Publicación: MODEL OF DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION AND SEAT ASSIGNMENT FOR THE REFORM OF THE CHILEAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
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2022
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THE ELECTORAL MAP REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE BINOMIAL VOTING SYSTEM USED IN CHILE HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS IN THE ELECTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE REFORM OF THE YEAR 2015 FIXED A PORTION OF THE DISTORTIONS, THIS SYSTEM STILL HAS ISSUES WITH THE ACCORDANCE BETWEEN THE VOTING AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SEATS. UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL IS PROPOSED WHICH DEFINES THE DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION AND SEAT ASSIGNMENT IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF CHILE, OBTAINING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THREE REPRESENTATIVENESS INDICATORS. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS REDISTRIBUTION AT THE LEVEL OF POLITICAL ANALYSIS ARE IMPORTANT; HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED IN THIS PAPER.
