Electoral Service

The Electoral Service of Chile (Spanish: Servicio Electoral de Chile), better known by its acronym Servel, is an autonomous constitutional agency responsible for overseeing electoral processes in Chile. It administers national elections and referendums, supervises political party operations, ensures compliance with campaign finance regulations, and maintains the electoral register and party registry. Servel is the highest administrative authority on electoral matters in the country.

Servel's legal framework is established by a constitutional organic law, and its internal organization, staffing, and operational regulations are defined by statute. The agency is headquartered in Santiago.

Servel began operating on 1 October 1986, as the legal successor to the Electoral Registry Directorate (Dirección del Registro Electoral). Judicial oversight of elections remains under the jurisdiction of the Election Certification Tribunal (Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones) and the Regional Electoral Tribunals. A constitutional reform in 2015 granted Servel full autonomy. Until that year, Servel was overseen by the President of the Republic via the Ministry of the Interior.

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