Raquel Argandoña

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.

Electoral 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 DC570 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%