# 2021 Chilean municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Chile on 15 and 16 May 2021, in conjunction with elections of members for the Constitutional Convention and regional governors. The process included the direct election of mayors and the members of the council of 345 municipalities administering 346 communes, the smallest administrative division of the country. The elected mayors and members of the Municipal Council took office on June 28, 2021, serving an extraordinary term of 3 years, 5 months and 8 days (until December 6, 2024) .
These elections were originally scheduled for 25 October 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed the entire election schedule in Chile, moving the 2020 national plebiscite from 26 April to 25 October. The municipal elections were moved then to 11 April 2021, extending the term of the mayors elected in the previous election. Due to the pandemic, the municipal elections (and the concurring other elections) were extended to two days (10 and 11 April) to avoid agglomerations, becoming the first election in Chile to be held in more than one day. Finally, the elections were again postponed to 15 and 16 May 2021 due to a rise in the cases of COVID-19.

## Mayors' elections results
### Main communes

List of elected mayors in the 16 regional capitals and the communes with more than 150,000 inhabitants.
| Region | Commune | Previous mayor | Elected mayor | Result |
| AYP | Arica | Gerardo Espíndola (PL) | Gerardo Espíndola (PL) | Incumbent re-elected |
| TAR | Iquique | Mauricio Soria (Ind.-PPD) | Mauricio Soria (Ind.-PPD) | Incumbent re-elected |
| ANT | Antofagasta | Karen Rojo (Ind.) | Jonathan Velásquez (Ind.) | |
| ANT | Calama | Daniel Agusto (RN) | Eliecer Chamorro (FREVS) | Incumbent defeated |
| ATA | Copiapó | Marcos López (Ind.-PS) | Marcos López (Ind.-PS) | Incumbent re-elected |
| COQ | La Serena | Roberto Jacob (PR) | Roberto Jacob (PR) | Incumbent re-elected |
| COQ | Coquimbo | Marcelo Pereira (Ind.-PDC) | Alí Manouchehri (Ind.) | Incumbent defeated |
| VAL | Valparaíso | Jorge Sharp (Ind.) | Jorge Sharp (Ind.) | Incumbent re-elected |
| VAL | Viña del Mar | Virginia Reginato (UDI) | Macarena Ripamonti (RD) | Swing |
| VAL | Quilpué | Mauricio Viñambres (PS) | Valeria Melipillán (CS) | Swing |
| RMS | Santiago | Felipe Alessandri (RN) | Irací Hassler (PC) | Incumbent defeated |
| RMS | Puente Alto | Germán Codina (RN) | Germán Codina (RN) | Incumbent re-elected |
| RMS | Maipú | Cathy Barriga (Ind.-UDI) | Tomás Vodanovic (RD) | Incumbent defeated |
| RMS | La Florida | Rodolfo Carter (Ind.) | Rodolfo Carter (Ind.) | Incumbent re-elected |
| RMS | San Bernardo | Leonel Cádiz Soto (PS) | Christopher White (PS) | Coalition hold |
| RMS | Las Condes | Joaquín Lavín (UDI) | Daniela Peñaloza (UDI) | Coalition hold |
| RMS | Peñalolén | Carolina Leitao (PDC) | Carolina Leitao (PDC) | Incumbent re-elected |
| RMS | Quilicura | Juan Carrasco (Ind.) | Paulina Bobadilla (Ind.) | Swing |
| RMS | Pudahuel | Johnny Carrasco (PS) | Ítalo Bravo (PI) | Swing |
| RMS | Ñuñoa | Andrés Zarhi (Ind.-RN) | Emilia Ríos (RD) | Swing |
| RMS | Estación Central | Rodrigo Delgado (UDI) | Felipe Muñoz (Ind.) | Swing |
| RMS | Recoleta | Daniel Jadue (PC) | Daniel Jadue (PC) | Incumbent re-elected |
| RMS | La Pintana | Claudia Pizarro (PDC) | Claudia Pizarro (PDC) | Incumbent re-elected |
| RMS | Colina | Mario Olavarría (UDI) | Isabel Valenzuela (UDI) | Coalition hold |
| RMS | El Bosque | Sadi Melo (PS) | Manuel Zúñiga (PS) | Coalition hold |
| RMS | Renca | Claudio Castro (PDC) | Claudio Castro (Ind.) | Incumbent re-elected |
| RMS | Providencia | Evelyn Matthei (UDI) | Evelyn Matthei (UDI) | Incumbent re-elected |
| OHI | Rancagua | Eduardo Soto (Ind.-UDI) | Juan Ramón Godoy (PS) | Swing |
| MAU | Talca | Juan Carlos Díaz (RN) | Juan Carlos Díaz (RN) | Incumbent re-elected |
| MAU | Curicó | Javier Muñoz (PDC) | Javier Muñoz (PDC) | Incumbent re-elected |
| ÑUB | Chillán | Sergio Zarzar (RN) | Camilo Benavente (PPD) | Swing |
| BIO | Concepción | Álvaro Ortiz (PDC) | Álvaro Ortiz (PDC) | Incumbent re-elected |
| BIO | Los Ángeles | Esteban Krause (PR) | Esteban Krause (PR) | Incumbent re-elected |
| BIO | Talcahuano | Henry Campos (UDI) | Henry Campos (UDI) | Incumbent re-elected |
| ARA | Temuco | Miguel Becker (RN) | Roberto Neira (PPD) | Swing |
| LRS | Valdivia | Omar Sabat (Ind.-UDI) | Carla Amtmann (RD) | Incumbent defeated |
| LLA | Puerto Montt | Gervoy Paredes (PS) | Gervoy Paredes (PS) | Incumbent re-elected |
| LLA | Osorno | Jaime Bertín (PDC) | Emeterio Carrillo (PDC) | Coalition hold |
| AYS | Coyhaique | Alejandro Huala (PS) | Carlos Gatica (PDC) | Coalition hold |
| MAG | Punta Arenas | Claudio Radonich (RN) | Claudio Radonich (RN) | Incumbent re-elected |
    Source: SERVEL (99.94% counted)

### Results by alliances

| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Chile Vamos | 1,649,577 | 26.02 | –12.5 | 88 | –58 |
| | Constituent Unity | 1,513,608 | 23.88 | –12.6 | 128 | –11 |
| | Broad Front | 494,437 | 7.80 | +7.1 | 12 | +11 |
| | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | 419,840 | 6.62 | +4.7 | 9 | +6 |
| | Dignity Now (PH-PI) | 214,035 | 3.38 | +2.2 | 3 | +3 |
| | Ecologists and Independents | 127,931 | 2.02 | +0.4 | 0 | –2 |
| | Republicans | 83,011 | 1.31 | New | 0 | New |
| | Patriotic Union | 17,898 | 0.28 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent Citizens | 3,415 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New |
| | New Time | 2,849 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independent Christians | 646 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 1,811,838 | 28.58 | +11.2 | 105 | +53 |
| Total | Total | 6,339,085 | 100.00 | – | 345 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,339,085 | 98.03 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 70,707 | 1.09 | | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 56,426 | 0.87 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,466,218 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 14,900,190 | 43.40 | | | |
| Source: SERVEL (99.94% counted) |||||||

### Results by parties

| Alliance/Pact | Alliance/Pact | List | Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Chile Vamos | Chile Vamos | | National Renewal (RN) | 515,269 | 8.13 | -4.52 | 32 | -15 |
| | Chile Vamos | Chile Vamos | | Independent Democrat Union (UDI) | 505,288 | 7.98 | -6.81 | 32 | -21 |
| | Chile Vamos | Chile Vamos | | Political Evolution (Evópoli) | 58,730 | 0.93 | +0.93 | 1 | +1 |
| | Chile Vamos | Chile Vamos | | Democratic Independent Regionalist Party (PRI) | 8,093 | 0.13 | -0.13 | 0 | -1 |
| | Chile Vamos | Chile Vamos | | Independents | 560,116 | 8.84 | -1.96 | 23 | -22 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for the Approve | | Socialist Party of Chile (PS) | 317,331 | 5.01 | -2.97 | 22 | -3 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for the Approve | | Party for Democracy (PPD) | 238,151 | 3.76 | -1.94 | 17 | -9 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for the Approve | | Radical Party of Chile (PR) | 127,768 | 2.02 | -1.08 | 11 | +2 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for the Approve | | Independents | 152,750 | 2.41 | -2.42 | 18 | -3 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for Dignity | | Independents | 78,630 | 1.24 | -2.42 | 12 | -3 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for Dignity | | Christian Democratic Party (PDC) | 576,028 | 9.09 | -2.72 | 46 | 3 |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for Dignity | | Citizens (CIU) | 15,156 | 0.24 | New | 0 | New |
| | Constituent Unity | Unity for Dignity | | Progressive Party (PRO) | 6,852 | 0.11 | -1.66 | 2 | -1 |
| | Broad Front | Broad Front | | Democratic Revolution (RD) | 261,199 | 4.12 | +3.87 | 6 | +6 |
| | Broad Front | Broad Front | | Social Convergence (CS) | 53,953 | 0.85 | New | 2 | New |
| | Broad Front | Broad Front | | Commons | 42,049 | 0.66 | +0.58 | 0 | 0 |
| | Broad Front | Broad Front | | Liberal Party of Chile (PL) | 20,991 | 0.33 | +0.09 | 1 | 0 |
| | Broad Front | Broad Front | | Independents | 11,5631 | 1.83 | +1.67 | 3 | +3 |
| | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | | Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) | 330,296 | 5.21 | +3.58 | 6 | +3 |
| | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | | Social Green Regionalist Federation (FREVS) | 25,210 | 0.40 | +0.10 | 1 | +1 |
| | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | | Independents | 63,472 | 1.00 | +1.00 | 2 | +2 |
| | Dignity Now | Dignity Now | | Equality Party (PI) | 99,102 | 1.56 | +1.18 | 1 | +1 |
| | Dignity Now | Dignity Now | | Humanist Party (PH) | 51,243 | 0.81 | +0.54 | 2 | +2 |
| | Dignity Now | Dignity Now | | Independents | 63,498 | 1.00 | +0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ecologist and Independents | Ecologist and Independents | | Green Ecologist Party (PEV) | 45,539 | 0.72 | +0.03 | 0 | -1 |
| | Ecologist and Independents | Ecologist and Independents | | Independents | 82,187 | 1.30 | +0.36 | 0 | -1 |
| | Republicans | Republicans | | Republican Party (PLR) | 58,701 | 0.93 | New | 0 | New |
| | Republicans | Republicans | | Independents | 24,310 | 0.38 | New | 0 | New |
| | Patriotic Union | Patriotic Union | | Patriotic Union (UPA) | 17,885 | 0.28 | -0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent Citizens | Independent Citizens | | National Citizen Party (PNC) | 850 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independent Citizens | Independent Citizens | | Independents | 2,565 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New |
| | New Time | New Time | | New Time | 2,849 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New |
| | Christian Citizens | Christian Citizens | | Christian Conservative Party (PCC) | 470 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New |
| | Christian Citizens | Christian Citizens | | Independents | 176 | 0.00 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independent candidates | Independent candidates | | Independent candidates | 1,811,838 | 28.60 | +11.24 | 105 | +53 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6,334,177 | | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,334,177 | 98.03 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 70,661 | 1.09 | | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 56,399 | 0.87 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,461,237 | | | | |
| Source: SERVEL (99.89% counted) ||||||||||

## Councilors' elections results
### Results by alliance

| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Constituent Unity | 2,036,497 | 33.45 | –11.64 | 1,010 | –144 |
| | Chile Vamos | 1,828,214 | 30.03 | –9.74 | 772 | –150 |
| | Chile Digno, Verde y Soberano | 761,619 | 12.51 | +6.34 | 205 | +107 |
| | Broad Front | 557,309 | 9.15 | +7.58 | 132 | +122 |
| | Dignidad Ahora | 312,727 | 5.14 | +2.08 | 55 | +35 |
| | Ecologists and Independents | 252,823 | 4.15 | +2.32 | 47 | +33 |
| | Republican Party | 188,542 | 3.10 | New | 12 | New |
| | Patriotic Union | 29,354 | 0.48 | +0.17 | 1 | +1 |
| | Revolutionary Workers Party | 13,505 | 0.22 | New | 1 | New |
| | Independent Citizens | 7,655 | 0.13 | New | 1 | New |
| | Independent Christians | 4,174 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New |
| | New Time | 3,430 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 92,725 | 1.52 | +0.69 | 16 | +16 |
| Total | Total | 6,088,574 | 100.00 | – | 2,252 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,088,574 | 94.24 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 177,551 | 2.75 | | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 194,711 | 3.01 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,460,836 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 14,900,190 | 43.36 | | | |
| Source: SERVEL (100% counted) |||||||