District 21 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 21
Distrito 21
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 21 within Chile
Province
List
RegionBiobío
Population604,682 (2017)
Electorate542,026 (2021)
Area20,642 km2 (2020)
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats5 (2017–present)
Deputies
List

District 21 (Spanish: Distrito 21) 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 Arauco and Biobío, and the commune of Lota in the province of Concepción in the region of Biobío. The district currently elects five 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 542,026 registered electors.