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The left will seek a correction in Tarapaca, a district where the GOP won a seat at the last minute

Commons, a left-wing formation integrating the left-wing list unit for Chileannounced that it would seek to “correct the ballots” in the Tarapaca region, in the north of the country, where an update of the electoral district ended with the abolition of a seat in the elections for members of the constitutional councils, in a movement that benefited the Republican Party.

“We know what we are at stake: a future with rights and dignity. Therefore, the presence of democratic forces in the Constitutional Council is vital and institutions must clarify the outcome and carefully rule out any wrongdoing,” the group said. Part of the Broad Front, a progressive coalition founded by President Gabriel Borik.

A change in the counting of votes in Kulshan, a municipality on the border with Bolivia affected by the migration crisis, led to Romina Ramos losing her position in the Constitutional Council to Republican Sebastian Paraguez. This caused the far-right party to add 23 elected members, leaving the ruling party with only 16 members.