District 17 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 17
Distrito 17
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 17 within Chile
Province
List
RegionMaule
Population701,649 (2017)
Electorate584,628 (2021)
Area17,224 km2 (2020)
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats7 (2017–present)
Deputies
List

District 17 (Spanish: Distrito 17) 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 Curicó and Talca in the region of Maule. The district currently elects seven 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 584,628 registered electors.