Electoral engineering in Chile: The electoral system and limited democracy
G Rahat, M Sznajder - Electoral studies, 1998 - Elsevier
On the eve of Chile's transition from military to elected government, the outgoing regime
enacted an electoral engineering project intended to conserve the constitutional order it
encoded in 1980. An analysis of 1989 and 1993 general elections shows that the way votes
are translated into seats favors, as intended, the second largest electoral block, the Chilean
Right. This bias, along with the number of appointed senators and the special majorities
required for constitutional amendments, gives the Right a minority veto power on any reform …
enacted an electoral engineering project intended to conserve the constitutional order it
encoded in 1980. An analysis of 1989 and 1993 general elections shows that the way votes
are translated into seats favors, as intended, the second largest electoral block, the Chilean
Right. This bias, along with the number of appointed senators and the special majorities
required for constitutional amendments, gives the Right a minority veto power on any reform …
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