"Boric is limited to one term at a time in office, and the country's political right sees an opening to return to power, particularly as concerns rise over crime and immigration. Sunday marks the first round of voting in Chile's 2025 presidential race. But the race is likely to progress to a run-off, with Jeannette Jara, the nominee for Boric's coalition, leading a packed field of conservative rivals."
"When Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president of Chile in 2022, his victory was heralded by supporters as the beginning of a new era in the country's political history. The leftist leader, only 36 at the time, was swept into power by a wave of protests focused on cost-of-living issues. He also promised to oversee the rewriting of the Chilean Constitution, created during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and famous for locking the country into a pro-market model."
Gabriel Boric won the presidency in 2022 after mass protests over cost-of-living and pledged to rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution but failed to replace it. Boric is limited to one term, creating an opening for a right-wing comeback focused on crime and immigration. The first round of the 2025 presidential vote takes place on November 16 with a 50 percent threshold to win outright; a runoff is scheduled for December 14 if needed. Jeannette Jara leads the pro-Boric coalition amid a crowded conservative field that could consolidate in a second round. The November vote will also decide all 155 Chamber of Deputies seats and 23 of 50 Senate seats, and mandatory voting is returning.
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