Raquel Argandoña
Chilean entertainer and mayor
Raquel Eliana Argandoña de la Fuente (December 5, 1957) is a Chilean actress, politician, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was mayor of Pelarco in Chile's Maule Region after the 2000 Municipal Elections. She is best known for her role as the La Quintrala in the 1986 TV mini-series of the same name. Raquel Argandoña was the 1975 Miss Universo Chile. Raquel is the mother of the actress-singer Raquel Calderón. She, and her best friend Patricia Maldonado were dancers at private partys for Pinochet and other militars.
In 2025 she was jury on Fiebre de Baile, where she was heavily criticized by the public due to comments attacking a contestant for her body.
01Electoral Resume
Municipal Elections 1996
Pelarco's mayoralty
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Results |
| Bonifacio Correa Echenique | UDI | 1.197 | 27,16% | Mayor |
| Raquel Argandoña De La Fuente | Indep. RN | 1.180 | 26,78% | Councilor |
| Mario Contreras Loyola | DC | 570 | 12,93% | Councilor |
| Rolando González Rojas | PPD | 480 | 10,89% | Councilor |
| Carlos Verdugo Neira | DC | 252 | 5,70% | |
| Victor Tonelli Astorga | PRSD | 175 | 3,97% |
Municipal Elections 2000
Pelarco's mayoralty
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Results |
| Raquel Argandoña De La Fuente | Indep. RN | 2.139 | 45,98% | Mayor |
| Bonifacio Correa Echenique | UDI | 1.384 | 29,75% | Council |
| Mario Contreras Loyola | DC | 400 | 8,60% | Council |
| Rolando Gonzalez Rojas | PPD | 303 | 6,51% | |
| Carlos Verdugo Pérez | DC | 182 | 3,91% | |
| Elizabeth Orellana Varas | ILC | 84 | 1,81% | Council |
Municipal Elections 2004
San Joaquín's mayoralty
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Results |
| Sergio Echeverría García | PPD | 25.063 | 53,10% | Mayor |
| Raquel Argandoña De La Fuente | Indep. RN | 17.384 | 36,83% | |
| José Benito Ormeño Díaz | PH | 4.754 | 10,07% |
Parliamentary Elections 2005
Deputy for the Distrito 25 (La Granja, Macul and San Joaquín), Región Metropolitana
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Results |
| Ximena Vidal Lázaro | PPD | 52.745 | 33,81% | Deputy |
| Marcelo Ortiz Aravena | PDC | 32.614 | 20,90% | |
| Felipe Salaberry Soto | UDI | 30.109 | 19,30% | Deputy |
| Raquel Argandoña De La Fuente | Indep. RN | 21.958 | 14,07% | |
| Amaro Labra Sepúlveda | PC | 12.998 | 8,33% | |
| Juan Enrique Prieto Urzúa | PH | 5.600 | 3,59% |
Sources and credits
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