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No electoral roll was prepared for the referendum, [2] and the previous one was expired by means of a decree of the Military Junta issued on November 13, 1973 and that authorized the Directorate of the Electoral Registry to disable said files, which resulted in their destruction in July 1974. [8] [9] [10]
The 1980 constitution allows for binding referendums only when a constitutional reform passed by Congress is fully vetoed by the President and then re-approved by a two-thirds majority in both chambers. In this case, the President can either sign the reform into law or call for a referendum. So far, no President has used this power.
This binomial voting system was established by the military dictatorship that ruled Chile until 1990, limiting the proportional system in place until 1973 to two seats per district or constituency. The dictatorship used gerrymandering to create electoral districts that favored rightist parties, with a positive bias towards the more conservative ...
The Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 (Spanish: Constitución Política de la República de Chile) is the fundamental law in force in Chile.It was approved and promulgated under the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, being ratified by the Chilean citizenry through a referendum on September 11, 1980, although being held under restrictions and without ...
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The Chilean constitution was passed under tight military control in 1980, and was designed to lead to a plebiscite in which the Chilean people would ratify a candidate proposed by the Chief of Staff of the Chilean Armed Forces and by the General Director of the Carabineros, the national police force, and who would become the President of Chile for an eight-year term.
The president is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held. In the National Congress, the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected from 28 multi-member constituencies with between three and eight seats by open list proportional representation .
A constitutional referendum was held in Chile on 30 July 1989 to approve a series of amendments to the 1980 Constitution. [1] [2] The proposed changes were overwhelmingly supported, with 91% of voters in favor. [3]