | 32.5% | M. José Gatica (RN) | 49,742 | 36.8% | — | Elías Sabat (Ind.) | 17,238 | 12.8% | 24,002 | 17.8% | ||||
| 73,999 | 21.1% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 43,370 | 59.2% | 29,915 | 40.8% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||
| Los Lagos | 305,868 | 41.3% | Patricio Vallespín (PDC) | 99,842 | 36.4% | Ricardo Kuschel (RN) | 70,532 | 25.8% | Jaime Saez (RD) | 26,356 | 9.6% | Alfonso Belmar (PEV) | 44,592 | 16.3% | 32,614 | 11.9% | ||
| 94,579 | 12.8% | align=right bgcolor=#DB9BFF | 57,821 | 62.4% | 34,844 | 37.6% | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||
| Aysén | 40,701 | 41.3% | Andrea Macías (PS) | 18,283 | 48.7% | Raúl Rudolphi (RN) | 12,860 | 34.3% | — | Jorge Sepúlveda (Ind.) | 6,381 | 17.0% | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||
| Elected 1st round | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||||||
| Magallanes and Antarctica | 62,855 | 39.3% | Jorge Flies (Ind.) | 24,768 | 42.1% | Juan José Arcos (PRI) | 8,689 | 14.8% | — | Christian Matheson (Ind.) | 13,118 | 22.3% | 12,196 | 20.8% | ||||
| Elected 1st round | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | align=center colspan=2 | — | ||||||||||||
Source: SERVEL (100% counted)