District 16 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 16
Distrito 16
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 16 within Chile
Commune
RegionO'Higgins
Population373,855 (2017)
Electorate334,940 (2021)
Area10,557 km2 (2020)
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats4 (2017–present)
Deputies
List
  •   Félix Bugueño (FA)
  •   Eduardo Cornejo (UDI)
  •   Cosme Mellado (PR)
  •   Carla Morales (RN)

District 16 (Spanish: Distrito 16) is one of the 28 multi-member electoral districts of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress, the national legislature of Chile. The district was created by the 2015 electoral reform and came into being at the following general election in 2017. It consists of the provinces of Cardenal Caro and Colchagua, and the communes of Las Cabras, Peumo, Pichidegua and San Vicente in the province of Cachapoal in the region of O'Higgins. The district currently elects four of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 general election the district had 334,940 registered electors.