The results are expected to be known about two hours after the polls close, scheduled for 12:00 AM in the Basque Country.
The normality of the composition of the tables and the massive influx of public on a spring day mark the first hours of the crucial mandatory referendum in which 15 million Chileans today will decide whether the new constitution is approved or on the contrary, they reject it and maintain the document written in 1980 under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
The results are expected to be known about two hours after the polls close, scheduled for 12:00 AM in the Basque Country.
One of the first to approach the polls was the President of the Republic Gabriel Boricwho did it in his hometown of Punta Arenas with his parents, his partner, Iriana Karamanos, and one of his two brothers.
Boric has underlined that ‘The eyes of the world are on Chile’urged citizens to vote “with joy and responsibility” and warned that regardless of the outcome, the country is ready to press ahead with reforms.
Boric, during the vote. Photo: EFE
However, the earliest riser was the former progressive president Michelle Bacheletthe only one of Chile’s former presidents to openly affirm his vote for rejection, as has his colleague from the center Eduardo Frei, who also sided with the no.
Less clear has been the former conservative president Sebastian Pinerafor the rejection, but who insisted that Chile “needs a new and good constitution”.
In the historic vote this Sunday, they will also be called to vote 514,000 foreigners125,000 more than that recorded in 2019, the date the “social outbreak” that triggered the trial was triggered, and which could have a significant impact on an outcome that is uncertain and expected to be tight.
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