Elección directa de consejeros regionales 2013. Rendimiento del capital político, familiar y económico en una nueva arena electoral en Chile

Abstract

This article analyses the first popular election of regional councillors in Chile, a post which, before 2013, was chosen by local government representatives. The database used contains electoral and biographical information for each candidate (N = 1,382), which is compared to similar data for candidates in all Chilean elections between 1989-2013 (N = 50,462). This paper analyses electoral results and the factors that determine the election as a regional council member, using the concept of species of capital used in political sociology. It presents a descriptive analysis and maximum likelihood logit model. It finds that political and economic capitals are relevant factors for electoral success.

Bastián González-Bustamante

Post-doctoral Researcher

Post-doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science and a lecturer in Governance and Development at the Institute of Public Administration at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University, Netherlands. Lecturer at the School of Public Administration at Universidad Diego Portales and Research Associate in Training Data Lab, Chile.