[2] The "Approve" side won by a landslide, with 78% of voters agreeing to draft a new constitution.

[1] The plebiscite was a response to the 2019 Chilean protests, particularly the so-called "biggest march of Chile," which took place in Santiago on 25 October 2019, and was participated in by over 1.2 million people.

[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plebiscite originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 was rescheduled to 25 October 2020 by the Congress on 24 March 2020.

Similarly, the subsequent Convention election, originally set for 25 October 2020, was moved to 11 April 2021, and later to 15–16 May 2021.

This rescheduling required a constitutional reform, which was promulgated by the President and published in the country's Official Gazette on 26 March 2020.