2021 Chilean presidential election

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The 2021 Chilean presidential election was a pivotal national vote in which leftist candidate Gabriel Boric won the presidency amid widespread demands for social and political change.

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instanceOf presidential election
campaignIssue economic model in Chile
education reform
healthcare reform
pensions reform
public security
social inequality
context constitutional reform process in Chile
widespread social protests in Chile 2019–2020
country Chile
electedPresident Gabriel Boric
electedPresidentBirthYear 1986
electedPresidentCoalition Apruebo Dignidad
electedPresidentIdeology left-wing
electedPresidentParty Social Convergence
firstRoundLeadingCandidate José Antonio Kast
firstRoundTurnoutApprox 47%
hasMediaCoverage international media
national media of Chile
hasSecondRoundDate 2021-12-19
heldOnSameDayAs 2021 Chilean presidential election self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2021 Chilean general election
ideologicalPolarization left–right
incumbentBeforeElection Sebastián Piñera
languageOfOfficialMaterials Spanish
mainOpponent José Antonio Kast
mainOpponentCoalition Christian Social Front
mainOpponentIdeology far-right
mainOpponentParty Republican Party of Chile
nextElection 2025 Chilean presidential election
notableFeature high political mobilization after 2019 protests
strong performance of far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in first round
victory of youngest president in Chilean history at the time
officeContested President of Chile
partOf Chilean electoral cycle
presidentAfterElection Gabriel Boric
previousElection 2017 Chilean presidential election
region Latin America
resultAcceptedBy José Antonio Kast
resultRecognizedBy Sebastián Piñera
international observers
secondRoundCandidates Gabriel Boric
José Antonio Kast
secondRoundLeadingCandidate Gabriel Boric
secondRoundLoser José Antonio Kast
secondRoundTurnoutApprox 56%
secondRoundWinner Gabriel Boric
startDate 2021-11-21
supervisingAuthority Servicio Electoral de Chile
typeOfElection direct popular vote
votingSystem two-round system
winner Gabriel Boric

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José Antonio Kast candidateInElection 2021 Chilean presidential election
Boric election 2021 Chilean presidential election
subject surface form: Gabriel Boric
2021 Chilean presidential election heldOnSameDayAs 2021 Chilean presidential election self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 2021 Chilean general election
Christian Social Front supportedElection 2021 Chilean presidential election
this entity surface form: 2021 Chilean general election