The Election Certification Court (Spanish: Tribunal Calificador de Elecciones, Tricel) is a specialized jurisdictional body in Chile with its headquarters in Santiago.
It serves as the topmost authority of electoral justice and is responsible for supervising the overall scrutiny and validation of the elections for the President and the members of the National Congress.
Tricel also has the responsibility to resolve appeals of decisions made by regional electoral courts.
Tricel was originally established by Article 79 of the 1925 Constitution,[2] but its operations were halted in 1973 after the September 11th coup d'état.
In the 1980 Constitution, its scope of action covers all elections prescribed in the document, electoral laws, and those related to guilds.