At Stake in this Election:  

• The Presidency of Chile 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Gabriel BORIC FONT (since 21 Mar 2022) 

• Head of Government: President Gabriel BORIC FONT (since 21 Mar 2022) 

• Assembly: bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) with 50-seat Senate (Senado) and 155-seat Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) 

Electoral System: 

• The President is directly elected via majority vote in up to two rounds to a non-consecutively renewable 4-year term.  

• All 50 members of the Senate are directly elected through list proportional representation in 16 districts to 8-year terms. Half of the seats in the Senate are elected every 4 years.  

• All 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies are directly elected through list proportional representation to 4-year terms.  

Last Election: 

In the first round, preliminary results show Jeannette JARA ROMAN of the Communist Party of Chile leading with 27% and Jose Antonio KAST RIST of the Republican Party of Chile coming in second with 24%. Voter turnout was 85%.  

Information for Voters: 

Recursos informativos Elecciones Presidencial y Parlamentarias 2025 / Information Resources Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2025 (in Spanish) 

Key Deadlines: 

• Voter registration deadline: Not applicable; voter registration is passive. 

Main Parties/Candidates in this Election: 

• Jeannette JARA ROMAN 

• Party: Communist Party of Chile 

• Jose Antonio KAST RIST 

• Party: Republican Party of Chile 

Country Context: 

• Population: 19,764,771 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 15,791,056 (2025) 

• V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.84 (2024) 

• V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Liberal Democracy (2024) 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.878, Very High, Rank 45 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 9,941,322 (2024 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 17 Jul 1980, Ratified 07 Dec 1989 

• Gender Quota: Yes, the gender split of each party’s candidates for Senate or Chamber of Deputies may be no larger than 60-40.  

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 13 out of 50 (26%) in the Senate and 55 out of 155 (36%) in the Chamber of Deputies   

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 27.2 (2023)  

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 Mar 2007, Ratified 29 Jul 2008 

• Projected population with a disability: 3,162,363 (2024 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• ElectionJudgments: Yes, 1 judgement