Benjamín Lorca
Benjamín Lorca | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | 6th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamín Israel Lorca Insunza 25 July 1990 Santiago, Chile |
| Party | Republican |
| Profession | Public administrator |
Benjamín Israel Lorca Insunza (born 25 July 1990) is a Chilean public administrator and politician, elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, representing the 6th District (Region of Valparaíso) for the 2026–2030 term under the banner of the Republican Party.[1][2][3][4]
In the 2025 parliamentary elections, Lorca obtained 19,639 votes (approx. 3.34%) in the 6th District, benefiting from the electoral “list pull” of his list-mate Chiara Barchiesi who received 62,737 votes in the same district.[2][5]
Early life and family
Lorca was born in Santiago on 25 July 1990.[6] He is the son of Benjamín Lorca Droguett and Sylvia Inzunza Contreras.[6]
He is married and the father of three children.[6] Lorca has served as director of the organization Reforma Chile.[6]
Political career
He has been a member of the Republican Party since May 2025.[6]
He began his political career as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention in the elections held on 15 and 16 May 2021, running as an independent for the 6th District of the Valparaíso Region. He was not elected, receiving 14,830 votes, equivalent to 4.52% of the valid votes cast.[6]
That same year he ran for the Chamber of Deputies in the November 2021 parliamentary elections for the same district, standing as an independent within a quota of the Independent Democratic Union. He obtained 3,807 votes, equivalent to 1.07% of the valid votes cast, and was not elected.[6]
In the parliamentary elections of 16 November 2025, he ran for the Chamber of Deputies representing the 6th District of the Valparaíso Region (Cabildo, Calle Larga, Catemu, Hijuelas, La Calera, La Cruz, La Ligua, Limache, Llaillay, Los Andes, Nogales, Olmué, Panquehue, Papudo, Petorca, Puchuncaví, Putaendo, Quillota, Quilpué, Quintero, Rinconada, San Esteban, San Felipe, Santa María, Villa Alemana, and Zapallar), as a candidate of the Republican Party of Chile within the Cambio por Chile coalition. He was elected with 19,639 votes, equivalent to 3.34% of the valid votes cast, for the 2026–2030 legislative period.[6]
References
- ^ "Estos son los diputados electos en el Distrito 6". Mala Espina Check. 17 November 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
- ^ a b "Región de Valparaíso: los candidatos más votados por comuna". Observador.cl. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
- ^ "Arturo Squella y Benjamín Lorca presentan propuestas del Partido Republicano en entrevista exclusiva con Preludio Radio". Preludio Radio. 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
- ^ "Partido Republicano en crisis: ¿rectitud o complicidad con Lorca?". Aconcagua al Día. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
- ^ "Demuestra la intolerancia de la izquierda radical: candidato republicano Benjamín Lorca critica actitud de diputados en homenaje a Charlie Kirk en la Cámara". Veritas Capitur. 2025-09-30. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Benjamín Israel Lorca Inzunza". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 15 March 2026.