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. 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.

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, while election of regional board members was held on November 21, 2021, alongside the presidential and parliamentary elections.

Results Overall

Results per region RegionTotal votesConstituent UnionChile VamosBroad FrontOther candidateOthersVotesTurnoutCandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%Votes% Arica and Parinacota70,452 36.8%Jorge Díaz (PDC)18,40727.4%Enrique Lee (Ind.)21,12631.5%—Orlando Vargas (Ind.)17,93626.7%9,62114.3% 35,97418.8% 20,38557.7% 14,971 42,3%—— Tarapacá96,27037.1%Marco A. Pérez (Ind.)23.31325.5%Jorge Fistonic (UDI)19,66821.5%José M. Carvajal (COM)26,08828.6%—22,23224.4% 35,08513.5% 14,793 43.0%—19,62957.0%— Antofagasta177,37836.9%Ricardo Díaz (Ind.)66,47839.6%Marco Díaz (RN)36,14421.5%Paulina Orellana (RD)27,54016.4%Lester Calderón (PTR)21,44212.8%16,2209.7% 58,71612.2% 41,863 72.0% 16,252 28.0%——— Atacama97,26440.1%Carlo Pezo (Ind.)27,63530.2%Fernando Ghiglino (RN)11,67212.8%—Miguel Vargas (Ind.)21,69223.7%30,49933.3% 30,69412.7% 12,039 40.6%—17,604 59.4%— Coquimbo253,45941.3%Ricardo Cifuentes (PDC)60,90925.4%Marco Sulantay (UDI)62,64027.3%—Krist Naranjo (I-PEV)65,43526.1%50,87521.2% 106,87317.4%— 40,238 38.0% 65,550 62.0%— Valparaíso722,75245.2%Aldo Valle (Ind.)136,81920.0%Manuel Millones (Ind.)161,71523.7%Rodrigo Mundaca (Ind.)298,39843.7%Marco Oyanedel (Ind.)43,6256.4%42,1656.2%Elected 1st round———— Santiago Metropolitan2,653,34545.3%Claudio Orrego (PDC)654,11725.5%Catalina Parot (EVO)382,91814.9%Karina Oliva (COM)599,41823.4%Nathalie Joignant (PEV)389,814 15.2%539,13521.0% 1,505,26625.7% 785,023 52.7%— 704.227 47.3%—— O'Higgins366,329 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% 119,99115.5% 67,576 57.7% 49,617 42.3%—— Maule386,670 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% 121,32313.7% 68,261 57.3%— 50,832 42.7%— Ñuble182,900 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% 69,82516.3% 36,372 52.9% 32,324 47.1%——— Biobío549,968 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% 182,43613.7%— 51,248 28.6% 127,69271.4%— Araucanía348,436 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% 124,20114.1% 50,840 41.8% 70,804 58.2%—— Los Ríos144,312 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% 73,99921.1% 43,370 59.2% 29,915 40.8%—— Los Lagos305,868 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% 94,57912.8% 57,821 62.4% 34,844 37.6%——— Aysén40,701 41.3% Andrea Macías (PS) 18,283 48.7% Raúl Rudolphi (RN) 12,860 34.3%— Jorge Sepúlveda (Ind.) 6,381 17.0%— Elected 1st round——— Magallanes and Antarctica62,855 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——— Source: SERVEL (100% counted)

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