A constitutional referendum was held in Chile on 25 October 2020. The referendum asked the citizens whether they wanted a new constitution to be drafted, and if so, whether it should be written by a constitutional convention made up of directly elected citizens or by a mixed convention that was composed of currently serving members of Parliament and half of directly elected citizens. The "Approve" side won by a landslide, with 78% of voters agreeing to draft a new constitution. When it came to deciding how the new text should be written, 79% of voters opted for a "Constitutional Convention." The voter turnout was 51%.
A second vote was held between 15 and 16 May 2021, in conjunction with the municipal and gubernatorial elections. This vote elected the members of the Constitutional Convention. The new draft constitution was then rejected in a third vote held on 4 September 2022.
The plebiscite was a response to the 2019 Chilean protests, particularly the so-called "biggest march of Chile", which took place in Santiago on 25 October 2019, and was participated in by over 1.2 million people.
As a result, a proposed Constitution was written by a Constitutional Convention between 2021 and 2022, only to be rejected by another referendum in September 2022.
Postponement Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plebiscite originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 was rescheduled to 25 October 2020 by the Congress on 24 March 2020. Similarly, the subsequent Convention election, originally set for 25 October 2020, was moved to 11 April 2021, and later to 15–16 May 2021. This rescheduling required a constitutional reform, which was promulgated by the President and published in the country's Official Gazette on 26 March 2020.
Campaign Parties supporting Approve
Parties supporting Reject
Opinion polls National polls for the first question: Do you want a new constitution? Do you want a new constitution? Approve Reject Don't know/No answerLine represents 3-week moving average for each option.
National polls for the second question: What kind of body should write the new constitution? What kind of body should write the new constitution? Constitutional Convention Mixed Constitutional Convention Don't know/No answerLine represents 3-week moving average for each option.
Field datesPollsterQuestion 1: Do you want a new constitution?Question 2: What kind of body should write the new constitution?NotesApproveRejectDK/NAConstitutional ConventionMixed Constitutional ConventionDK/NA15-Nov to 16-NovCadem82%16%2%60%35%5%15-Nov to 17-NovActiva81.1%8.2%4.4%63.5%24.4%5.9%"Approve" voters only.21-Nov to 22-NovCadem85%12%3%62%33%5%19-Nov to 26-NovCriteria72%13%10%51%32%10%22-Nov to 26-NovActiva77.2%6.6%6%47.4%22.8%12.3%28-Nov to 12-DecDESOC-COES85.5%8.1%6.4%51.4%38.8%9.8%28-Nov to 6-JanCEP67%13%20%44%37%19%18-Dec to 20-DecCadem86%12%1%61%36%3%17-Dec to 26-DecActiva75.8%10.0%8.8%53.7%23.7%12.2%2-Jan to 3-JanCadem72%20%6%51%43%6%8-Jan to 10-JanCadem74%19%5%52%43%5%6-Jan to 15-JanMORI-FIEL68%17%15%42%32%26%10-Jan to 16-JanActiva77.9%8.8%13.2%57.2%24.4%8.6%18-Jan to 21-JanData Influye73%22%0%54%29%17%22-Jan to 24-JanCadem66%25%6%47%45%8%21-Jan to 28-JanCriteria71%21%2%56%35%2%24-Jan to 30-JanActiva69.1%14.5%8.6%50.3%24.4%15.4%29-Jan to 31-JanCadem72%22%4%50%42%8%5-Feb to 7-FebCadem67%27%4%51%42%7%6-Feb to 13-FebActiva69.7%14.2%4.4%44.1%27.2%14.2%12-Feb to 14-FebCadem67%26%–50%41%–15-Feb to 18-FebData Influye75%19%0%58%27%15%19-Feb to 21-FebCadem67%25%–50%42%–19-Feb to 29-FebCriteria67%22%4%52%34%2%20-Feb to 28-FebActiva69.6%13.1%7.8%51.2%24.4%14.6%26-Feb to 28-FebCadem67%25%–53%36%–4-Mar to 6-MarCadem66%24%–58%33%–5-Mar to 12-MarActiva65.3%14.4%–50.8%22.8%–11-Mar to 13-MarCadem68%21%–52%38%–14-Mar to 15-MarStatKnows55.49%34.72%–53.7%28.8%–14-Mar to 16-MarData Influye74%18%–65%24%–18-Mar to 20-MarCadem62%25%–51%39%–20-Mar to 27-MarActiva68.7%17.1%–54.6%26.5%–3-Abr to 9-AbrActiva70.0%16.9%–46.9%29.9%–27-Abr to 28-AbrActiva74.2%10.8%–53.1%23.5%–29-Abr to 30-AbrCadem65%26%–50%42%–11-May to 12-MayActiva69.9%16.6%–51.5%26.9%–26-May to 31-MayCriteria72%20%–N/AN/AN/A28-May to 30-MayActiva70.2%13.2%–45.2%31.0%–11-Jun to 13-JunActiva73.0%10.9%–49.6%27.7%–26-Jun to 28-JunActiva68.1%12.6%–46.5%26.9%–25-Jun to 30-JunCriteria76%16%–N/AN/AN/A9-Jul to 11-JulActiva71.9%11.9%–48.4%26.5%–10-Jul to 17-JulNumen61.6%27.7%–48.8%28.8%–Commissioned by the "Reject" campaign team.22-Jul to 24-JulCadem71%20%–55%35%–27-Jul to 31-JulCriteria75%17%–N/AN/AN/A30-Jul to 1-AugActiva77.0%9.9%–48.7%31.6%–13-Aug to 15-AugActiva68.0%10.3%–49.0%25.8%–14-Aug to 21-AugNumen42.3%34.6%–N/AN/AN/ACommissioned by the "Reject" campaign team.20-Aug to 24-AugStatKnows55.4%43.09%–54%33%–21-Aug to 24-AugData Influye73%13%–55%26%–25-Aug to 28-AugCPP-UNAB54%40%–44%40%–27-Aug to 29-AugActiva71%11.5%–46.5%28%–26-Aug to 31-AugCriteria74%17%–N/AN/AN/A2-Sep to 10-SepCIIR75%12%–65%29%–3-Sep to 17-SepMORI-FIEL66%15%–51%27%–10-Sep to 12-SepActiva75.1%11.2%–57%23%–14-Sep to 18-SepNumen41.9%34.3%–N/AN/AN/A25-Sep to 28-SepActiva66.8%17.1%–53.3%23.8%–15-Sep to 9-OctDESOC-COES65.9%13%–48.4%27.4%–25-Sep to 30-SepCriteria72%19%–59%28%–2-Oct to 5-OctData influye69%18%–61%21%–1-Oct to 7-OctNumen57.9%42.1%–38.5%35%–6-Oct to 9-OctActiva65.4%14.3%–56.2%20.1%–
Results
First ballot: "Do you want a New Constitution?"
Choice Votes % Approve 5,899,683 78.31% Reject 1,634,506 21.69% Valid votes 7,534,189 99.48% Null votes 27,381 0.36% Blank votes 12,344 0.16% Total votes 7,573,914 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 14,855,719a 50.98% Voting age population/turnout 15,052,382 50.32% a Includes 59,522 electors voting from abroad. Source: Tricel.
+Breakdown by region and provinceRegion/ProvinceApproveRejectNullBlankTotalAntofagasta129,379 (83.6%)24,735 (16.0%)468 (0.03%)146 (0.01%)154,728El Loa55,285 (83.1%)10,739 (16.1%)372 (0.06%)103 (0.02%)66,499Tocopilla11,149 (89.7%)1,210 (9.7%)45 (0.04%)22 (0.02%)12,426195,813 (83.8%)36,684 (15.7%)885 (0.04%)271 (0.01%)233,653Cautín189,102 (67.8%)87,898 (31.5%)1,308 (0.05%)689 (0.02%)278,997Malleco43,772 (60.8%)27,441 (38.1%)475 (0.07%)319 (0.04%)72,007Araucanía232,874 (66.3%)115,339 (32.9%)1,783 (0.05%)1,008 (0.03%)351,004Arica64,778 (76.0%)19,875 (23.3%)423 (0.05%)169 (0.02%)85,245Parinacota939 (67.7%)426 (30.7%)16 (0.12%)7 (0.05%)1,38865,717 (75.9%)20,301 (23.4%)439 (0.05%)176 (0.02%)86,633Chañaral10,071 (90.2%)1,043 (9.3%)34 (0.03%)22 (0.02%)11,170Copiapó63,045 (84.2%)11,447 (15.3%)290 (0.04%)91 (0.01%)74,873Huasco26,317 (88.2%)3,329 (11.2%)131 (0.04%)52 (0.02%)29,82999,433 (85.8%)15,819 (13.7%)455 (0.04%)165 (0.01%)115,872Aysén8,917 (78.7%)2,340 (20.7%)46 (0.04%)28 (0.02%)11,331Capitán Prat1,229 (75.7%)388 (23.9%)5 (0.03%)2 (0.01%)1,624Coyhaique17,412 (76.1%)5,367 (23.5%)61 (0.03%)45 (0.02%)22,885General Carrera2,034 (77.7%)566 (21.6%)7 (0.03%)10 (0.04%)2,61729,592 (76.9%)8,661 (22.5%)119 (0.03%)85 (0.02%)38,457Arauco40,295 (68.9%)17,670 (30.2%)349 (0.06%)188 (0.03%)58,502Biobío93,950 (67.1%)44,844 (32.0%)848 (0.06%)458 (0.03%)140,100Concepción329,827 (75.6%)103,820 (23.8%)1,748 (0.04%)727 (0.02%)436,122464,072 (73.1%)166,334 (26.2%)2,945 (0.05%)1,373 (0.02%)634,724Choapa31,149 (87.0%)4,438 (12.4%)150 (0.04%)75 (0.02%)35,812Elqui161,029 (83.2%)31,698 (16.4%)586 (0.03%)247 (0.01%)193,560Limarí53,427 (85.6%)8,548 (13.7%)260 (0.04%)161 (0.03%)62,396245,605 (84.2%)44,684 (15.3%)996 (0.03%)483 (0.02%)291,768Chiloé46,534 (82.2%)9,661 (17.1%)254 (0.04%)194 (0.03%)56,643Llanquihue109,285 (71.3%)42,968 (28.0%)579 (0.04%)392 (0.03%)153,224Osorno71,780 (72.5%)26,593 (26.9%)387 (0.04%)227 (0.02%)98,987Palena4,341 (74.4%)1,443 (24.7%)28 (0.05%)23 (0.03%)5,835231,940 (73.7%)80,665 (25.6%)1,248 (0.04%)836 (0.03%)314,689El Ranco24,261 (68.1%)11,068 (31.1%)190 (0.05%)117 (0.03%)35,636Valdivia93,070 (76.0%)28,609 (23.4%)511 (0.04%)304 (0.02%)122,494Los Ríos117,331 (74.2%)39,677 (25.1%)701 (0.04%)421 (0.03%)158,130Antártica Chilena385 (57.0%)290 (42.9%)1 (0.01%)0 (0.00%)676Magallanes43,321 (79.2%)11,203 (20.5%)131 (0.02%)62 (0.01%)54,717Tierra del Fuego1,820 (82.2%)386 (17.4%)7 (0.03%)0 (0.00%)2,213Última Esperanza6,978 (83.2%)1,365 (16.3%)29 (0.03%)18 (0.02%)8,39052,504 (79.6%)13,244 (20.1%)168 (0.03%)80 (0.01%)65,996Cauquenes11,936 (63.2%)6,744 (35.7%)110 (0.06%)86 (0.05%)18,876Curicó93,166 (77.6%)26,212 (21.8%)494 (0.04%)221 (0.02%)120,093Linares69,501 (71.5%)27,089 (27.9%)436 (0.04%)206 (0.02%)97,232Talca125,090 (77.1%)36,258 (22.4%)562 (0.03%)276 (0.02%)162,186299,693 (75.2%)96,303 (24.2%)1,602 (0.04%)789 (0.02%)398,837Diguillín87,138 (70.5%)35,772 (28.9%)508 (0.04%)259 (0.02%)123,677Itata15,139 (71.7%)5,796 (27.4%)115 (0.05%)73 (0.03%)21,123Punilla23,392 (66.4%)11,558 (32.8%)199 (0.06%)98 (0.03%)35,247125,669 (69.8%)53,126 (29.5%)822 (0.05%)430 (0.02%)180,047Cachapoal227,323 (81.9%)48,905 (17.6%)898 (0.03%)439 (0.02%)277,565Cardenal Caro16,006 (80.3%)3,803 (19.1%)90 (0.05%)43 (0.02%)19,942Colchagua70,484 (78.8%)18,542 (20.7%)305 (0.03%)137 (0.02%)89,468O'Higgins313,813 (81.1%)71,250 (18.4%)1,293 (0.03%)619 (0.02%)386,975Chacabuco65,307 (73.3%)23,237 (26.1%)335 (0.04%)165 (0.02%)89,044Cordillera222,363 (87.4%)30,965 (12.2%)703 (0.03%)278 (0.01%)254,309Maipo166,812 (82.9%)33,253 (16.5%)741 (0.04%)304 (0.02%)201,110Melipilla55,817 (80.9%)12,830 (18.6%)267 (0.04%)114 (0.02%)69,028Santiago2,012,559 (78.4%)544,495 (21.2%)8,009 (0.03%)3,217 (0.01%)2,568,280Talagante112,159 (83.6%)21,348 (15.9%)435 (0.03%)195 (0.01%)134,1372,635,017 (79.5%)666,128 (20.1%)10,490 (0.03%)4,273 (0.01%)3,315,908Iquique82,692 (77.6%)23,413 (22.0%)373 (0.03%)151 (0.01%)106,629Tamarugal7,059 (71.7%)2,682 (27.2%)80 (0.08%)26 (0.03%)9,84789,751 (77.1%)26,095 (22.4%)453 (0.04%)177 (0.02%)116,476Easter Island2,292 (84.1%)416 (15.3%)11 (0.04%)7 (0.03%)2,726Los Andes42,453 (81.7%)9,226 (17.8%)201 (0.04%)78 (0.02%)51,958Marga Marga120,135 (77.2%)34,829 (22.4%)548 (0.04%)180 (0.01%)155,692Petorca31,704 (83.1%)6,242 (16.4%)138 (0.04%)63 (0.02%)38,147Quillota74,343 (82.1%)15,769 (17.4%)339 (0.04%)144 (0.02%)90,595San Antonio65,692 (82.2%)13,919 (17.4%)210 (0.03%)86 (0.01%)79,907San Felipe de Aconcagua57,029 (83.5%)10,880 (15.9%)290 (0.04%)100 (0.01%)68,299Valparaíso281,880 (76.8%)83,367 (22.7%)1,193 (0.03%)469 (0.01%)366,909675,528 (79.1%)174,648 (20.4%)2,930 (0.03%)1,127 (0.01%)854,223Voters abroad25,331 (81.8%)5,548 (17.9%)52 (0.02%)31 (0.01%)30,962Total5,899,683 (77.9%)1,634,506 (21.6%)27,381 (0.04%)12,344 (0.02%)7,573,914
Second ballot: "What kind of body should write the New Constitution?"
Choice Votes % Mixed Constitutional Convention 1,492,260 20.82% Constitutional Convention 5,673,793 79.18% Valid votes 7,166,053 94.62% Null votes 283,794 3.75% Blank votes 123,277 1.63% Total votes 7,573,124 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 14,855,719a 50.98% Voting age population/turnout 15,052,382 50.31% a Includes 59,522 electors voting from abroad. Source: Tricel.